Posted on 03/20/2006 4:35:25 PM PST by blam
1987? It seems I have some vague memories of that typhoon because that one seriously disrupted traffic between Taiwan and HK. My dad and mum were members of the Republic of China's Chinese History Society and they went to Taiwan for academic conferences about 3 times every year. In Nov 1987 because of typhoon disruptions, they stayed at Kai Tak Airport for a whole morning and afternoon before finally managing to go onboard a flight at 5 pm (scheduled flight at 10:30 am?) and they used the meal vouchers from the airline to buy something to eat for my sis and myself.
I was only 9 at that time so I could have remembered another occasion.
Hong Kong's Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals
Typhoon Signal No. 3. Schools and offices stay open
Typhoon Signal No. 8 (with directions indicating where the typhoon's wind blows from). All schools and offices close
Typhoon Signal No. 10. Hurricane-like condition
I don't think there is any similar warning system for the MetService.
,,, they're pretty much organised with a warning system like that, aren't they?
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