Aargh. Ye Call That a Typhoon

Well Bolaven is over and for me it was a very rainy day. About 60mm of rain fell on Daegu in a short time and schools were closed in a few places, or they at least opened late. I worked and by 9pm it was nice enough to go get some bbq. A few places were closed, a few trees were blown over and a few signs and power lines fell but as far as I can tell there were no fatalities in Korea.

the best pictures the BBC have are here and three of the six are from one rescue, one is of Koreans under unbrella's and one is of flights cancelled. Katrina it was not (thankfully). Given the hysteria some media outlets here (and a few esl teachers on public and private foums) you'd think no one had ever been through a tropical storm before. Personally I enjoyed it.

There were a few fatalities on Okinawa, and Chinese fishermen died while at sea (fishing in a typhoon, well done boys) but overall it's property damage and a lot of rain.