Originally Posted by
Herostratus
These sort of comments pop up every time a typhoon comes along, it seems certain type of people like to downplay the severity of these storms. I assume its ignorance rather than malice. Wind speeds got up to 180kmh at HKIA and 10 people dies as the typhoon made landfall so its wasn't anything like a typical day on the UK coast or 'elf and safety' gone mad.
The issue is as the construction standards in HK now mean everyone lives in a reinforced concrete bunker and its very easy to feel disconnected from the true intensity of these storms
While its annoying for people to have their flights cancelled its far better than having a plane slide of the runway into the sea or worse.
Agreed. As someone who also grew up around the coast in the UK, a typhoon is a million miles away from any storm in the UK. Leave the concrete clad building in mid levels and go down to the coast or up onto high ground and say it's nothing exceptional.
It would be very dangerous to have ground staff out operating heavy equipment on an airfield.