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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 06:17:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
   I'm glad you and your family seem to have made it through Typhoon Saola without injury or damage. It seems to have had less impact than expected, and that's a good thing. https://nu.federati.net/url/291461 [abcnews go com]
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 09:50:26 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @lnxw48a1 Yeah. Even in a T10, most HKers live in private or public high-rise housing and those building can handle a storm like this with no issues. Building codes are good and windows are inspected.

     People in village houses will also be protected well enough, basically the same class of windows as the highrises, but there's a small minority that live in sheds. That can't be easy in a storm like this.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 09:50:37 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     If I would make up numbers based on what I see I'd say we're 45% private highrise, 50% public highrise, 4.9% village houses and < 0.1% (< 9000 people) sheds.

     I'm sure I have a selection bias not visiting remote villages, but more than 10k people in sheds sounds like really a lot though. I think it must be a few thousand at worst.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 09:50:37 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_… says 0.7% "temporary housing", but I'm not sure what that means in terms of storm safety.