Typhoon? Hmm, that wasn't part of the criteria

Tonight I am feeling like a total schmuck. The adventurous spirit that made me jump at the opportunity to move halfway across the world has deserted me in the face of a typhoon.
The first I heard that a typhoon was heading to Shanghai, was an email yesterday that Joe forwarded me from Intel's International SOS travel alert system. I honestly didn't think much of it because the travel alert said not to cancel travel plans to China. Today it's been pouring down rain and while I was out shopping my friend Jessica called and asked if I knew that school was canceled tomorrow. In fact all the international schools are closing tomorrow. That gave me pause, made me think that maybe this was pretty serious. I called another friend for some recommendations about moon cakes (more about that later) and she asked me if I had candles, flashlights, water, etc. She also told me to bring all our patio furniture in, and pull our blinds closed in case a window shatters. OK - that made me freak out a little bit so I got up on the web and looked at the English newspaper website because that's pretty much the only source of info we can get. (Nothing on TV that's in English is local, and nothing on the radio is in English.) It said that typhoon Mipha had been upgraded to a super typhoon, that it was supposed to make landfall at midnight tonight, and that 200,000 people had been evacuated from low-lying parts of Shanghai. Oh, and this could potentially be the worst typhoon to make landfall in Shanghai in the last 10 years.
You know, normally this is a total no-brainer. There's a weather warning in effect and you stay in and have a movie marathon or whatever.
But Joe and I had tickets to see the US Women's soccer team play a World Cup match against Nigeria in Shanghai tonight at 8:00. We had both been looking forward to this since we got the tickets a week after we arrived. And now I'm looking at this severe weather warning that the typhoon will make landfall at midnight tonight, and
two tickets to see the US Women's soccer team.
After a brief discussion with Joe I decided I didn't want to take the chance of being away from the kids if the typhoon struck. What if the weather was really bad and we had trouble getting home? I also didn't think it was a good idea to be out in an open-air stadium in the rain and wind. But these are all big "ifs" because how accurate are these weather predications. Is it like home where there is a "storm watch" for days and then nothing actually happens? Joe said the typhoon wasn't supposed to hit until late night or tomorrow and that he was really looking forward to the game. As is usual in these situations, I take a very conservative approach and Joe takes a much less conservative approach. So off he went to the game and I stayed home with the kids. At the time of kick-off (8:00) I looked outside and it was raining, but nothing else. I was so disappointed with myself, and a little embarrassed. Where is my sense of adventure, why am I sitting at home blogging when I could be watching a World Cup soccer match??? Ah, you win some and you lose some I guess.