In a Facebook discussion about a rainy weekend with someone in Singapore, an Indonesian friend remarked that he missed Hong Kong. Both gentlemen are pipesmokers, by the way. Hence the connection. My input was that we could use the weather to which the Singaporean woke up here in California.
We're kind of parched.
Naturally I remembered Typhoon Mangkhut, which hit Hong Kong back in September, after battering Northern Luzon.
MANKHUTIAN FURY
[SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLYre_yCA8.]
I could have also remembered a hurricane that hit the Eastern Seaboard at the same time, but Hong Kong is closer.
The rain that Jerome in Singapore is experiencing is not that bad.
Though the humidity is high enough that mold on his tobacco is a problem.
Several weeks ago a fellow from Manila was considering purchasing a humidor to keep his cigars in once he returned to the Philippines. I advised him to invest in silica gel packets instead. Much more useful.
Dry cigars are just not an issue in that climate.
Mildew in your underwear might be.
It's like Ireland, with ninety degree heat.
J. P. Donleavy would have loved the place.
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J.P. Donleavy also would have appreciated it.
A correction will be made.
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