Hong Kong – What does a Typhoon Look like

I was just looking at a couple of my pictures and noticed I snapped a couple photos when I was in Hong Kong and landed and took off during a typhoon Signal #8 (whatever that means). I would say the pilots did a great job, I think I was flying Cathy Pacific and Dragon Air, but I wouldn’t recommend it. In fact the airport was closed not long after my flight departed and the airport stayed closed for several hours.

Anyway I am, as always, pressed for time so I thought I would share a couple quick photos:

The Hong Kong Airport is huge and very nice!

An “action shot” for those that like the artsy stuff.

No matter where in the world I go – there is ALWAYS a line at Starbucks!

Here comes a tour group – the guys in the white hats and blue sweat shirts. I love to learn about culture in different parts of the world. These are the Japanese men.

And although this shot is fuzzy, about 15 paces behind the men are the Japanese women. Very organized!

Not sure if you can read these images but the right hand side of this display basically gives the Typhoon Signal 8 status.

And here is what it looks like out the window. Wind and rain. No visibility.

But despite all of that the Airport operated for a long time in tough conditions. Extraordinary that the kept the airport operating. I missed the typhoon when I was first in China, then missed it when I dropped by the Philippines, but it caught up to me in Hong Kong. Luckily I got out and popped through Shanghai back to Vancouver without much delay! I was lucky.

A view of the nice concourse in Hong Kong. A huge space! Very well designed.