Typhoon Blues

One of the issues with our hotel in Fuzhou is that it really isn't designed to cater to Westerners. While there is a partial effort, many signs have no English, and of the 49 channels on the TV, only two are in English, and the TV only supports Asian language subtitles. Because of this, it's difficult for us to get news, particularly local news (not that it would be easy anyway, as China seems to only have national channels, and not local channels). We've heard of a typhoon that's hitting Taiwan, and have been trying to find out from locals where and when it will hit China, and they don't seem to care or know (or understand the question). It was only a few minutes ago I found this map showing the strike path, which shows it hitting us in about 8 hours, with very strong winds. To see where we are (Fuzhou) in relation to Taiwan, click here for a map, and you'll see that we're smack dab in the middle of that forecasted line, just above the 26° parallel. We can get Chinese news that talks about weather, but most of the information is verbal and written, without the benefit of graphics, so the data we have on the storm's progress is far removed from the instant news and breaking alerts we are used to. Please pray for us and our entire travel group, that we will be safe in the storm. We already have wind coming in around the edge of the window in our hotel room, so I fear it isn't built to withstand a typhoon. We may be spending the day in the lobby.