休士頓IKE颶風 - 美國
By Kyle
at 2008-09-13T12:26
at 2008-09-13T12:26
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現在是星期五當地時間晚上11點多,風勢漸漸加大
本地各電視台也很盡職的一直報導休士頓都會區各地的情況
趁著颶風假,也在這邊哈拉一下這一兩天公司和地區的應對方法
並呼應版主要大家哈拉閒聊的旨意
大概星期三下午,颶風IKE離休士頓甚遠,但是同事們大家討論應該會轉向來休士頓
即便當時的天氣預報路線,休士頓並不會首當其衝
不過根據天氣圖研判,轉向可能極高,於是我們決定下班就去加油買水
加油站已經開始在排隊,不過隊伍不長,超市也沒太多人在買水
星期四早上七點,地區政府宣佈了幾個zip code要強制撤離,正式展開了這次颶風活動
早上上班時,雖然仍是晴空萬里,但是加油站都已開始大排長龍
進到辦公室,大家都是討論颶風的消息,最新預測也指颶風會轉來休士頓
大概8點多,公司HR先發了一封信給大家,要住在強制撤離區的同事立即回家
並再次公佈公司緊急應變資訊的電話和網站,要大家列印攜帶
大家開始期待公司宣佈下班
之後,IT部門發佈通知,從下午一點開始
要所有坐在窗戶邊的同事把電腦移到內側的自閉症辦公室
同時要逐步關掉所有電腦網路系統,直到週日下午才會恢復
這時候公司開始人心浮動,準備下班
中午吃完飯後,很多同事回來報告加油站都已經缺油,超市的水和手電筒也都賣光
這時候經理也開始逐辦公室要大家準備關電腦,移電腦,並把本週TIMESHEET填好
雖然公司沒有正式宣佈停止上班,但是大家被情勢所逼,開始「不得不」下班
老美同事很多轉眼間就消失了,我和幾個老中,則繼續哈啦打屁裝認真
而且,在台灣又不是沒看過颱風,沒啥擔心
經理大概在下午三點開始趕人,雖然外面還是一片晴空萬里
但我的颶風假也隨之開始.....
為了體恤公司的好意,我跑了好幾個超市賣場,買到了手電筒和一些罐頭零食
同時因為到處跑耗了些油,然後又是到處跑找加油站,把油箱加滿回家
星期五早上,休士頓還是晴空萬里,到了下午有點風
但是完全沒有感到颶風要來的跡象,路上車子也不多,大家都躲在家裡
所有的商店賣場也都關門(華人超市除外)
唉,要是在台灣,電影院KTV外肯定是大排長龍,真不習慣
現在,終於有點風勢,而且電力開始有些不穩定,看來颶風的影響才正要開始
但我已經好整以暇的吃著我買的零食飲料看了一天電視
到目前為止,我的最大感想是美國的人命比較值錢
若在台灣,才不會那麼早就開始放颱風假
不過話說回來,如果台灣每一次颱風都這樣搞,企業也可能會受不了
而且老美的房子實在是不夠堅固
以上為CHKO來自休士頓,與台北同步的中秋颶(颱)風報導。
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