A Typhoon warning 8 was issued at 4pm today. After killing 3 people in the Phillipines, Typhoon Hagupit (Hagupit means "lashing" in Filipino) is heading north and should brush (or hit) Hong Kong early this evening. When a "Typhoon signal 8" warning is issued, all government offices and schools are closed. Public transport ( with the exception of the subway), shuts down.Contrary to what you'd think, many Honkies treat the "signal 8 shutdown" as an unexpected holiday and go out to have a laugh and socialise.
Bars and restaurants are full apparently.
We'll see.
If it reaches warning "10" they scuttle for home.
Wish me luck on my first Typhoon in Honkers!
T
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"Honkies"? --it's puerile, I know. but it does illicit a "tee-hee". you know that's not a nice word in the states?
More importantly, please take some freakin' cover. They used to party through hurricanes in New Orleans too.
-Tatia
Find a suitable rooftop and take pictures :-)
Seriously though, stay safe and stay in touch.
Good luck -- and scuttle for home right away!
Ok
"honkies" is a term Hong Kongers use for themselves and has been adopted by many in Asia.
The Typhoon only dealt a glancing blow and was a bit of a disappointment truth be known.
The wind and rain and lack of light would have made taking pics a misery.....plus "rooftops" in HK tend to be 30+ stories!
Even I wouldn't mess around that high up in 80km winds.
Nothing to do with typhoons, but you HAVE to go to see the new Corpus clock:
"Dubbed the strangest clock in the world, it features a giant grasshopper and has 60 slits cut into its face which light up to show the time."
"I wanted to depict that time is a destroyer - once a minute is gone you can't get it back.
That's why my grasshopper is not a Disney character. He is a ferocious beast that over the seconds has his tongue lolling out, his jaws opening, then on the 59th second he gulps down time."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7625815.stm
On the cornetr of Benet street. It is quite something.
TR-HW
Another insane divorce settlement decision from the UK Courts:
Ex-wife wins new home and £50,000 a year maintenance - for her horses
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4799038.ece?&EMC-Bltn=JXIGL9
Lighting the blue touchpaper and retiring to a safe distance
[boom - distant sound of T explosion in Honkers]
TR-HW
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