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To: abuelita who wrote (143460)	9/15/2018 10:01:24 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 217752

I assume Jay will be OK, but I wonder about coastal infrastructure like roads, bridges, ports, docks, and the airport.

To: abuelita who wrote (143460)	9/15/2018 10:47:33 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217752

omg is right, that there literally was just a sudden gust outside the yard that was quite alarming, and i do not typically get alarmed about wind storms. then, just as suddenly, back to simply heavy rain the wind seems quite bad - the three or four banana trees in our yard are certainly all crooked. would imagine quite a few trees all over hk could already be felled. the bunch of bamboos in my yard's corner are nice and upright. there is a take-away lesson there somewhere. re 14 meters wave; we are on a cliff, but much of hk is at only 2-3 meters above sea level. should waves actually come onshore, cannot imagine a good outcome given then underwater infrastructure. not good. i am now effectively stuck in my own home, in that i am downstairs in the garden level where the coconut's dance studio (ex-guest lodging) and my home office is. my mom, wife and kids and our two helpers are upstairs. i have no food but enough water. at some juncture i shall have to brave it and trudge up for sustenance. should power go off, and certainly could, then ... here be typhoons past scmp.com mostly signal 8. we are at signal 10, relatively rarer, and who can know, but can go to signal 12 we will see how the nuclear stations hold out scmp.com am very happy i moved my mom to our place, for should her 8th floor window break, nothing she can do about it anyway, and whenever typhoon wind hits straight on, the buildings are designed and do sway, and the feeling even on 8th floor is ... scary (even to me) our place has storm shutters, and so we are in a bunker, but 'trapped', albeit cosy as long as power stays on, fibre optics remain connected, and water flow sustained - can last out a few days before needing to scavenge for food. worst case would simply evacuate to wherever the planes fly to, but that would mean very bad stuff happened. here is the picture during sunnier times w/ the jack in foreground and coconut on sofa the kids are praying, for either the typhoon to double-back on monday (extremely rare but did happen at least once in my memory) or floow-on Flag Red rain storm - NO SCHOOLS !