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| Huilan Pavilion in Qingdao on a foggy and not-so-busy day last week |
Last night in Qingdao was one of those nights when typical umbrellas show their mortality. In other words, it was very windy and rainy. And sadly, the cheap umbrella I bought almost 2 years ago in
Yuli, Taiwan, will never again do what umbrellas do best.
The rain and winds stopped today and around lunch time I took a walk over to Qingdao Bay. While there I noticed that the usually busy pier to the Huilan Pavilion, which can be found on the logo for
Tsingtao beer, was empty. I then noticed a curious number of police and the closure of beach areas adjacent to the pier.
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| Police doing some of what they do best |
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| Security doing some of what they do best |
And then I noticed a portion of the pier had collapsed.
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| That seems to explain it. |
According to
one report (in Chinese), the collapse happened last night during the storm. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. Given last night's weather, it would be surprising if anyone had been on the pier during the storm. And for dog lovers out there, it would also be surprising if any dogs were sitting on top of concrete posts next to the water.
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| A dog two years ago in Qingdao doing some of what dogs might do best |
I suppose I could now try to make a strained analogy with China's Great Firewall or collapsing bridges in the US, but finding that dog photo while digging through some earlier photos from Qingdao broke my flow. So I'll leave it at this.
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