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Lauren Gloekler
Chemical Exposure in China, climate, internships, students, travel

The Wrath of Typhoon Vicente

In only six hours, the tropical depression had become a full blown typhoon. I watched from my window into the early hours of the morning. Below me was a ghost town, not a car or person in sight, the trees looking small and helpless from the 8th floor as they whipped violently about. The steady waves of wind and water were illuminated by the streetlights, and I was lulled to sleep.

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