In the distance loomed the vague outline of Kuantu Bridge; up close, dark water gushed out of a conduit. At around 3: 40 in the afternoon of May 17th, on the right bank of the Erhchung flood control channel at Luchou pump station in Taipei County, several large umbrellas moved back and forth for a good half hour or more.
遠處是關渡大橋迷迷濛濛的輪廓，眼前是譁啦譁啦奔騰而下的「黑」水；五月十七號下午三點四十分左右，台北縣蘆洲抽水站二重疏洪道右岸堤防上，幾支大雨傘擠過來、幌過去，足足有半個多鐘頭。