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Fearing the flights would be grounded for days, we were in deep despair waiting out the violent typhoon in Taipei. Our airport hotel was nasty, with the putrid stench of bleach and florescent lights over the bed. We were squashed like fugitives in a confining, musty room - my husband and I and both our mothers - all praying to be out of there soon. The tempest was terrifying - howling and bending the trees in half and the hammering downpour bounced like popcorn off the floode