Typhoon... maybe

I just heard that there's a typhoon on the way. There is, but if it holds its current course we should be safe.

Burp

Sorry to all you far away friends who are wondering why the posts stopped after the tsunami warning. All is safe. The tsunami, by time it got to Saipan, was about 2 mm in height. The typhoon was what we call a "banana typhoon"-- it was strong enough to knock over a few banana trees and nothing more. We were without power for a few hours on Monday and Tuesday evening, but apparently not due to the typhoon. A power pole had caught on fire.

Duck, Saipan!

Not the sort of "eye" I was expecting to write about this week, but here she is. Our first typhoon of 2007 is expected to hit in about 24 hours.

Unlike the coastal US, our buildings are constructed for these things, which come hard about every two years. Almost all our buildings on Saipan (and all the Marianas) are made of concrete, so we just board up the windows and wait it out. Hopefully no one gets hurt, and we get power back within a week or so.