Our friends in France had more information about the path/strength of the hurricane than we had here. They telephoned us the day of the hurricane and told us what to expect.
Trying to get an update on the hurricane, I turned on my short-wave radio and found out that there are virtually no radio stations [...]
Archive for October 3rd, 2006
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2006
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Hurricane Experience, Part III
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 3 months ago in Vietnam. 4 CommentsOct
2006
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Hurricane Experience, Part II
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 3 months ago in Vietnam. 1 CommentJust got on-line again. Electricity been on and off for several days. The electricity was turned off the evening before the storm hit and was out for two days. It was turned on again yesterday during the day and turned off at 10:00pm. Usually the gov’t turns it off around 10:00pm [...]
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2006
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Hurricane Experience, Part I
Published by The Alchemist? 2 years, 3 months ago in Travel Experiences and Vietnam. 2 CommentsA hurricane hit us, in Hue, on late Saturday, all day Sunday and a bit of Monday. It rained and rained and strong winds whipped the trees crazily around us, but Da Nang got hit worse with the eye of the hurricane.
Since we are on the other side of the mountains from [...]