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i was teaching in the library today when i picked up the paper. there was a graph in the bottom right corner of a hurricane heading in this direction. there was the ‘projected path’ of said storm and it seemed to cross about 60 km south of my home town at 6:00 this evening.

i stopped and looked at the picture for a while and went back to check my vietnamese. yes, everything was correct, there was a hurricane heading this direction. i went over to some staff and asked if this was correct. they shrugged and said it might be. i have talked to people about this all day. people seem quite collected about the whole event, though, on the weather map there was a giant swirl of clouds heading towards the mekong delta. the cloud mass was about the size of the mekong itself.

some people told me stories of a giant storm in 2000, or an even bigger one in 1997. some people say it could be that big.

other people don’t seem to be bothered at all by the news and continue with their lives. it is currently 4:45 and the cloud is peaceful, though there is quite a wind churning up. this may amount to nothing but i have never experienced a hurricane before.