My Taiwan Adventure

Talked to my airline - 90% chance my flight will be cancelled and I couldn't get out today. So I guess I'll have to survive my first typhoon. It's forecast to be a big one. They have typhoon days here like they have snow days at home. The market was packed tonight with people stocking up on water and food. I've done the same. Pray that the storm moves quickly. I don't want to be flooded in my apartment and the windows leak.
More when I've weathered out the storm. I should get home soon.

From the local english radio station:

TYPHOON HAITANG IS WHIPPING UP STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS
AS IT BEGINS TO COVER THE ISLAND WITH ITS OUTER PERIMETER.
WEATHER OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THE POWERFUL STORM COULD
TRIGGER FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ... WITH PREDICTIONS OF A
METER OR MORE OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS.

HAITANG IS THE MOST POWERFUL STORM TO HIT TAIWAN IN MORE
THAN FIVE YEARS ... WITH WIND SPEEDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 234
KILOMETERS.
THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO UPROOT TREES AND BLOW DOWN ... OR AWAY
... ANYTHING NOT SECURELY FASTENED.

THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY
... AS THE EYE OF THE STORM APPROACHES LAND IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.

WEATHER OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL BE TUESDAY BEFORE THE STORM
FINALLY MOVES ONTO CHINA ... IF IT STAYS ON ITS CURRENT
PATH.

TRANSPORTATION BOTH AIR AND LAND ... IS EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERELY CURTAILED BY THE STORM ... WITH CANCELLATIONS OF
DOMESTIC AND SOME INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC ... ESPECIALLY
THAT OUT OF THE C.K.S. AIRPORT IN TAOYUAN.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE IN THE SOUTH ... MOST LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ACROSS TAIWAN HAVE ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF
WORK AND SCHOOL.

THOSE INCLUDE TAIPEI COUNTY AND CITY, XINZHU CITY AND
COUNTY, MIAOLI, TAOYUAN, NANTOU, TAIZHONG CITY AND COUNTY,
ZHANGHUA, HUALIAN, TAIDONG, JILONG, AND YILAN ... AS WELL AS
PENGHU.

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