{"id":1371,"date":"2008-09-25T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T04:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/nature-renovates-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T10:20:56","slug":"nature-renovates-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/nature-renovates-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature renovates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-table.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the early morning hours of 24 September 2008, Typhoon Hagiput made landfall 180 km south-southwest of Hong Kong. Because the storm&#8217;s arrival coincided with high tide, damage to buildings and other structures was particularly heavy:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hko.gov.hk\/informtc\/hagupit\/report.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HK Observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what happened on the South Lantau coast.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have photos of Mui Wo and the 1 metre thick pile of polystyrene that looked like snow covering the entire bus depot area.<\/p>\n<p>A picture says a thousand words &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/fresh\/hagiput-was-here\/#Pui\">Pui O<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/fresh\/hagiput-was-here\/#Cheung\">Cheung Sha<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/fresh\/hagiput-was-here\/#Tong\">Tong Fuk<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"Cheung\"><\/a>Cheung Sha<\/h3>\n<p>It is worth noting that the bricks and stones on the floor in the first photo were carried in on the waves, breaking windows near the ceiling at Cheung Sha Upper Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The facility sits around\u00a02\u00a0metres above sea level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-inside.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-windows.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-steps.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-south-lantau-road.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-door.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-entrance.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-end.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-shop.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-ramp.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-cheungshaupper-stairs.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"Tong\"><\/a>Tong Fuk<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-ramp.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-2.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-3.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-front.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-full.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-path.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-stairs.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-facility-steps.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-tongfuk-shelter.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"Pui\"><\/a>Pui O<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/-pui-o-beach-end.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-hagiput-gov.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-hagiput-shutter.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-pui-o-campsite.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-pui-o-campsite-tables.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-terrace-end.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-front.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-full-front.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-flat.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-office.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-office-front.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-ramp.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-terrace-full.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-terrace-broken.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-terrace-inside.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-terrace-steps.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/annual\/2008\/images\/typhoon-hagiput-ti-terrace.jpg\" alt=\"Typhoon Hagiput - South Lantau - Hong Kong 23 September 2008\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early morning hours of 24 September 2008, Typhoon Hagiput made landfall 180 km south-southwest of Hong Kong. Because the storm&#8217;s arrival coincided with high tide, damage to buildings and other structures was particularly heavy:\u00a0HK Observatory. Here is what happened on the South Lantau coast. I don&#8217;t have photos of Mui Wo and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/nature-renovates-copy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nature renovates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kinzieology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}