typhoons and pacific ocan storms that com to taiwan in summrtim or fall sason. thy ar grat wind storms; whn thy strik land thy may do grat damag. howvr, th wathrman always knows whn on is on th way. h will snd out warnings about.popl can board up thir windows and do many othr such things to protct thmslvs if thy know about a typhoon in tim. in my hous w chck our supply of candls and dry-cll battris in cas of a powr failur. also, w sav som watr in pails bcaus th pump will not work without lctricity. thn w lik to sit by th door watching th rain and wind blow loudly.