My biggest concern is that my neighborhood's tennis court got destroyed by the wind. And I can't go in my jacuzzi until the pool guy comes and cleans it
hope all your extended circle stay safe and well, KJ. i heard a bunch of insurance companies basically cancelled fire coverage on the west coast in the last few years. i can't think of a better suggestion to move, and move fast, than losing your insurance coverage when living in wildfire country.
scariest weather pattern i've experienced yet was this last autumn in the south of taiwan. the typhoon season lasted unseasonably long, well into late november, and included a few monster storms – afaik some of the biggest cyclones globally all year. kaohsiung, where i was staying, had its first direct hit in something like 40 years, a freak storm that hooked up and around northeast to the plains, and skipped the usual storm-buffeting coastal mountains. it came ashore about 0.5km from where i was staying. that was a hairy 24 hours. no fatalities, but the city was totalled. pretty much all the vegetation was gone overnight, and the beaches looked like trash dumps. the main port of the city had cargo containers thrown everywhere like lego bricks. i have some pretty insane videos on my phone somewhere.
scariest weather pattern i've experienced yet was this last autumn in the south of taiwan. the typhoon season lasted unseasonably long, well into late november, and included a few monster storms – afaik some of the biggest cyclones globally all year. kaohsiung, where i was staying, had its first direct hit in something like 40 years, a freak storm that hooked up and around northeast to the plains, and skipped the usual storm-buffeting coastal mountains. it came ashore about 0.5km from where i was staying. that was a hairy 24 hours. no fatalities, but the city was totalled. pretty much all the vegetation was gone overnight, and the beaches looked like trash dumps. the main port of the city had cargo containers thrown everywhere like lego bricks. i have some pretty insane videos on my phone somewhere.
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