Typhoon Season 2013

[Watercooler]

Did we just not have t8 that went from 140am to 140pm? Kind of throws that out the window does it not?

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Yeah you are right, but I was just kidding and referring to the prior cases of T8 over the last few years, not this one .

[wtbhotia]

The good thing about this Typhoon was once I finished driving my mrs to work and on the way home to be a bum, I go through Tseung Kwan O tunnel, I pay the 3 dollar fare with a 10 dollar coin, the women gives me my change back so I start of driving, only when i near the entrance I realize that the women gave me 7 dollars in change + the 10 dollar coin. Sweeet Woohooo

Once I go through the tunnel I see a gazillon private cars on the other side (going towards Kowloon) already causing a traffic jam trying to go back to work.

Tiz good to be a bum once in a while.

[reprazent]

It's pretty windy here now, windier than during the entire T8.

[MovingIn07]

It's pretty windy here now, windier than during the entire T8.

Here last night was much windier than during the t8 too. We were rocking a fair bit.

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[INXS]

I'd hate for this thread to become all serious and without the odd tangent. :-)

That said, when I started it I had the intention of it being by the typhoon watchers and for everyone else; people interested in typhoons and as a kind of 'one stop shop' for the latest news.

I hope we can pull the balance back to more storm talk and less storm in a teacup as all eyes turn again to the seas west of the Philippines and the next round of LPAs

As for my view on HKO yesterday...

I believe they were correct to call T8 and invite members to imagine what might have been if several million more people were out and about yesterday.

As for letting people decide for themselves, how many HK bosses would you guess would demand that their employees come in if they could?

Personally, I felt that HKO took T8 down too soon. At that moment, Utor was jogging slightly poleward and there was potential for even stronger winds... Some ferries still refused to re-start service.

Sam Shing harbour remained packed....If you want a good indicator of bad weather conditions you could do worse than take the advice of sea faring folk...The fact that a container ship was sunk off Lantau ought to say something!

I believe 27 trees came down across roads resulting in the fire department having to clear them, in other words, large trees! Imagine if 3 or 4 times the number of vehicles were on the road.....

T8

Most people stayed indoors
Most people secures objects that might be blown away
Most traffic stayed off the roads

Perhaps there was less carnage because the HKO got it about right...

[TheBrit]

As for letting people decide for themselves, how many HK bosses would you guess would demand that their employees come in if they could?

They can already. Requirement to work or not is set by company policy, nothing to do with the Government or HK Observatory.

[Fiona in HKG]

They can already. Requirement to work or not is set by company policy, nothing to do with the Government or HK Observatory.

We have a 2pm rule....so you can imagine how many pissed-off people dragged themselves in yesterday!

A lot of companies follow Stock Exchange and Banks, with a 12 noon rule.

[braddles]

Yesterday was brilliant. Laughable but brilliant. Took the dog for a lovely walk up bowen road with few people on the streets, perfect for a young rescue pup. Stopped for a beer in a crowded bar - where the barman said it had been of his busier days It did start raining at some point, but yeh... cheers HKO! More please...

[MovingIn07]

We have a 2pm rule....so you can imagine how many pissed-off people dragged themselves in yesterday!

A lot of companies follow Stock Exchange and Banks, with a 12 noon rule.

I emailed my staff and told them if they were doing productive work at home to stay there and only come in if they really needed the office (or the office computers) to get work done. I think quite a few were in all day anyway - since our building is attached to an MTR station some staff can get here without stepping outside at all!

[TheBrit]

We have a 2pm rule....so you can imagine how many pissed-off people dragged themselves in yesterday!

A lot of companies follow Stock Exchange and Banks, with a 12 noon rule.

No idea what our rules are to be honest! I came in at the normal time and it was so quiet I took the afternoon off and went to the cinema. Around where I was, the weather was worse after the T8 was lowered.

2pm seems a bit silly - allowing for an hour average commute most staff will arrive 2:30 to 3:00 and end up leaving after just a couple of hours. Mind you, I suspect some staff can get their days work done in two hours if they cut out the Facebooking and Whatsapping... (and geoexpatting, ahem).