Reader Bill expressed:

: zap continues
: to make (fictitious) excuse after excuse. The typhoon he
: used as his last excuse did not do the damage he claimed,
: plus he couldn't even get the name of the storm right.

Zap had written:

THE TYPHOON NADIA THAT CAUSED OUR DELAY IS OVER, AND HONG KONG IS NOW DOING THE CLEANUP OF DOWNED TREES, SIGNS, AIR CONDITIONERS, AND DEBRIS LITTERING ITS STREETS. WITHIN A WEEK ALL WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL.

Wikipedia says:

The typhoon led to the cancellation of over 180 flights at the Hong Kong International Airport.[13][14] Gale to storm force winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour downed numerous trees during the passage of the eyewall. Although the city was hit directly by the typhoon, the highest tropical cyclone warning signals were not necessary as the wind strength did not justify the issuing of higher signals. However, the No. 8 tropical cyclone signal was kept in force for 16 hours.

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