"ɐn ɐpˈɔːlɪŋ kɐlˈæmᵻɾiɪnðə tˈiːθ ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪt sˈæmoʊn taɪfˈuːn ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn, ɐ stˈændɔf bᵻtwˌiːn ðə dʒˈɜːmən ænd jˌuːˈɛs nˈeɪviz sˈʌdənli dˈɪdnt mˈæɾɚ."
"'An Appalling Calamity'-In the teeth of the Great Samoan Typhoon of 1889, a standoff between the German and US navies suddenly didn't matter."