Typhoon USAGI set to arrive for Moon Festival ...

A view of the moon from my balcony in September of 2012
Central Weather Bureau (CWB) Tracking
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or 中秋節 , is held each year on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar; a time when the moon is said to be at its biggest and brightest.

This year, Taiwan has been granted a four-day weekend to celebrate the popular holiday.

Festivities usually include things like releasing sky lanterns into the night sky, barbecuing, sampling a variety of moon cakes (月餅) and eating pomelos (柚子).
CWB satellite image of the typhoon
In recent years, the weather hasn't fully cooperated with the festival and this year Taiwan is up for much of the same — so much for seeing the moon!

Rain has been pelting against the windows all morning and with the low, rumbling thunder that is echoing throughout the apartment, it is no wonder that most in the house are still fast asleep under covers.

A dark morning means back to bed for this cat as well! Zzzzz.