Saturday, August 05, 2006
Its a typhoon?! Definitely just had my first experience in a tropical storm. We were supposed to be going to a park on Thursday afternoon but because a typhoon hit
Zhuhai we went to a Japanese grocery store. The typhoon was insane! Chi said that the storm in Zhuhai was only a level 3 out of 10 and we found out later that in Macau (20 minute bus ride to the coast and right by where we go on a lot of our field trips) it was a level 7! The rain and wind were crazy. I could barely sleep the night before because of all the noise but I just thought it was a little storm. On the walk from the bus stop to the grocery store we got absolutely soaked, not to mention the fact that I, weighing in at 190 lbs. Almost go blown away at times. Cheap little umbrellas are completely useless when the rain is going sideways. We saw sheets of metal flying around and downed trees everywhere. Looking back we probably should have just stayed inside! We also found out 
that three people actually died in Zhuhai during the storm because of getting hit with stuff in the wind. And the grocery store, not at all worth it. There was a McDonald's inside though so we had some western food while we were there. Grocery stores here are pretty crazy though. The best is the meat section. All the meat is just sitting out in coolers, unwrapped and you just pick up what you want. Some of my favorite staple items in the meat section are chicken feet, pig noses and pig tongues. YUMMY.
Zhuhai we went to a Japanese grocery store. The typhoon was insane! Chi said that the storm in Zhuhai was only a level 3 out of 10 and we found out later that in Macau (20 minute bus ride to the coast and right by where we go on a lot of our field trips) it was a level 7! The rain and wind were crazy. I could barely sleep the night before because of all the noise but I just thought it was a little storm. On the walk from the bus stop to the grocery store we got absolutely soaked, not to mention the fact that I, weighing in at 190 lbs. Almost go blown away at times. Cheap little umbrellas are completely useless when the rain is going sideways. We saw sheets of metal flying around and downed trees everywhere. Looking back we probably should have just stayed inside! We also found out 
that three people actually died in Zhuhai during the storm because of getting hit with stuff in the wind. And the grocery store, not at all worth it. There was a McDonald's inside though so we had some western food while we were there. Grocery stores here are pretty crazy though. The best is the meat section. All the meat is just sitting out in coolers, unwrapped and you just pick up what you want. Some of my favorite staple items in the meat section are chicken feet, pig noses and pig tongues. YUMMY.# posted by Mike @ 2:40 AM 
