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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Arrival back to Mn
Sunday Keona and I arrived in Minneapolis around 1:20 p.m. Amazingly the customs check didn't take too long - but it was terribly long for non-citizens. Then back to St. Cloud around 4:00 or so. The weather is great here... more comfortable! :)
Pixar at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Friday Keona and I joined Angel and her family at the Pixar: 20 years of Animation at the Fine Arts Museum. It was great! There were many pictures of the characters in the preliminary stages of design, clay representations of the final version of the character, and a zoetrope. From the China post: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/art/movies-&-films/2009/08/09/219732/Pixar:-20.htm.
Also here is the Taipei Fine Art Museum website: http://www.tfam.museum/index.aspx. Just click on the banner for the Pixar at the top and it will give you a movie and short description, albeit in Chinese. Or, the Google translator gave this website, you can choose English: http://online.tfam.museum/pixar/ Then the links are on the left side: News, About the Exhibition, etc. It's really cool! Especially the Zoetrope!
Also here is the Taipei Fine Art Museum website: http://www.tfam.museum/index.aspx. Just click on the banner for the Pixar at the top and it will give you a movie and short description, albeit in Chinese. Or, the Google translator gave this website, you can choose English: http://online.tfam.museum/pixar/ Then the links are on the left side: News, About the Exhibition, etc. It's really cool! Especially the Zoetrope!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Typhoon 3
The aftermath of the Typhoon.
From http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kuvat/2009/08/09/taiwan-asia-typhoon
Watch the video here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_storm
Boats in this harbour took a battering. Typhoon Morakot is the worst storm to strike the island in more than 50 years.
The typhoon is now heading to China, where around a million people have been moved out of their homes and away from the southern coast to safety.
From http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kuvat/2009/08/09/taiwan-asia-typhoonWatch the video here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_storm
Taiwan asia typhoon
In this three picture combo made from television images broadcast by ETTV television Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, a a six-story hotel in Chihpen, Taitung county, Taiwan collapses and plunges into a river after floodwaters eroded its base as typhoon Morakot passed through the area. All 300 people in the hotel were evacuated and uninjured, officials said. Typhoon Morakot slammed into China’s east coast Sunday just hours after nearly 1 million people evacuated the area. It earlier lashed Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the island’s worst flooding in 50 years and left dozens missing and feared dead.
In this three picture combo made from television images broadcast by ETTV television Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, a a six-story hotel in Chihpen, Taitung county, Taiwan collapses and plunges into a river after floodwaters eroded its base as typhoon Morakot passed through the area. All 300 people in the hotel were evacuated and uninjured, officials said. Typhoon Morakot slammed into China’s east coast Sunday just hours after nearly 1 million people evacuated the area. It earlier lashed Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the island’s worst flooding in 50 years and left dozens missing and feared dead.
Official says 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan storm
TAIPEI, Taiwan – An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.
Morakot dumped up to 80 inches (two meters) of rain on some communities over the weekend before moving on to China, where it forced the evacuation of nearly 1 million people along the east coast. Earlier it had struck the Philippines, leaving at least 22 dead.
It has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Speaking to The Associated Press, a Taiwanese police official who identified himself by his surname, Wang, said about 100 people have been rescued by military helicopter or avoided Sunday morning's mudslide in southern Shiao Lin village.
One of the rescued villagers, Lin Chien-chung, told the United Evening News that he believes as many as 600 people were still buried by the mud.
"The mudslide covered a large part of the village including a primary school and many homes," he was quoted as saying. "A part of the mountain above us just fell on the village."
He did not explain the apparent discrepancy between his estimate of deaths and the policeman's smaller estimate of people still missing.
The village was still cut off from the outside world Monday evening, after flood waters destroyed a bridge about 8 miles (12 kilometers) away. Military helicopters have dropped provisions in the area and rescued survivors.
Taiwan's official death toll from Morakot stands at 14. Another 51, not including the people in Shiao Lin, are listed as missing.
Morakot, meaning emerald in Thai, slammed into China's Fujian province Sunday afternoon carrying heavy rain and winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour, according to the China Meteorological Administration. At least one child died after a house collapsed in Zhejiang province.
By early Monday, the storm packed winds of 52 miles per hour (83 kilometers per hour), it said.
Hundreds of villages and towns were flooded and more than 2,000 houses had collapsed, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Village officials in Zhejiang rode bicycles to hand out drinking water and instant noodles to residents stranded by flooding, while rescuers tried to reach eight sailors on a cargo ship blown onto a reef off Fujian, Xinhua reported.
In Japan, meanwhile, Typhoon Etau slammed into the west coast Monday. Twelve people were killed in raging floodwaters and landslides, and 10 others were missing, police said.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.
Morakot dumped up to 80 inches (two meters) of rain on some communities over the weekend before moving on to China, where it forced the evacuation of nearly 1 million people along the east coast. Earlier it had struck the Philippines, leaving at least 22 dead.
It has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Speaking to The Associated Press, a Taiwanese police official who identified himself by his surname, Wang, said about 100 people have been rescued by military helicopter or avoided Sunday morning's mudslide in southern Shiao Lin village.
One of the rescued villagers, Lin Chien-chung, told the United Evening News that he believes as many as 600 people were still buried by the mud.
