Weds 31st July: Typhoon Wipha comes to town

A reminder of Manghut when the sea washed up slabs of concrete

It was just as well I had no plans for today, it being a Wednesday so my day off, because there's no way I could have left home.  The T8 did indeed bring back memories of last year's Manghut, and even this morning (Thursday) when the HK Observatory have seen fit to reduce the signal to a T3, conditions are just as bad, if not worse.  It's the dogs that are feeling it most as all covers and shelters had to be removed,  so the horizontal rain, plus spray from the sea, is being thrown at them and leaving all igloos and dog houses full of water.  Of course the dogs could come inside, but being creatures of habit they'd rather sit in their usual spots getting drenched then do the sensible thing.

What a time to be out on the street

Even during such terrible weather dogs continue to be abandoned on the street, and one small victim was brought to our Ap Lei Chau Centre.  This shih tzu boy is obviously old, and without any microchip to indentify an owner. We'll see what condition he's in and then hopefully someone will be kind enough to give him space in their home.

I was busy replying to emails as usual, many of them asking if we were open during the typhoon.  I have said it many times before but yes, we are there every single day as the dogs need looking after and feeding, even if there's no actual dog walking going on.  If you are interested in adopting you can come any time, and even more so during bad weather as it's always good to see dogs leaving when it's like this.   In fact we did have some visitors to our Tai Po Homing Centre today, and hopefully that will mean good news coming soon.