"Li's Power Wall" finally failed

Early this morning, the Observatory issued the typhoon signal No. 8, and the announcement will be maintained for most of the day, which means that there is no need to go to work all day today. When I read the news late, I said that there was a chance that the No. 8 typhoon would be hoisted this morning. When I woke up at 7 am, I saw that the weather was clear and there was no rain at all. I thought that the typhoon would not be successful, so I had to get up and prepare for work, but it was the first time. I looked at the astronomy app on my mobile phone for a while, and it turned out that the typhoon signal No. 8 was actually hung, and I earned a day of typhoon leave. When it comes to typhoons, I believe the first thing people in Hong Kong think of is the "Lee's Wall" that "protects" our Hong Kong economy from "typhoons".

Looking back at 2017, there were five typhoon signals of No. 8 or above throughout the year, three of which: "Rock", "Pakka" and "Kanu" were all hoisted on Sunday morning, while the other two, "Miao" "Bai" was suspended at 5:00 pm on Monday, so it was possible to leave work two or three hours earlier. Only the super typhoon "Hato" was suspended until 5:00 pm on Wednesday morning, and it was a day off. In the 2018 "Mangosteen", the No. 8 typhoon was also hoisted on September 16. In the early morning of Monday, everyone changed it to No. 3 before going to work. In the past two years, there have been six typhoons of No. 8 or above, and four of them have hit a Sunday. There are seven days a week. How coincidental does it have to be for such a chance? This makes it hard to believe that there is no "Lee's Wall" in Hong Kong. Because Hong Kong's stock market will be suspended whenever a typhoon signal of No. 8 or above is hoisted in Hong Kong, there has always been an urban legend that the Observatory is controlled by Li Ka-shing , and it is specially selected to hang the typhoon during holidays or off-duty hours. In order to prevent the stock market from halting trading, Hong Kong people call it "Lee's Wall" . A series of modified pictures of "Lee's Power Wall" are also widely circulated on the Internet. Whenever a typhoon hits Hong Kong, it will appear on social platforms.

However, since the anti-amendment campaign began last year, Li Ka-shing has repeatedly made it clear that he is fighting against the CCP. He first published in many newspapers "the melon of the yellow Taiwan, how can it be picked again" and "the best cause can become the worst. The two front-page advertisements for "Guo" were launched earlier than the government's "emergency money" plan to help small and medium-sized enterprises. Since then, the "Li's Force Wall" seems to have failed.

On July 31, 2019, the only typhoon signal No. 8 that year was "Wilber". Before it reached the typhoon level and was 300 kilometers away from Hong Kong, the Observatory rushed to change the typhoon signal No. 8 at 1 pm. It is possible that It was because that day was the day when more than 40 protesters were charged with rioting and other charges during the 728 Sheung Wan conflict. The first arraignment was held at the Eastern Magistrates' Court. The government hoisted typhoon signal No. 8 early for fear that demonstrators would come to protest.

This year's first typhoon "Hygoss" was launched in the early morning of Wednesday, August 19. It fell after 11:00 in the morning and took another half-day vacation. If it was in the era of "Lee's Wall", I believe this typhoon would be It was removed at 6 in the morning, everyone went to work as usual, and today's tropical storm "Nangka" is more likely to fail. The wind I felt when I went out today was not as good as the No. 3 typhoon a few years ago, and it broke The record of the farthest typhoon signal No. 8 from Hong Kong in the past 60 years is that the No. 8 typhoon signal was hoisted without entering within 400 kilometers of Hong Kong.

Every time I get a typhoon leave due to the typhoon, I also have a habit of going to the restaurant downstairs with my family to "drink morning tea" . It is open for business, and today is no different from ordinary days, because it is still sunny and windy at 8:00 in the morning. After drinking morning tea at about 10 o'clock, it finally started to rain and a little windy outside, and I knew that the typhoon was finally coming.