Waiting out the typhoons...
School's been in effect now for three weeks, although this week has been hit or miss with school days. Classes were cancelled on Wednesday due to a tropical storm and its winds going through, and today we were supposed to only have 7 teachers because some were to have left to go to Saipan already for a training, but that got cancelled. So, we still ran our "fun and games" schedule with battles between the classes. We've all bagged up the electronics and books in our classrooms and the storm shutters are on and locked, just waiting to see if the 19W hits us. 20W is heading for the Philippines and is Typhoon Parma. 19W is just now a typhoon Melor. It was supposed to be right on, but now it looks like it'll hit Saipan to the North, and the tail will hit us. You can check out the following websites for updates on our tropical depressions, storms, and typhoons.
Our island of Rota has the small village Sinapalo on it. Saipan's city if Garapan, and Guam's is Hagatna. Rota is between Saipan and Guam.
" SATURDAY
SOUTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 95 KT. COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS."
Hopefully it'll veer more to the North still and miss us completely. We are well prepared with emergency bags, storm windows, and we're on the third floor. We can also evacuate quickly to Sinapalo which is higher ground.
The good thing about living here is everybody knows you - so they'll know if you're missing. Also they'll come knock on your door to warn you about a typhoon or tsunami or anything going to happen. And they'll give you a ride if you need it.
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