Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Hong Kong: Number of days with thunderstorm since 1947

In Mister Bijou's neighbourhood on a little island in the South China Sea at just after 3:pm yesterday, the electric power went down for about 25 minutes.

Sheets of heavy rain swept through the village streets, the trees swayed, the sky grew dark, the street-lights turned themselves on. People as well as feral cats and domesticated dogs scattered to shelter from the storm.

It was what Hong Kong Observatory is wont to call a squally thunderstorm.

For, oh, did it rain yesterday:


Such unseasonal weather. Rare, too. For how rare, please consult: Number of days with thunderstorm since 1947

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