This week started out great! On Monday the HKDCS had their
first theodolite tracking survey at the new land based station in Tai Ho Wan.
It was a great success with two dolphin group sightings near the Brother’s Islands.
It is encouraging to see the dolphins in the area because it used to be a major
dolphin hotspot in past years.
Despite
this good start to the week, Tuesday, Wednesday and even today were spent indoors
away from the rain and the wind. Typhoon Utor passed through the region and
brought with it some heavy winds and rain. There was a T8 warning issued by the
Hong Kong Observatory, and apparently the Beaufort sea-state had even reached a
level of 8 on Wednesday. It’s a good thing our surveys were postponed to next
week! This was my first typhoon experience in Hong Kong and I was quite
impressed – the winds can get to be so strong at times!
Although
the typhoon has passed, the weather for next week still looks wet and windy.
Here’s hoping we’re able to get more surveys in while staying safe and dry. I’m
nearing the end of my internship with only four more weeks to go, and it’d be
nice to finish off with some beautiful sunny Hong Kong weather and lots of
dolphin sightings!
That’s it for now,
Danielle
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