This will just be a short blog entry to inform you that I’m experiencing my first typhoon! All orientation activities were cancelled today, as the Taiwanese government has declared a “typhoon day.”
The winds were so strong that they tore down this flagpole at the school's entrance. Bent the metal right down to the ground!
I’ve never experienced a tropical storm before, so it is pretty exciting. Staying inside proves to be rather dull, so we went out to the movies and saw Public Enemy with Johnny Depp. Really not my kind of movie at all. I was also so tired from not being able to sleep the night before, that I slept for the first 20 minutes of the movie and therefore was a little confused with the plot.
Anyway, back to the typhoon:
You can read the CNN news report on Typhoon Morakot here if you're interested!
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/06/typhoon.morakot.taiwan/index.html
I’ve also attached a video for your enjoyment. I took this as I was waiting for a cab with Natalie to go to the movies. Let me just add that the shaking of the camera was due to the wind being pretty strong and moving my hands around. Doesn't take too much because I'm not that strong, but still. Pretty nutty stuff!!! Enjoy!
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