In early September, all of Mao County was caught up in a flurry of activity, with some rushing to harvest crops and others reinforcing their homes.
To deal with the impending typhoon, the County Government was busy from top to bottom, the elders and village chiefs in every township were so busy they didn't have a moment to rest.
This is the classic case of the higher-ups saying a word, and the people below running themselves ragged.
Xiao Chong predicted the typhoon, and then he issued one directive after another to minimize the losses.
Orders like relocating people from low-lying areas, moving residents from dangerous slums, relocating vagrants and beggars, opening all temples in Mao County, demolishing illegal structures likely to be wind-borne, correctly arranging all port ships into various harbors, prohibiting sailing in the coming days, etc., flooded out.
