Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Typhoon Fitow



Ryan and I have been talking about seeing each other in China. He says it's my turn to go to him since he came here a couple of months ago. Before that, he came to Hong Kong for the cruise. We also went to Mainland China on the cruise, so on that trip, he came to me and I came to him.

He is right about it being my turn. He took time off work and came to Hong Kong. Now I should go to Fuzhou.

Then there was Typhoon Usagi. It was supposed to be the biggest storm of the year and they said it was going to hit Hong Kong directly. Obviously that was not going to be a good time to go to the airport. Usagi turned out less impressive than anyone expected and it did not hit Hong Kong at all.

So we waited for that storm to come and go. I could always go to Fuzhou afterward.

Then there was Typhoon Fitow. It never posed a threat to Hong Kong, but it was headed straight for Fuzhou. It ended up hitting north of Fuzhou, but it still delayed flights and caused all the usual transportation problems.

Now there is Typhoon Danas. It is headed toward us, but is supposed to turn north and go to Japan. Sometimes these typhoons go where they are supposed to go and sometimes they go wherever the mood strikes them. I don't want to book a flight to Fuzhou only to have it canceled because of some typhoon that refused to do as it was told.

After Danas, who knows. It is still typhoon season, so you never know when another one will show up. We usually have a few days' warning, but it also takes a few days to book a flight. If I book something tomorrow, there could easily be another typhoon by the time I'm supposed to leave. If I wait, there will probably be another typhoon sooner or later.

2 comments:

No hate, please. There's enough of that in the world already.