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zatoizugoodo
Of course my workplace will sit on their thumbs until it's on top of us and then decide what to do.
Yubaru
Be safe folks. We down here are pretty much used to storms like this and weather them with minimal damage.
Have your emergency goods ready, extra batteries, flashlights, non-perishable foods, water, etc, and stay indoors. Be safe!
Oh and to all the old guys...stay off the damn roof!
Yubaru
Hello? "is now in typhoon season"?....Hello?
We have been in typhoon season here in Japan since June.
Also please note, that autumn typhoons are typically much stronger due to increased ocean temperatures that feed the typhoons and make them more powerful and dangerous.
September is typically as well the time of year when typhoons get larger and stronger. But keep in mind, typhoons can occur at anytime of the year. I have experienced them as late as December, and they pop up as early as January or February as well. Just more active this time of year, due to conditions.
WA4TKG
YuBaRu: "But I wanted to see if it was COMING yet". Lol.
You know they're STILL going to do it.
Aly Rustom
Yep. I'd say that's pretty much everywhere-
here's to hoping they'll give us all a day off for some much needed rest.
papigiulio
Is it me or does it look like the paths of typhoons are always aiming for Japan on purpose. Like Japan is some kind of typhoon magnet. Like a boomerang trajectory, exactly over Japan. Anyway don't underestimate typhoons.
Andy
Don't forget that Climate Change is upon us now and this type of event will only increase in number and in strength. The time to change our strategies has passed, now we much simply adjust to the new norm.
Ricky Kaminski13
Remember dragging yourself to work through a massive typhoon is the ultimate “gambarimashita”.
thumbs upyokohamarides
Driverless cars will save us.
Yubaru
Right, and a few years back they all were seemingly drawn towards Taiwan, calling it the Typhoon Magnet then as well.
Do the hustle
Not to split hairs but, 300mm is not 11 inches! It is actually closer to 11.85 inches. 303mm equals 12 inches.
Japan is very lucky this typhoon didn’t keep its strength. If it made landfall at its original size it would have swamped the lower half of Japan.
AgentX
Yep. Only to do jack all for the day.
Ricky Kaminski13
AgentX* that’s not the point silly. ;)
Goodlucktoyou
Just put the bed in the car. Usually use the train, but I’m gonna be prepared as my hospital is in another prefecture, over mountains.
AgentX
For sure!
I think risking your safety and/or car (depending how you travel to work), while your dwelling, pets, children, and worldly possessions sit vulnerable and unattended during natural disasters, just to stand by your colleagues and share in mutual suffering is upstanding, honorable and (shhhh) possibly a little (or maybe a lot) stupid...
But maybe I just don't have the Japanese work spirit.
AgentX
Coincidentally, I'll be doing just that tomorrow... good times!
1glenn
Seems like Japan is often in the track of Typhoons. Good luck!
Himajin
" Again "my neighborhood"."
Yup. The red line right now is right over my neighborhood. Ganbarou! Be careful.
oyatoi
Knowing days ahead that a typhoon is bearing down on them, you’d think that supermarkets would think to lay on extra supplies of necessities. Not only demonstrating some of that quasi-mythical おもてなし, but also as an opportunity to pad their bottom line while at the same time catering to all those fretful worrywarts who, locust-like, insist on denuding supermarket shelves in anticipation of a disaster akin to the siege of Leningrad.