Xangsane, it's here
I'm back. I was so busy with the workshop at my project and I did not have time to post a thing. Thanks God that we had good weather during the workshop here. It was raining so hard and a typhoon came last weekend and we had a 2 days field trip in the next Monday. We were thinking of cancelling or changing our plan but luckily and surprisingly, it did not rain that morning anymore even though some places on the way to the community, where we studied, were still flooded. Then, the workshop was over finely; and people here heard a new very bad news that another typhoon was coming. My guests from University of the Philippines left Vietnam to go back home just 1 day before all the trains and flights here have been cancelled because of the typhoon. And, it's comming...
Its name is Xangsane. Yes, the strongest typhoon in the past 10 years in Vietnam. People were right to say it's at the level 15. In Vietnam, the typhoon scale has 12 level and certainly, the strongest is level 12. This time, Xangsane is 15, yes 15. On the way coming to the centre of Vietnam, its centre would stop in the boundary area between Hue and Danang and in fact, the wind speed in Danang is level 13 and in Hue is level 11. You can not imagine how teribble it was this morning. From this early morning, around 3.00 or 4.00 AM until 4.00 PM today, the wind was very strong. Most of the trees on my street were uprooted and corrugated irons were flying like papers. All the advertising panels were broken. And then, heavy rain. These 2 pictures are the view from my house. I was so scared going out today; maybe tomorrow when it's getting better.
I and my parents have moved things in the first floor to the second one cause we are afraid of flooding. Water is coming in our house to visit us... Luckily that we have electricity and internet again tonight, so I can write these things on my blog. Let see what will happen; pray for us, for the centre of Vietnam...
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