For the benefit of readers outside HK, we are currently in the middle of a typhoon number 8 signal. Typhoon Koppu hit HK earlier today and the number 8 signal was hoisted at around 6pm.
Which got me interested about typhoons in HK over the years. After jumping on google, I managed to find this site which has some interesting facts about the deadliest and the most powerful typhoon recorded in HK. Interestingly, the two aren't the same.
Apparently, the deadliest typhoon was in 1937 when approximately 11,000 people died. However, the most powerful was in 1962 when, with the benefit of forewarning, "only" 127 fatalities were recorded. Which is impressive in that the number of deaths fell by such a large amount when people had sufficient warning to prepare for the coming storm.
Probably a good thing then that our current technology means that we can predict coming typhoons with relative accuracy.
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So you were stuck in the house all day Monday? Bummer ;)
I remember the visit I made to HK when you still lived in Sha Tin, and we got stuck in the house due to the storm warning. Think we nearly completed one of your games that day as we waited out the storm...
Unfortunately no.
The typhoon 8 wasn't raised until around 6pm. Due to some training and a couple of other things, I didn't actually leave the office till 6pm as well so I didn't really get any benefit out of the typhoon on Monday.
Did manage to get a half day off today though as the typhoon 8 was only lowered at 10:15am today.
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