The Taiwanese proverb "No one knows when a September typhoon is coming" means that "even in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, there will still be typhoons, so you can't afford to be careless". The succession of fall typhoons really confirmed this proverb. Typhoon Fanapi hit southern Taiwan hard, raining nearly 1,000 millimeters in Kaohsiung and causing massive flooding. Mayor Chen was bombarded for the incident, but last week's Typhoon Meiji brought heavy rainfall, causing massive flooding in Yilan and Suao, and a major collapse of the Suhua Highway.

After kindergarten, my four-year-old daughter stayed outside the classroom to play house with some children. I was chatting with the other parents when I overheard the little brats talking to each other. A five-year-old boy, holding a red sports car in his hand, said to the other children in a childish voice, "My family is rich, I have a million dollars! Another boy, not to be outdone, says, "My family is very, very big! He also made exaggerated hand gestures. What I didn't realize was that the boy who was sitting next to me