Typhoon

The thunder and lightning show two weeks ago knocked out my tv so the arrival of the typhoon came as a surprise (I'm still not sure what it was christened - if at all, this being communist China). Other parts of the country were worse hit than us. Nonetheless caution was the main theme here and the door to the centre was barred to students and teachers alike for 36 hours. Rain was steady if not overwhelming We went fully a week without sun and the humidity has been tremendous. I don't think the proverbial knife would be capable of cutting through it. Clothes take days to dry. Mould has developed on my suitcase and one or two other items. But yesterday, a downer in one respect after the Talent Show and because people have been leaving, was nonetheless sunny again. To-day though is same old, same old. I leave for Xingtai again on Monday.