11 am - It’s been raining off and on since 6pm last night. Since there’s only a little breeze, we continue to keep our sliding glass door open. I love listening to the rain. I am a Pacific Northwest girl after all. I finished filling all the water bottles and available containers in case we need it. My husband just filled the bathtub so we can all bathe and have water for flushing the toilet or other basic needs if water is shut off.
The news footage is pretty scary. Parts of Chiba have already lost power (over 10,000) and Shizuoka is experiencing flooding in certain areas. Hachioji (an area in Tokyo) just received an evacuation notice. The typhoon is actually moving slowly, meaning it’s doing more damage.
11:30 pm - The storm has passed Nerima. It is calm and quiet outside. Almost creepy quiet. But I’ll take it.
Now I head off to bed. I’m sure tomorrow will be filled with depressing reports about damage. We are safe and sound. But please keep Japan in your thoughts.
The news footage is pretty scary. Parts of Chiba have already lost power (over 10,000) and Shizuoka is experiencing flooding in certain areas. Hachioji (an area in Tokyo) just received an evacuation notice. The typhoon is actually moving slowly, meaning it’s doing more damage.
1667 flights have been cancelled. All Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya have been cancelled as well. Even Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea is closed.
Nerima is very prepared. We are at a higher elevation and not near any rivers.
I’m not sharing to scare. Just to let you know what’s going on. We are safe inside, doing science experiments and playing together.
2 pm - It’s getting blustery outside. The rain is coming softly, but a lot of it. We’re keeping busy with yoga and a candy making kit. I’m going to start dinner prep shortly. Nabe calls for lots of cut up vegetables!
6:30 pm - The eye of the typhoon is about to hit land in 1 hour. We also just had an earthquake (4.0 just off the coast of Tokyo). Mudslides have been reported and flooding is getting worse in many areas. Evacuation orders have been issued in 10 prefectures. Deaths have already been reported.
As the winds have gotten stronger, we’ve closed our metal storm shutters. We have these on all our sliding glass doors and our bedroom window. These really help to keep us safe, but make the winds sound even scarier.
We had a lovely dinner. After we read to our son, we will put him to bed. He’s feeling scared, so he made up a story about the cause of typhoons. He decided that they are made by really angry demons (known as Oni in Japanese). When they blow air out of their mouth, it creates the strong typhoon winds.
9:30 pm - The eye is passing by us, just to the west. With the storm shutters pulled I can’t see anything, but we hear a lot. The metal shutters periodically shake as the wind gusts hit them at the right angle.
Just a short time ago our phones shrieked with an emergency alert. It was quite unsettling until my husband translated it, informing me it was a rain warning. We just received a second one about a river overflowing (not near us, but in Nerima).
In some areas, the amount of rain that will fall during this storm is more than they get on average for 2.5 months! Many places have already had 70 cm (27 inches) fall, about the height of a three year old!
Nerima is very prepared. We are at a higher elevation and not near any rivers.
I’m not sharing to scare. Just to let you know what’s going on. We are safe inside, doing science experiments and playing together.
2 pm - It’s getting blustery outside. The rain is coming softly, but a lot of it. We’re keeping busy with yoga and a candy making kit. I’m going to start dinner prep shortly. Nabe calls for lots of cut up vegetables!
6:30 pm - The eye of the typhoon is about to hit land in 1 hour. We also just had an earthquake (4.0 just off the coast of Tokyo). Mudslides have been reported and flooding is getting worse in many areas. Evacuation orders have been issued in 10 prefectures. Deaths have already been reported.
As the winds have gotten stronger, we’ve closed our metal storm shutters. We have these on all our sliding glass doors and our bedroom window. These really help to keep us safe, but make the winds sound even scarier.
We had a lovely dinner. After we read to our son, we will put him to bed. He’s feeling scared, so he made up a story about the cause of typhoons. He decided that they are made by really angry demons (known as Oni in Japanese). When they blow air out of their mouth, it creates the strong typhoon winds.
9:30 pm - The eye is passing by us, just to the west. With the storm shutters pulled I can’t see anything, but we hear a lot. The metal shutters periodically shake as the wind gusts hit them at the right angle.
Just a short time ago our phones shrieked with an emergency alert. It was quite unsettling until my husband translated it, informing me it was a rain warning. We just received a second one about a river overflowing (not near us, but in Nerima).
In some areas, the amount of rain that will fall during this storm is more than they get on average for 2.5 months! Many places have already had 70 cm (27 inches) fall, about the height of a three year old!
Over 200,000 homes are without power. I’m more than nervous.
11:30 pm - The storm has passed Nerima. It is calm and quiet outside. Almost creepy quiet. But I’ll take it.
Now I head off to bed. I’m sure tomorrow will be filled with depressing reports about damage. We are safe and sound. But please keep Japan in your thoughts.
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