Tranquility Before A Storm

These were some of the pictures I had taken last Wednesday in Mongkok, before the forecasted Typhoon Bopha. It was terribly hazy and humid. The air seemed quite calm before the thunderstorm which hit HK early the next morning.

I was watching some TV programme when I heard those thunder. It sounded like fighter planes flying past (we stayed on the 38th storey) but it did not sound logical. Went to peep out of the window and gosh....what a sight! Sorry, forgot to take some pictures, but you can try to imagine. The wind was working hard, blowing the rain to almost horizontal lines, lightning kept flashing and thunder clapped through the night. Quite an experience. It was what HK termed as the "T1" -- yellow signal. This was my second "yellow" thunder storm in HK. The first was in year 2001. It was not as bad as this one.

Luckily for us, Typhoon Bopha had weakened when it approached HK on Thursday morning. Instead of a typhoon T3 signal, it was changed to a tropical storm signal. Our luck just ended there. We got stuck at the airport for 5 hours due to a flight delay. The airport staff for SQ was terribly lousy in handling the situation. When they should make an annoucement to inform us of the situation, they did not. When it was not required, they kept annoucing, showing off their not-so-good English. Arghh....so I guess it is better and wiser not to travel during the Lunar 7th month, huh? No? I really wonder...