I was greatly hoping that Typhoon Chanchu would have a direct hit on Hong Kong and a few days ago that actually looked like the case. It was a very strong typhoon and had killed 40 or so people in the Phillipines. It’s actually kind of strange that such a powerful typhoon was around Hong Kong in the month of May.
Anyway, the reason I was hoping that it would hit Hong Kong is because usually when a strong typhoon hits, the government raises a Typhoon signal and if this signal reaches T8, schools and businesses are closed and everyone is advised to stay at home. This signal goes in the order T1 (windy), T3 (somewhat strong winds), T8 (very strong winds) and T10 (you don’t want to be outside winds). In Hong Kong, the signal only went up to T3 since the typhoon veered East of Hong Kong and hit land in some part of Guandong province. So I wasn’t able to miss school and instead had to slosh around school because it kept on raining. I must say that the wind was really nice and it wasn’t hot like usual. Yeah that’s about it, the typhoon has basically passed us already.
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