I bet it was all that pollution. The typhoon was just repulsed by it.

Nah, I'm kidding, I hear Hong Kong is quite a place. And Hong Kong films are the best in my opinion - Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Bruce Lee, and now Chow Sing Chi... Real stars. I'm glad to hear the city is fine. I should be in Hong Kong in Winter 2007/08 for a week or two. I'll be in China from September 07 to September 08, with plenty of holiday, so I'll try and pop down. I'll try to get out from Beijing to Xinjiang via Gansu, down through Xizang to Yunnan, Giuyang, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and then round the bottom of China to Xiamen, and follow the coast to Shanghai, to Nanjing, and back to Beijing. Could take a few months.
We've had droughts here in England. Well, I say droughts. It's raining right now. Very heavily, in fact. But overall, drought is apparently here in the south of England. Hardly a disaster, of course.
I hope that everyone can get through any difficulties facing their region.