Typhoon headed our way!
And it's a big one this time, headed straight for us. It's been raining since yesterday, pretty much nonstop. We are headed out this morning to look at three apartments, then back here to the safety of the hotel where I'm sure we'll be staying for at least 24 hours. It's supposed to get really bad tomorrow around 5am. There are actually 2 typhoons, one after another, although the second is headed more north, but could still collide with the first, causing even bigger problems. Schools and government offices have been closed today. Anthony just called, he made it to work right as his secretary called to tell him not to come in, so he's on his way back right now. Guess it's going to get pretty bad today too. We will keep you all posted!
It's now 5pm and it's still raining. Typhoon is just east of us, still hasn't reached us completely yet, seems to have stalled or is going really slow, so we are getting a ton of rain. We ventured out, walked next door to 101 for lunch and to go to the bookstore. It was raining and winding when we wanted to come back, so we took a cab from the underground garage at 101 to the hotel - a $2.00 US taxi trip to go right across the street, but totally worth it!
The typhoon is over (it's Thursday morning here). Basically rained 2 days straight. We had no problems here in the hotel. They barracaded the doors shut and we didn't leave until yesterday afternoon, after all the rain had stopped. It was amazing the number of trees down and limbs all over the place, bicycles twisted in branches, leaves and glass everywhere. No flooding right here where we are, but lots of flooding elsewhere on the island. I've never seen so much rain and wind before. Everything shut down for 2 days. I'm glad it's over! I'll post some pictures on our Webshots site http://community.webshots.com/user/akaearmstrong
It's now 5pm and it's still raining. Typhoon is just east of us, still hasn't reached us completely yet, seems to have stalled or is going really slow, so we are getting a ton of rain. We ventured out, walked next door to 101 for lunch and to go to the bookstore. It was raining and winding when we wanted to come back, so we took a cab from the underground garage at 101 to the hotel - a $2.00 US taxi trip to go right across the street, but totally worth it!
The typhoon is over (it's Thursday morning here). Basically rained 2 days straight. We had no problems here in the hotel. They barracaded the doors shut and we didn't leave until yesterday afternoon, after all the rain had stopped. It was amazing the number of trees down and limbs all over the place, bicycles twisted in branches, leaves and glass everywhere. No flooding right here where we are, but lots of flooding elsewhere on the island. I've never seen so much rain and wind before. Everything shut down for 2 days. I'm glad it's over! I'll post some pictures on our Webshots site http://community.webshots.com/user/akaearmstrong
posted by The Armstrongs at
8/24/2004
