H's 1st Typhoon

We survived Hannah's 1st typhoon - Typhoon Krosa (Ke1 Ro2 Sha1). It was rather large, and we were indoor bound for Saturday and Sunday as it hit Taiwan. (Though we did watch the news and there were ppl that still went out Saturday). The winds were strong and fast and the rain was hard. There was footage of this mom holding onto her baby stroller as the winds were lifting it way up in the air. The winds were sorta scary as we were on the 15th floor.

There was a period of calm as the eye was directly over Taipei. Sunday it was not so bad b/c it weakened. The power went out several times on Saturday, Sunday and today (Mon) which has just added to the discomfort since Taiwan is already so hot, humid, & muggy.

"According to the power company, Typhoon Krosa - the 15th typhoon reported in the West Pacific area this year - caused the largest-scale blackout since Typhoon Herb battered Taiwan in 1996."

China Post article: 7 dead, 52 injured after Typhoon Krosa

We're looking forward to heading back to the states at the end of this week. Tomorrow we take A-zo (H's great-grandma) to the hospital again. We went last Tuesday and will go for a follow up this Tuesday at Cathay General Hospital (Guo Tai) in Taipei. We're also heading to Zhong Li tomorrow. So today I packed our stuff up. I had already packed a bunch of it up on Thursday, since we were out Friday, and were supposed to go Southward on Saturday. Due to the typhoon, our plans were changed.