Typhoon

uNo,we weren't hit by the supertyphoon.

We were hit 2 weeks earlier by an ordinary signal 3 typhoon that ruined most of the rice crop, deroofed a lot of buildings, destroyed our chicken farm and fruit trees, and flooded our pickup truck,(luckily our granddaughter and driver got out and took refuge on the roof of the gas station when the flood waters began to rise).

Here is a photo taken from our second floor, taken a few weeks before the storm:

and here is the photo of our garden taken the day after the typhoon

yes, the heavy wooden gate was blown out, and the street has a foot of water in it (this was at 10 am, presumably the water level was higher at midnight, when the eye of the typhoon went through).