T8
About a week ago, Friday (10 Aug) around lunchtime I received the following message into my e-mail inbox:
"THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY ANNOUNCES THAT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NUMBER 8 IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AT OR BEFORE 3:30 P.M. TODAY ( 10 AUGUST 2007 ). WINDS LOCALLY WILL STRENGTHEN FURTHER.
THE GOVERNMENT ADVISES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH LONG OR DIFFICULT HOME JOURNEYS OR HAVING TO RETURN TO OUTLYING ISLANDS TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEYS NOW. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO RELEASE ITS EMPLOYEES ACCORDINGLY.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE EDUCATION BUREAU (EDB) : THE EDB ANNOUNCES THAT CLASSES OF ALL SCHOOLS ARE SUSPENDED TODAY. SCHOOLS SHOULD IMPLEMENT CONTINGENCY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS. THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT CONDITIONS ARE SAFE BEFORE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO RETURN HOME."
My first tropical cyclone. Admittedly, I got a bit excited. We were sent home at around 3:15 P.M. I was about to get on a bus home when it suddenly occurred to me that I had to capture this moment in pictures. So, I went into the next local photography shop and bought one of those small disposable cameras. Because of the lack of natural light and the high ISO (800) the pictures look grainy but I personally think that the graininess adds to the mood of the pictures.
Warning signs like the one you can see in the picture are put up in all public buildings.
People in the streets trying to get on a bus, any bus.
BUS FULL
"I just want to go home."
By the way, to this day, I don't really know whether there was a tropical cyclone or not.
Seb
"THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY ANNOUNCES THAT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NUMBER 8 IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AT OR BEFORE 3:30 P.M. TODAY ( 10 AUGUST 2007 ). WINDS LOCALLY WILL STRENGTHEN FURTHER.
THE GOVERNMENT ADVISES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH LONG OR DIFFICULT HOME JOURNEYS OR HAVING TO RETURN TO OUTLYING ISLANDS TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEYS NOW. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO RELEASE ITS EMPLOYEES ACCORDINGLY.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE EDUCATION BUREAU (EDB) : THE EDB ANNOUNCES THAT CLASSES OF ALL SCHOOLS ARE SUSPENDED TODAY. SCHOOLS SHOULD IMPLEMENT CONTINGENCY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS. THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT CONDITIONS ARE SAFE BEFORE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO RETURN HOME."
My first tropical cyclone. Admittedly, I got a bit excited. We were sent home at around 3:15 P.M. I was about to get on a bus home when it suddenly occurred to me that I had to capture this moment in pictures. So, I went into the next local photography shop and bought one of those small disposable cameras. Because of the lack of natural light and the high ISO (800) the pictures look grainy but I personally think that the graininess adds to the mood of the pictures.
Warning signs like the one you can see in the picture are put up in all public buildings.
People in the streets trying to get on a bus, any bus.
BUS FULL
"I just want to go home."
By the way, to this day, I don't really know whether there was a tropical cyclone or not.
Seb
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