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   Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 22-Sep-2025 05:16:39 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   @clacke I see a tropical storm / typhoon came across near you. Are y'all okay?
   
   Also supertyphoon heading between Philippines and Taiwan soon, so possibly heading your way.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 10:59:17 JST clacke

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     T8 was raised at 14:20 HKT yesterday, meaning most services are suspended. A few restaurants are staying open. During lunch all restaurants were chock full with people taking a last chance at eating out before almost everything closed.

     Where I am it was windy but nothing extreme. Waves were high but calm down by the waterfront. A few hours later in the evening it was less windy, waves had increased in frequency, but were not higher.

     clacke@libranet.de is my main repeated this.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 10:59:18 JST clacke

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     The typhoon this weekend was unusually weak. It was nice to cool down the weather a bit, and it didn't even reach T8 level, which is where services start to close down. In US terms, that's a Green on the Waffle House Index.

     The one arriving on Tuesday might be as powerful as the ones in 2017 and 2018, or more. Definitely a Waffle House Red.

     The infrastructure is designed for this. The fridge is full of bread. We will be safe. It will be exciting.

     #hongkong #TyphoonRagasa

     @lnxw37j1

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 11:04:29 JST clacke

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     T10 was raised at 02:40 HKT. I woke up 2-3 times from the wind, but there was nothing so extreme that you'd fear the windows would blow out.

     Lifts are suspended, as power can be unreliable during a strong storm.

     Now it's 09:50 HKT and it's raining outside, but not very windy. Up on the mountain peaks, the Observatory says winds are over 100 km/h with gusts over 200 km/h.

     This could have been a storm worse than Mangkhut in 2018 if it had hit us straight on, but it passed 100 km south of us and is continuing further westward.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 14:44:34 JST clacke

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     Some restaurants and other shops near the water, including a gift shop in Ocean Park, had their doors and windows broken or broken open by sea waves, and the insides flooded.
     clacke@libranet.de is my main repeated this.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 16:44:48 JST clacke

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     The storm is now west-southwest of us, 180 km away, and 2 h ago (13:20 HKT), the Observatory lowered the storm warning from T10 to T8. We have lifts again. 😊

     #hongkong
     #SuperTyphoonRagasa #TyphoonRagasa