On Saturday we got hit by a major typhoon. It was the worst to hit this area in the more than 5 years I've been in Taiwan. The river flooded 3 feet/1 meter higher than I've ever seen it. There wasn't a lot of wind damage around here, just broken branches and a few downed trees. I wrapped my video camera up in cellophane, and when that leaked a clear plastic bag. Instead of listening to my boring narration or the sound of wind and rain against plastic I set the video to the music of a couple of bouncy Celtic songs. Sorry for the poor quality in some scenes, the wind made it hard to keep the camera still, especially on the footbridge, and the plastic wrap around the camera made some scenes blurry.
Scenes:
Opens with satellite and radar pictures of the typhoon.
The first clips are from when I walked Annie at about 10am.
Next I walked down to the river and took some shots from the bridge.
Later that afternoon I took Annie out again through the graveyard.
Finally, I went back to the river at the hight of the storm just before dark.
Music:
1. The Irish Rover - The Pogues and the Dubliners
2. If I Should Fall from Grace with God - The Young Dubliners
I had to encode this at a high rate because everything is moving so fast, so the file is larger than usual. If it begins stopping often, just pause it for a few minutes and let it download, then play it through till the end. The video is 7 minutes and about 40mb. Enjoy.
