Comments | lab83: Good bye Nari

lab83

Good bye Nari

Sep 16, 2007 16:45

It was raining this Sunday morning, but I decided to go into work anyway to get some lesson planning done. Well, I was about 5 minutes into my 10 minute walk there, and I started to think it wasn't such a good idea. It was raining pretty hard, and my shoes and pants were starting to get quite wet. When I finally arrived, I was greeted by sandbags ( Read more... )

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Typhoons thebfg83 September 16 2007, 17:55:48 UTC

When I was in China we were hit by the eye of typhoon Chanchu, the strongest typhoon ever recorded in the South China Sea in May. It killed over a hundred people in flooding, about a dozen of those in my city. I didn't try to go do lesson planning during the storm, but I did go up on the roof. The rain felt like a barrage of paintballs.

Re: Typhoons lab83 September 19 2007, 01:21:29 UTC

I remember hearing about that storm when I was in Korea two years ago. That was a bad one...

audelalune September 17 2007, 09:16:19 UTC

Well done Laura! (I'd like to keep my Laura alive, so maybe next time do the lesson planning at home? ;) )

lab83 September 19 2007, 01:21:59 UTC

Thank you! And good advice... :)

Typhoon Nari anonymous September 30 2007, 21:19:56 UTC

Laura, what an experience! I'm hoping to go to Hangzhou, China in October 2009 with a very good friend who is a U.S. citizen but born in China. I told her I wanted to go when there is the least amount of air pollution and no typhoons! Take care...Kitty in Tucson