Typhoon Fanapi

     The supports you see on these trees on our apartment grounds are supposed to typhoon-proof them, I think.   Just about all the trees have them.
     A few days ago Typhoon Fanapi looked as if it would track over Shenzhen, but it veered to the north and is now a mere tropical storm.  We've had a few hard downpours overnight and there are whitecaps on the bay this morning--no big tree-damaging winds, though.  The hot, heavy air and haze are gone, and there's a cool tinge to the air, the coolest since our arrival.  It feels great to me, but the locals  may think it's starting to feel like winter.  The heat will be back, though...maybe by noon.