07 August 2011

Typhoon Muifa spared us...

It didn't feel good when media started warning for the worst since many years typhoon approaching East coast of China. At first it was classified as 'super typhoon' (strongest in 4 steps scale), but then it was still almost 1000 km away from the coast. Later it was 'just' a strong one. They were saying that the waves will reach 12 m and winds will be 160-170 km/h...

The feeling got even worse when they said that about 300.000 people has been evacuated from the most 'risky' places along the cost.

Then we found a letter from management of the compound that we should prepare for the typhoon, close all the windows properly, hide any loose items and stay at home during the whole weekend.

The whole Saturday we were checking the weather forecast and latest news on the Muifa. It felt really good when it turned out that typhoon had changed its path and went more into the sea.
It all ended up in just slightly stronger winds (60-70 km/h), few broken tree branches and some rain.

Thank God, this time, the fact that nature is unpredictable played in our favor...

1 comment:

Malin Larsson said...

We landed in Shanghai that Sunday. A bit scary.