typhoon update

This seems to be pretty serious. Somebody said, they expect TWICE the amount of rain as there was during Nari :-S. The whole of Taiwan will basically be closed down tomorrow. A couple of posters made people panic on Forumosa about packing an emergency kit etc. The wind is HOWLING, and will probably get worse during the night. Thank godness, I'm probably so exhausted due to the lack of sleep last night that I should be able to sleep through at least part of it.

Southern Germany must be really hot and sunny today, and SWR 3 is asking listeners to send them emails about where and when they're having a dip all over the world. I sent them an email about us "taking a dip" in a super typhoon, thinking that it might be a welcome distraction from all the "Hi, I live in France and am about to take a swim in the river" emails. But they didn't bother to read it :-S