It's short as well, but the trees are blowing around more than in the other videos.
Showing posts with label Typhoon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Typhoon. Show all posts
Sunday, September 28, 2008
YES YES YES
No school tomorrow. Gee, what will I do with myself? Well, now that I have been given a reprieve on needing to respond to reading journals, I think I'll upload another video. See if this one will show the coverings blowing away. Yep, had I been reaching out instead of shooting the video, I think I could have grabbed the closest piece. It's funny how tame the video makes things look. I also didn't take photos when it was really pouring and blowing, it was bad enough in the doorway when it was "tame."
We should continue to get pounded by Jangmi throughout the night, and right now the rain is a torrential downpour outside. Glad I'm in a cozy place.
We should continue to get pounded by Jangmi throughout the night, and right now the rain is a torrential downpour outside. Glad I'm in a cozy place.
Super Typhoon Jangmi Continues
It is nearly 6:00 pm, and I'm waiting for the local English radio hourly typhoon update. In the past couple hours it has gotten really hairy. I don't feel threatened by any part of it, but my lights have flickered a few times, and the new coverings (that were blown off by last year's typhoon) on part of the sports complex have been ripping and blowing off. I first noticed it when I heard a loud retort, much like a gunshot. Looked across the street, and yep, there they went.
Of course, I then had to go stand in my balcony doorway to get a few snapshots. I shot a couple videos, too. I've got the clips uploaded to photobucket, but that site is running so slowly that I won't post the videos tonight. Wait, maybe I'll see if I can upload to blogger...that would be a first for me.
My day was pretty productive. Made a great pot of beef stew...so yummy and fragrant. Finished grading the math journals. Still need to respond to some reading journals, but I'll put that off for awhile. See if we have school tomorrow or not, then I'll decide when or if to respond.
Quick update from the radio station: Gusts 227 kph, wind speeds 180 kph. Waves along the coast over four stories high. Airports closed. Bus flipped on its side from strong wind. Lots of localized flooding, signs down, etc. Bridges impassable, rock slides, parts of roads washed out, etc. 86,000 households without power, according to CNN. (You know it's a bad typhoon when CNN has coverage.)
Shoot...nothing about TAS being closed. Taipei will make the decision in the next hour or so. Yeah, that's what you told me an hour ago. C'mon, we lost a second weekend due to weather, give us the day off of school tomorrow. I'm not going to sleep anyway if the winds continue to batter my windows like they are right now, so I won't be that energetic anyway.
Well, it's not the most exciting video and you can't see the coverings fly away, but you can certainly hear the noise of the wind. And you can also see that I could barely hold the camera still. Pretty shaky.
Of course, I then had to go stand in my balcony doorway to get a few snapshots. I shot a couple videos, too. I've got the clips uploaded to photobucket, but that site is running so slowly that I won't post the videos tonight. Wait, maybe I'll see if I can upload to blogger...that would be a first for me.
My day was pretty productive. Made a great pot of beef stew...so yummy and fragrant. Finished grading the math journals. Still need to respond to some reading journals, but I'll put that off for awhile. See if we have school tomorrow or not, then I'll decide when or if to respond.
Quick update from the radio station: Gusts 227 kph, wind speeds 180 kph. Waves along the coast over four stories high. Airports closed. Bus flipped on its side from strong wind. Lots of localized flooding, signs down, etc. Bridges impassable, rock slides, parts of roads washed out, etc. 86,000 households without power, according to CNN. (You know it's a bad typhoon when CNN has coverage.)
Shoot...nothing about TAS being closed. Taipei will make the decision in the next hour or so. Yeah, that's what you told me an hour ago. C'mon, we lost a second weekend due to weather, give us the day off of school tomorrow. I'm not going to sleep anyway if the winds continue to batter my windows like they are right now, so I won't be that energetic anyway.
Well, it's not the most exciting video and you can't see the coverings fly away, but you can certainly hear the noise of the wind. And you can also see that I could barely hold the camera still. Pretty shaky.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Super Typhoon Jangmi
Looks like a good day to stay in the apartment and try to get some school work done.
Taiwan tv is showing videos of flooded areas and mudslides...probably in the mountains. No idea for sure since it's all in Mandarin and I don't recognize any of the areas. I bet our bike paths will be filled with debris for awhile.
Taiwan tv is showing videos of flooded areas and mudslides...probably in the mountains. No idea for sure since it's all in Mandarin and I don't recognize any of the areas. I bet our bike paths will be filled with debris for awhile.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Another Weather Related No Saturday Ride
The streets are still wet after last night's downpour. That wouldn't keep us off the bikes, but the wind is howling, so we're taking a day off. Again. On a Saturday. Again. Oh yeah, and we're watching the next typhoon. Again.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Typhoon Gone?
Winds howled last night for HOURS, so the tin and plastic coverings of balconies in the back of my apartment kept up a cacophony of sounds, which had me tossing and turning most of the night. Right now it's calm and the rain has stopped. From what I can tell (as best I can from the Chinese news stations) that we aren't yet finished with Typhoon Sinlaku. Some of the mountains in northern Taiwan have been pummeled with over 1,000 mm of rain. Don't know how much Taipei got, but it started raining here on Friday night and continued all day and all night Saturday. Looking at tv right now, and it looks like Taipei must have gotten over 600 mm of rain. I'm perfectly content to remain inside the rest of the day...Youtube has some decent tv shows and I've got some paperwork to do. Maybe one of the bikes will get used this week before or after school.
Well, that didn't last long. Rain is here again.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Typhoon Sinlaku
Seems to be mostly tons and tons of rain for us, not sure what it has done elsewhere in Taiwan. We'll more than likely be inside all weekend, then get to go back to school on Monday.
