Today we woke up to this warning:
NO. 8 NORTH-EAST GALE OR STORM FORCE SIGNAL
Here is the latest Tropical Cyclone Bulletin issued by the
Hong Kong Observatory.
The No. 8 Northeast Gale or Storm Signal is in force.
This means that winds with mean speeds of 63 kilometres per
hour or more are expected from the northeast quarter.
Basically what this all means is that work is cancelled! There are various storm warnings here in HK, but the magic number is 8 - you need at least a Typhoon 8 to get out of work, and we hit that at 5:00 am this morning. It was awesome. Now all I need is for it to stay this way all day --there is this rule that if they take down the Typhoon 8 signal and it is still during regular business hours, you are required to report to work (talk about a buzz kill). For the moment, I'm sipping my coffee slowly, watching TV and not planning on getting out of my pajamas......
***Afterward by John***
Very happy that the weather cooperated and gave us a Typhoon 8. Katie was literally the most excited I've ever seen her the whole night before at the prospect of it. She was checking the weather every 5 minutes and charting the storm's trajectory. If the Typhoon 8 didn't come through, she would have been devastated. DEVASTATED. The whining would have been intolerable. Luckily Typhoon 8 lasted all day.
