The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© (C) 2012 AFPPowerful typhoon hits Okinawa
TOKYO©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© (C) 2012 AFP
23 Comments
Login to comment
YuriOtani
ultradork the power will be back soon unlike Oklahoma where 100 km per hour winds knocks out power and it takes them days or even weeks to fix it. Dude there are over 1.3 Okinawa people, considering the strength of the storm the number is small. In America it would be beyond bad with close to if not 100 percent out and untold billions of dollars of damage. Okinawa is not luck but prepared.
Takuma7
Bart and Kirk in 1996 were some good ones!
nath
Not so bad in my area either. I live in the Awase area near the ocean but still nothing so bad. Super Typhoon Bart in 1999 was much worse.
ultradork
@YuriOtani - say what? More than 75,000 households lacked power on Monday after a powerful typhoon lashed Okinawa
nath
I had some of the best surfing ever this past weekend. Thank you Okinawa.
Kuginuma kaigan was rocking, but the life guards quished us all into a small area. Not a good move at all.
Takuma7
Was not the bad in my area of Okinawa Shi. Just a lot of rain now. Power stayed on the whole time.
Marion Wm Steele
That was a lot of rain!
OkiMac2011
I have been living in Okinawa for over 10 years and this is one of the biggest typhoons that I have experienced but the Okinawan buildings are built to withstand these types of storms. Now were are just getting the extra needed rain from the backside of the storm then things will be back to normal. Some people have lost power but nothing near what it could have been. Thanks to Okiden for keeping the power flowing.
saru_au
surf's up, awesome morning waves in Shonan, especially Inamuragasaki ~ Shichirigahama
YuriOtani
lostrune2, there is no need for concern. Buildings are made for these storms. Okinawa will not need any help from the Americans. If anything the Americans will need our help.
lostrune2
Don't worry Okinawa. The soldiers are there to the rescue if something catastrophic happens.
noriyosan73
Any loss of ospreys? Probably no such luck. Let's hope for no loss of human life.
YuriOtani
It is not a problem, Okinawa will get full reservoirs and the streets will be safer with all of the bases on lock down. T. why Americans there are no trailers on Okinawa. Talked to my brother and he says things are fine. I bet the American bases will be without power for weeks.
whiskeysour
Why is a 91 year old man walking outside during a violent storm ???????
Shryockstar
In Naha right now, sipping coffee on the veranda. Just a a little wind and rain, nothing to worry about...
THEDOC
SushiSake3, God loves the people of Okinawa, God dislikes the Republicans, How could any one dislike the people of Japan. God is pissed and he is coming back. The politicans of the world are first on his hit list. There greed is at the top of his list. I hope that the people of Okinawa fare well with the Typhoon.....God Bless
SushiSake3
If I was U.S. Christian pastor Pat Robertson, I’d already have concluded that God hates Okinawans.
But by the same token, and considering there’s a huge storm heading for the upcoming Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida, I’d also conclude that God hates Republicans.
Brian Sutton
I'm on Okinawa and it's raging outside... haven't lost power though. lol.. I haven't seen any cars flying just yet neither.
nandakandamanda
What would happen if one of these hit Fukushima? Are they ready already?
Ranger_Miffy2
Holy Smokes! If that amount of energy ever hit Tokyo, it would be The End!
Virtuoso
On Okinawa, they say you know the typhoon has reached its maximum when you see cars flying down the streets, end over end.
Trapped
13 meter swell?!! Break out and wax up the rhino chasers!
smithinjapan
Hang in there, peeps! Hunker down.