Ever since Hurricane Bob made swept through Boston in 1991, I've been fascinated with hurricanes and tropical weather in general. Morbid curiousity abounds as stories rain in of trees, vehicles and various household pets go flying around neighborhoods. I imagine my excitement about storms like these will subside (if only slightly) once I own property in a storm's path, but until then, I anxiously await the chance to sit inside some heavily fortified structure and watch Mama Nature wreak havoc on poorly built structures and those flaura and fauna which Selection has decided against.
We have had a couple bruhes with Typhoons/tropical storms already in Shenzhen, and tonight it looks like another will be making landfall righ on top of us. Molave (only at about 70mph sustained winds right now) will be making landfall sometime late this evening. We're all pretty excited, and for two real reasons. One, awesome rain and wind is a break from the dreary pattern of humid & sunny and bleak tropical rainfall; and two (probabl incorrect usage of a semicolon, but whajevs) typhoons knock the smog out for a couple days leaving us with gorgeous views, clear skies, and mildly reduced humidity.
Awesome.
If things start getting intense, don't worry, they've already inspected our windows for typhoons.
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