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More on the Weather

So today was the wind-blowing day. And boy, does the wind blow! Occasional bursts of strong wind made it somewhat difficult to walk in a straight line. The weather forecast said thunderstorms in the morning, but there weren’t actually any, just relatively heavy rain. Thank God my 9 o’clock class had been canceled due to other reasons beforehand, or else I would have probably been caught in the rain halfway there. And of course, because of the wind you couldn’t quite use an umbrella, because 1. either the umbrella will be flipped inside out, or 2. the wind will blow the rain right into you anyway. By the time I was going to class, the rains had stopped and the sun had come out, but still as windy as ever.

They say tornado season is here. And this place - yet another gripe about - it’s right in the infamous tornado alley. A little apprehension when people talk about it. It would probably occur, at least a tornado warning or two. And many hours spent in the bathroom waiting for 1. the all-clear signal, or 2. in worst-case scenario, the building collapsing on top of you.

Malaysia is blessed, in some ways. The worst ‘natural disaster’ (if it could be called that) is probably floods, which are usually mostly caused by human beings, e.g. bad drainage system, who-asked-them-to-build-right-next-to-river.

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