As predicted,  Nuri hit Hong Kong head-on. Tess did an excellent blog about our day that you can read here (including some pictures.) We had a strange few hours this afternoon where the eye of the typhoon actually passed over Hong Kong… no winds, eerie silence, no rain but lots of thick, low fog. Then WHAM! About 7:30 PM the winds started up again and feel much stronger than they were this morning. You can see our taped windows (taken this morning,) intended to reduce the damage that might be caused if one of the windows shattered. The heavily taped window has a crack so we are being extra cautious.

Hard to believe that a month ago we were at Fintry on Lake Okanagan and that this was a typical scene each evening. Truthfully, most evenings didn’t look this stormy. I took this picture at the tail end of a cold front and few days of cloud. Even though Sebastian has started back to school, it’s still cottage season back in Canada with a few more cottage and sailing weekends before our Canadian friends and family will swing back into school and regular non-summer routines. I’ll probably take some time this weekend to post pictures form the summer so be sure to come back for a quick peek in a few days.