Weathering the Storm

Wednesday night we went to bed

with the weather at the rating of T3.

T stands for Typhoon and 3 is the ranking

of the size and strength of the storm,

10 is the highest.

Thursday morning we woke to wind and 

diagonally slanted rain - typhoon rain.  

Fred got ready for work, as usual, and went

out the catch the bus.  

A few minutes later he returned.

The office was closed for the day because

of a T8 warning.  EVERYTHING shuts

down when the warning gets that high.

So we enjoyed the day INSIDE.

This is the way the storm looked for most 

of the day for us.  Not at all what you would

expect while a Typhoon is raging.

The clouds looked ominous and it rained, 

but, all in all, we did not see any ill effects

from the storm.

Though school was cancelled for all of Hong Kong.

Our kid's school day went on as normal.

It was GREAT to have DAD home to help!

Later on in the day the boys ventured out and

discovered some parts of Discovery Bay

had been hit hard by the storm.

We realized the location of our house 

protected us from the effects of the high winds

and harsh rain.

IT'S NICE to have been 

SHELTERED from the STORM.