Well my final weekend has arrived… the plan for tomorrow evening is to head over to a seafood restaurant on Lamma Island with some of the guys from the team. But that is dependent on the weather… we are currently on level 3 typhoon warning – so there’s a chance that the ferries won’t be sailing!
A level 3 warning means: “Strong wind is expected or blowing generally in Hong Kong near sea level, with a sustained speed of 41-62 km/h (kilometres per hour), and gusts which may exceed 110 km/h, and the wind condition is expected to persist. Winds are normally expected to become generally stronger in Hong Kong within 12 hours after the issue of this signal. Winds over offshore waters and on high ground may reach gale force.”
Some trivia about typhoons… the word is possibly derived from the Cantonese for “big wind” - daaih fung (大風). A typhoon is exactly the same as a hurricane – both are simply local names for a tropical cyclone. In the northern hemisphere they go anti-clockwise and vice versa in the southern hemisphere. The tyhoon season is usually from May to November…
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I have two more weekends in London. Our weather is bad too so may spend this weekend in the flat staying warm! I hope you have more fun.
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