So now that Typhoon Soudelor has passed through Taiwan, here’s what it was like.
The typhoon took place from Aug. 7-8. It was already starting to rain a lot all day on Friday. But I couldn’t sleep all that night.
I kept on going in and out of sleep, and when I was sleeping, I would dream about the typhoon. All night, I heard the wind howling, and the windows shook from the wind’s force. I dreamed about building a wall out of large wooden logs to block the wind from blowing into our apartment. I dreamed that when I went outside, the wind was blowing dust and sand around, and it was so strong that the sand and dust stung when it hit you. When I woke up, I realized the wind’s force was not a dream. In fact, I heard glass shattering. The wind was so powerful, it demolished windows. Anyway, I thought it was pretty scary.
More on the typhoon: http://mashable.com/2015/08/08/typhoon-soudelor-deaths-taiwan/
Needless to say, we didn’t really go out at all the next day. My grandma’s friend crashed at her place that night because traveling in the typhoon would be dangerous. She knows how to tell fortunes with Chinese bazi, so she told me and my sister our fortunes, which was quite interesting. Also a couple friends came later the following day, and she also told them their fortunes.
This morning, I went grocery shopping with my grandma, and I saw all the wreckage the typhoon caused. At the park, many small trees had fallen over, and there was foliage all over the ground. Even a huge beautiful tree was uprooted. We saw a crane lifting up a huge metal sign that had fallen over and was completely bent by the wind. When we went to the marketplace, there wasn’t that much produce, and the ones that were there were small and expensive.
On the way back, my grandma and I ate fairy grass popsicles. The rest of the day, I just relaxed and helped my sister with packing. Also, my grandma and I went out to buy fruits, and my sister and I went to 7-Eleven. My sister bought some Asian snacks and candy to bring home to our sister, and I bought a high speed rail ticket to go to Kaohsiung this week!