Friday, October 12, 2007
A Better Day
I decided to head out for a ride around 11:30 this morning. Figured I could avoid the mad "going to work traffic", plus the rain that had been threatening all morning never appeared. So I thought I'd try for the Taipei Zoo again, since my plans for that destination were thwarted yesterday. The start of the ride was pleasant, not many people out on the bike path and the wind, while strong, wasn't bugging me too much. This picture is a view of Dadaocheng Wharf in the distance...one of our favorite bike stopping places.
Hmmm, what is this? Past Dadaocheng Wharf? A bunch of typhoon debris. Well, the guy on the other side is going over it, so I may as well follow suit.
Unfortunately, not too much farther from the first debris, the bike path was covered in mud, and virtually impassable. So, I turned around, climbed over the pile of junk again, then decided to do a reverse River Loop, which meant I had to walk the bike up a long incline at the Taipei Bridge, and instead of being able to ride in the scooter lane, since I was on the wrong side of the road, I had to carry the bike down these steps.
Once on the other side of the river, and after pushing the bike UP the pedestrian bridge on one side and carrying it DOWN the steps on the other, I very nearly turned around. This side of the river was an absolute mess. Mud everywhere. Debris in piles dotting the landscape like old-fashioned hay bales. Workers in big trucks were out in force performing a massive cleanup. Still, I travelled through some mucky standing water and plenty of mud. I think this is the dirtiest I've been on any bike ride.
This bridge is just off WenLin Road, and is pretty much right at the beginning of the bike path. The typhoon did a number on it!
On the way home, I stopped at a place that washes cars and scooters by hand. One guy was nice enough to let me hose the bike off, then after getting over his chuckles at seeing how dirty I was, proceeded to soap off the rest of the mud on the bike for me.
Hmmm, what is this? Past Dadaocheng Wharf? A bunch of typhoon debris. Well, the guy on the other side is going over it, so I may as well follow suit.
Unfortunately, not too much farther from the first debris, the bike path was covered in mud, and virtually impassable. So, I turned around, climbed over the pile of junk again, then decided to do a reverse River Loop, which meant I had to walk the bike up a long incline at the Taipei Bridge, and instead of being able to ride in the scooter lane, since I was on the wrong side of the road, I had to carry the bike down these steps.
Once on the other side of the river, and after pushing the bike UP the pedestrian bridge on one side and carrying it DOWN the steps on the other, I very nearly turned around. This side of the river was an absolute mess. Mud everywhere. Debris in piles dotting the landscape like old-fashioned hay bales. Workers in big trucks were out in force performing a massive cleanup. Still, I travelled through some mucky standing water and plenty of mud. I think this is the dirtiest I've been on any bike ride.
This bridge is just off WenLin Road, and is pretty much right at the beginning of the bike path. The typhoon did a number on it!
On the way home, I stopped at a place that washes cars and scooters by hand. One guy was nice enough to let me hose the bike off, then after getting over his chuckles at seeing how dirty I was, proceeded to soap off the rest of the mud on the bike for me.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Weathered the Typhoon
No pun intended. It was nice to wake up today, though, and have the winds of the typhoon over and done with. It's headed toward China now, and over a million people there have been evacuated. Here, there were landslides and some flooding. Of course, there is debris all over the place. I lucked out because my power was out for less than half an hour. It cut out just as I was taking a pan of hot nachos out of the convection oven. Good timing. And good nachos.
I finally put the bike on the trainer this morning and did about half of Coach Troy's "On the Road" DVD. This is a beautiful autumn virtual ride through northern Baltimore county, Maryland. Figure it's one way for me to experience fall, since I don't get it in Taipei. The DVD is fun, but tough.
Typhoon Krosa aftermath: Photos taken within a city block radius of my apartment.
Trainer currently in my living room in Taipei: (I can do this since Russ is in the states and I don't do any entertaining!)
I finally put the bike on the trainer this morning and did about half of Coach Troy's "On the Road" DVD. This is a beautiful autumn virtual ride through northern Baltimore county, Maryland. Figure it's one way for me to experience fall, since I don't get it in Taipei. The DVD is fun, but tough.
Typhoon Krosa aftermath: Photos taken within a city block radius of my apartment.
Trainer currently in my living room in Taipei: (I can do this since Russ is in the states and I don't do any entertaining!)
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Typhoon Krosa
What a crazy typhoon this one is. Lots of wind and rain...I sat at my desk and watched a bunch of debris fly by my window as it rattled and shook. Stepped out onto my balcony at one point to snap a few photos of the trees and blowing precipitation. (see below) That was probably stupid, but I didn't venture too far out. Looks like the eye is over us right now, which should have lessened the typhoon's intensity, but it still feels pretty darn powerful. The upper kitchen window is rattling and so is the vent cover in the bathroom. I've already replaced it once, but chances are I'll have to do it again before the night is out.
I had every intention of putting my bike on the trainer and enjoying a ride inside the apartment. Here it is, about 6:30 pm, and the bike is still sitting on its stand, waiting for me to get off the computer, log out of bikejournal.com, and put in some miles. I did have some fun on the computer today, though, as I put together my first html table. Kind of addicting once you get started.
I had every intention of putting my bike on the trainer and enjoying a ride inside the apartment. Here it is, about 6:30 pm, and the bike is still sitting on its stand, waiting for me to get off the computer, log out of bikejournal.com, and put in some miles. I did have some fun on the computer today, though, as I put together my first html table. Kind of addicting once you get started.