My Fulbright Year in Taiwan

Typhoon Morakot was incredibly dangerous and damaging to the island, but it Yilan was spared almost all of it. It was headed directly for us, but then at the last moment, it shifted to the south. The eye of the typhoon stayed right over Yilan, so while the south was getting pounded, we had mostly cloudy skies with just a little rain. The southern county of Pingdong got more rain in the last two days than they usually get in an entire year. Some houses were swept away by the water, and many people were affected by the storm. For some reason, Yilan, which usually gets the brunt of typhoons because of its proximity to the ocean, saw almost nothing of this one. So if you were worried about us, don’t be – we escaped this one.