Better get down to the Miramar hotel and get ready with my camera!

Looks like things will start on Friday night and peak sat morning, which is the 21st. Is a king tide a one day thing or is it high for a period around that? Does it also correspond with an extra low tide, or is low tide higher than normal as well?

Latest JTWC track has moved closer towards us, now making landfall in southern taiwan. Wind speed forecast has jumped to 115kts, which is 213kph! Hang onto your hat - and your roof. But the greatest threat still comes from the rain. If it holds that path, and it probably will, more-or-less, then this is now a full bunker down preparation typhoon.

The chickens and i make a good team - i dug out the drains today to try and prevent their shed from being washed away - they gleefully did their best to scratch in the fresh dirt and fill them in again.