About ten days after Typhoon Sinlaku passed over Taiwan, reporters accompanied Lin Chang-mao-a member of Waterwatch and the Green Formosa Front and a nearby resident-into the Shihmen water catchment area on an inspection trip. Heading south from Tsuhu, they followed Taiwan Provincial Highway 7 (the Northern Cross-Island Highway) along the Tahan River, visiting the length of the Tahan as well as several tributaries.
辛樂克過境後約 10 天，記者隨治水監督聯盟、綠色陣線成員、家住桃園內柵的林長茂進入石門水庫集水區，從慈湖往南，沿著比鄰大漢溪的台 7 線（北橫公路），一路拜訪大漢溪和多條支流、野溪。