I still remember one morning before the end of the Spring semester in my freshman year, walking on the lawn in my dorm, thinking about my final report. I gazed at the shimmering dewdrops in the morning light and the most common little yellow flowers. For some reason, I decided to squat down and take a closer look at those inconspicuous blossoms. Suddenly, I was struck and felt "To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower"(William Blake).
Heavy rains in Tainan starting in the early morning of August 2, 2025, caused severe flooding. Residents of Wenshan Village in Beimen District were complaining about the government's decision not to open the sluice gates to release water into the sea. The Tainan City Water Resources Bureau stated that the sluice gates had just been completed and had not yet been inspected, and that high tides could cause seawater backflow.
Let's examine why the sluice gates shouldn't be opened.
1. This is an overlay of a contour map and orthophoto from the Ministry of the Interior's National Land Surveying and Mapping Center. Fig. 1 shows that Tainan's west coast is low-lying, with many elevations at 0 meters above sea level. Fig. 2 takes a closer look at Beimen District. Wenshan Village in Beimen District is not high. Considering the location of the township's houses, the road elevation indicated in the red box is about 1 meter, meaning that much of this area is actually between 0 and 1 meters above sea level.
2. After examining the terrain elevations, consider the day's tide information. The tide forecast provides the approximate times of high and low tides, allowing you to anticipate potential conditions. However, let's use the measured data in Fig. 3 to examine the tide. The tide height at 4:00 AM on August 2, 2025, could reach 1.05 m, and at 6:00 PM on August 2, 2025, it could reach 0.83 m.
The tidal height is comparable to the terrain here, and may even be higher. If the sluice gates were opened, seawater would inevitably flow back in. This would first submerge areas with an elevation of 0 m, then flood farmland, and finally move toward towns. Not only would buildings be submerged in seawater, but farmland would also be submerged, which would ruin all farmland. I'm not sure the critics understand what they're asking for. Do they want all villagers to be submerged in rainwater and seawater, and all farmland to be destroyed?
潮水高度和這裡的地勢差不多,甚至有可能更高。如果開了水閘門,海水一定會倒灌進來,海水倒灌進來,先是將那些高程為 0 m 的地方都淹沒,接著就會向農地及鄉鎮淹過來,除了建物要泡海水,農地也會泡在海水裡面,農地泡了海水就廢了。我不確定批評的人到底知不知道他在要求什麼,難道他希望所有人鄉民除了泡雨水還要泡海水,然後所有的農地全部毀掉嗎?
These were the slogans we shouted when I was studying in the United States in the 1990s, wanting to let the world know the voices of Taiwanese people. We shouted them loudly across North America and around the world.
It was reported that in the 2025 recall, the KMT-governed cities of Taichung and Taipei set up polling stations in unusual locations, including car washes, outdoor tents, funeral homes, private homes, and empty houses. This is really strange. Taipei and Taichung are municipalities directly under the Central Government of Taiwan, and Taipei is the capital of Taiwan. There is not even a normal building for polling stations in the district. How can the polling stations be set up in outdoor tents?
Taiwanese people finally chose the CCP. Cry sadly.
Are people in southern Taiwan the only ones who dislike the CCP? Xinjiang, Tibet, 64, and Hong Kong, these invasions and massacres all happened in front of us, and Taiwanese people chose the same future as them.
2025立委罷免案開票結果一覽 7月26日24案全數不通過 (The results of the 2025 Legislative Yuan recall vote are as follows: All 24 votes failed on July 26, 2025) (https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202507265011.aspx)
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The southern part of Taiwan was hit hard by typhoon Danas, especially Tainan and Chiayi. After Typhoon Danas left Taiwan on 7/7/2025, several districts and places are still closed for work and classes. Tainan and Chiayi have not yet fully restored power, and Taipower is still working hard to repair them. There are still many damaged houses that need to be repaired, and there are still many branches on the roadside that have not been removed. Farmers and fishermen in Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan are suffering greatly; they need to clean up their farmlands and fish ponds. The damage related to solar photovoltaic panels has not been dealt with. There are a lot of things to do.
It seems that the Palace Museum is determined to hold a light and water dance and drone show on 7/12/2025. I don't think this can comfort people. If our homes, crops, fruit trees, and fish ponds are destroyed, how can we still have the mood to watch this performance? I just think it's similar to tell starving poor people "Why not eat meat ball".
After the Palace Museum holds the event tomorrow, the people dislike DDP and Taiwan will definitely say that the DPP government is completely ignorant of the suffering of the people and is still singing and dancing and pretending that everything is fine. It's really disappointing.
Typhoon Danas, which went through the Taiwan Strait and hit Chiayi and Tainan badly, caused heavy damage to Chiayi and Tainan's agriculture. For agricultural damage caused by natural disasters, the government will assess the severity of agricultural damage based on the "Agricultural Disaster Relief Measures" and decide whether to initiate "natural disaster relief". However, the entire assessment process is time-consuming and laborious, requiring a lot of manpower and time to conduct investigations and assessments, which is often not efficient to meet urgent needs. Let's take a look at Taiwan's agricultural insurance: