Preparing for a Typhoon - HK Style

[Elegiaque]

@Fiona in HKG how do you recommend preparing??

[Fiona in HKG]

@Fiona in HKG how do you recommend preparing??

There's only so much you can do. Everything loose outside, comes inside. Stay away from large windows (not a believer in taping them as that won't do much anyway). Don't sit near window air-con units (I have seen one fly across a room). Don't be stupid and think it's playtime out in the wind. Sit tight and think of the poor souls in other locations without the modern architecture which protects us.

[Shiojiri Hiro]

Make sure you have drinking water, toilet water (buckets!) and also food. :-)

Maybe make sure your portable battery packs are charged in case the power cuts out and you need to charge your mobile phones.

[shri]

What about leaving toilet windows open? No clue where I picked that up from, but seems like that was advice given to me ages ago.

[kimwy66]

There's only so much you can do. Everything loose outside, comes inside. Stay away from large windows (not a believer in taping them as that won't do much anyway). Don't sit near window air-con units (I have seen one fly across a room). Don't be stupid and think it's playtime out in the wind. Sit tight and think of the poor souls in other locations without the modern architecture which protects us.

The video on this SCMP page is recommending taping, but a quick google search shows that in the US they tell people not to as there is a greater danger from larger pieces of glass.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...ble-after-10am

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/wea...171813657.html

[kimwy66]

What about leaving toilet windows open? No clue where I picked that up from, but seems like that was advice given to me ages ago.

The Miami Herald link above answers that one as well, no need as buildings are not air tight enough to create a major change in pressure.

[Fiona in HKG]

The video on this SCMP page is recommending taping, but a quick google search shows that in the US they tell people not to as there is a greater danger from larger pieces of glass.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...ble-after-10am

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/wea...171813657.html

The only thing that will really protect your windows are wooden shutters (we had those way back in the 70s when we lived at Red Hill in Tai Tam. Just imagine a branch or a small stone blowing in the wind strengths we're expecting, hitting a large pane of glass with an X of adhesive tape across it. There you have the ridiculous practice of taping.

I have actually seen the very large pane of glass (floor to ceiling) in my living room bow in against a table that sits against it, pushing it back by a couple of inches. They are sometimes pushed to the point of almost not holding in place.

We're lucky with electricity here in that it's mostly underground so no wires to be brought down. Biggest risk is a sub-station taken down by something. Been an awful long time since we have an outage here (can anyone remember when?)

Supplies needed only for say 2 days in case it's difficult to get to the supermarket though things here do tend to blow over quickly and some 7-Eleven's even stay open. No doubt, however, instant noodles and bread (seem to be typhoon staples here) will be off the shelves on Friday.

[shri]

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British Essentials had a clearance - all stocked up on enough junk food to last us a few weeks.

[kimwy66]

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Our local is more expats, so anticipate a run on Gin, Tonic, beer, sausages ( for the bbq) & baked beans

[MABinPengChau]

In the US, for whatever reason, people load up on huge packs of toilet paper when a hurricane is coming...or a snowstorm. Not sure what is supposed to do...

So I am landing Saturday night from Taiwan...do I go back home to Peng Chau or stay in a hotel somewhere on HK island? I am directly on the water, facing West (DB). Second floor so don't think my level would be flooded.