"The mudslide covered a large part of the village including a primary school and many homes," he was quoted as saying. "A part of the mountain above us just fell on the village."
He did not explain the apparent discrepancy between his estimate of deaths and the policeman's smaller estimate of people still missing.
The village was still cut off from the outside world Monday evening, after flood waters destroyed a bridge about 8 miles (12 kilometers) away. Military helicopters have dropped provisions in the area and rescued survivors.
Taiwan's official death toll from Morakot stands at 14. Another 51, not including the people in Shiao Lin, are listed as missing.
Morakot, meaning emerald in Thai, slammed into China's Fujian province Sunday afternoon carrying heavy rain and winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour, according to the China Meteorological Administration. At least one child died after a house collapsed in Zhejiang province.
By early Monday, the storm packed winds of 52 miles per hour (83 kilometers per hour), it said.
Hundreds of villages and towns were flooded and more than 2,000 houses had collapsed, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Village officials in Zhejiang rode bicycles to hand out drinking water and instant noodles to residents stranded by flooding, while rescuers tried to reach eight sailors on a cargo ship blown onto a reef off Fujian, Xinhua reported.
In Japan, meanwhile, Typhoon Etau slammed into the west coast Monday. Twelve people were killed in raging floodwaters and landslides, and 10 others were missing, police said.
Boats in this harbour took a battering. Typhoon Morakot is the worst storm to strike the island in more than 50 years.The typhoon is now heading to China, where around a million people have been moved out of their homes and away from the southern coast to safety.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Typhoon 2
The typhoon is coming, and at 6:00 Yeye took Gugu, Keona, and I for a short drive to see the waves. So, I shot some pictures and took a video of Keona and I in front of the ocean. It's crazy... the waves are really high and crash pretty hard.
The video:
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Typhoon
From the Central Weather Bureau web site at http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm, here is the typhoon's projected path:
Winds are incredibly strong, from yeterday evening through now. Yeye says it will hit around 8 p.m. tonight.
Winds are incredibly strong, from yeterday evening through now. Yeye says it will hit around 8 p.m. tonight.From Fox News at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537760,00.html:
Taiwan Braces for Major Typhoon 'Morakot'
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Aug. 6
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese braced for the arrival of a major typhoon Friday as local governments closed businesses and schools and airlines canceled scores of flights.
The center of Typhoon Morakot was about 137 miles southeast of Taiwan's eastern county of Yilan, packing winds of 89 mph and moving west at a speed of 9 mph as of 7:15 a.m. Friday, the Central Weather Bureau said.
If Typhoon Morakot sustains its course, it will make landfall in eastern Taiwan on Friday night, it said.
Schools and businesses throughout the island were closed Friday. Some international flights to and from Japan and Hong Kong were canceled. All domestic flights departing from Taipei were also canceled.
Morakot will be the first typhoon to hit Taiwan this year. Typhoons frequently move in between July and September often causing casualties in mountainous regions that are prone to landslides and flash floods.
From CNN at http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/06/typhoon.morakot.taiwan/index.html
Typhoon Morakot nears Taiwan
(CNN) -- Typhoon Morakot bore down on Taiwan Friday, packing 89 mph (143 kph) winds and threatening to soak the entire island when it makes landfall Saturday morning, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said.
As of 10 a.m. Friday (2 a.m. GMT), wind gusts were reaching 112 mph, and Morakot, a medium-strength typhoon, was moving west-northwest at 14 mph en route to landfall, the agency said.
Already, mudslides and landslides were occurring on the land, as airlines canceled flights, and government offices, schools and the Taiwan Stock Exchange closed for the day, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.
The storm was centered about 124 miles (200 km) southeast of Taipei and could wind up directly over the capital, said CNN meteorologist Kevin Corriveau.
He predicted its impact would be massive. "This storm has already dumped about 400 millimeters (16 inches) of rain in the central and southern part of the island, and they're still expecting another 500 (20 inches) to 800 millimeters (32 inches) of rain over the next 24 to 48 hours," he said. Watch how the storm is affecting life on the island »
Drought in recent months has severely affected the area, leaving the ground so hard that it cannot absorb the rainfall, Corriveau said.
However, the island tends to prepare well for typhoons, Corriveau added. "They take it very seriously," Corriveau said. "Just like Cuba is very good at handling hurricanes, Taiwan is very good at handling typhoons."
On Thursday, Taiwanese Premier Liu Chao-shiuan examined the island's emergency operation center and asked all personnel to stay on high alert over the next day, with the typhoon forecast to "affect all regions of Taiwan," according to CNA
Taiwan and eastern China are particularly vulnerable to flash flooding and mudslides because of the proximity of the mountains to the sea.
Once it hits land, Morakot is expected to weaken to tropical storm strength, the Central Weather Bureau reported.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday July 31
Today, Keona, Nainai and I went to see Up in 3D in the theatres. It was pretty good - Keona got a little scared towards the end, but I told her everything works out in the end... and it did. Pretty good...
Deleted Photos
It's a good thing I set up this blog and gave Yeye the photos of the exciting highlights of our trip... today Keona was taking pictures, and I noticed something odd when reviewing them.. Only 2 pictures... I looked at the memory card and they were COMPLETELY gone! :'( How sad. I had so many pictures and wanted to make a memory photo book, and they're all gone. Just gone.
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