I took this video this morning, less than 24 hours before Doksuri (called Egay in the Philippines) is expected to hit Xiamen early tomorrow morning.

If I can, I will upload videos or photos after Doksuri has passed.

When Meranti hit Xiamen in 2016, I was in the Philippines for a week. So this is going to be my first super typhoon. My husband thinks I’m over preparing, but I prefer to be overprepared than underprepared.

I missed Doksuri when it hit the Philippines; I left the country the afternoon before it made landfall yesterday. I was quite nervous boarding the plane, expecting scary turbulence but it was not so bad. I’ve experienced worse.

The weather was actually pretty nice when I arrived in Xiamen.

This is the calm before the storm.