Whether the disaster was mainly natural, or man-made, it served as a big wake-up call for Kaohsiung, which is generally spared the rainstorms and earthquakes known elsewhere in Taiwan.
天災也罷，人禍也罷，「七一一驚魂夜」，讓向來少風少雨、少地震的幸運之都高雄市，接受一次空前的震撼教育。