Doing ok with the typhon?

**Drac** · 20th September 11, 10:25 AM

CDNSushi, you getting ready for the weather?

Jim

**CDNSushi** · 20th September 11, 10:30 AM

Yup. Biblical weather as usual. The last one hit pretty hard too, but we live in a fairly well protected valley as far as the typhoons go. I'm more concerned about the earth opening up and swallowing us whole in the next earthquake. (They really ARE a daily occurrence -- not exaggerating)...

But we've battened down the hatches and got our emergency kits on-hand either way.

I actually got in some surfing & bodyboarding two days ago, but it was too rough for me. The waves were huge and beat the living daylights outta me... That's what I get for messin' with the sea with an incoming storm.

**Drac** · 20th September 11, 10:35 AM

From the pictures I've seen and the stories of my fellow sailors Japan is a place so beautiful it is to be envied but it does seem to have some drawbacks.

Glad you're doing well.

Jim

**Bugbear** · 20th September 11, 12:34 PM

Hope all will be ok over there, CDNSushi.

**CDNSushi** · 20th September 11, 07:09 PM

An update, in case anyone's curious.

Typhoon Roke kicked the crap out of Southern Japan early this morning, and as it heads straight over Honshu, the city of Nagoya (Japan's second largest city) evacuated 80,000 people, and put an additional 1,000,000 on evacuation advisory. So far only 2 are confirmed dead due to landslides and flooding though.

Our city of Kofu is on heavy rain, flood and landslide warning, and gale advisory. All schools in the region (including as far as Tokyo and Chiba) are cancelled. But power is still up, so is the Internet, and so far we are staying good and dry here at home.

JD

**Downunder Kilt** · 20th September 11, 08:26 PM

You and the wife keep safe mate, thinking of you

**Dale Seago** · 20th September 11, 10:52 PM

Friend of mine in Yamagata (city) told me on Facebook live chat a few minutes ago that he's getting hammered. Expects to be safe enough, though, unless the ground starts doing that shaking thing again.

**CDNSushi** · 21st September 11, 12:56 AM

Yarrr!!! Tha'r she blows, matey! The gale we've been expectin'... Crazy winds are beatin' our house now. May as well have some rum while we wait for 'er to pass.