Typhoon #26 (Wipha) hitting Japan hard

[Coligny]

Meanwhile #26 lookz like a real bitch...

955hPa for now, he's still in the relatively warm seas, if it continue to go down in pressure it might suck donkey's dong when he get there... And it's aiming for me... Yay!!! (/not)

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[FG Lurker]

For what was purported to be the biggest typhoon in 22 years, much ado about (almost) nothing it seems.

No complaints about that!

[Coligny]

950hPa...

[nikoneko]

Down to 930 now, and the barometer on my watch is falling already too (could just be coincidence though.) I sure hope it misses us, Typhoons make my allergies worse and I cracked a rib yesterday. It's not gonna be fun if I start coughing with a cracked rib..

[Coligny]

935... little hope...

[IparryU]

starting to piss down now... not gonna have to work tomorrow if it is like this.

[Samurai_Jerk]

starting to piss down now... not gonna have to work tomorrow if it is like this.

I've already been told to work from home in the morning and depending on conditions tomorrow that might be extended to the whole day.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Strongest typhoon in 10 years heading for Fukushima

As the weather agency issued warnings of torrential rain and strong winds, the operator of the Fukushima plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said it was bracing for the storm after a series of leaks of radiation-polluted water.

[Wage Slave]

It's kicked a bit further east so yes Tokyo and Fukushima are likely to get it full on. Sit tight folks. Coligny, Grumpy and I are off the hook a bit.

[Coligny]

looking at the satellite view and projected path... your definition of "off the hook" seems rather optimistic... The rain is already quite good...

[yanpa]

starting to piss down now... not gonna have to work tomorrow if it is like this.

I've already been told to work from home in the morning and depending on conditions tomorrow that might be extended to the whole day.

I was unceremoniously chucked out of the office (omae mona will get the reference), though 'tis merely raining slightly heavily.

I predict widespread public transportation stoppage tomorrow until 9 ~ 10am, leisurely breakfast here we come

[Wage Slave]

looking at the satellite view and projected path... your definition of "off the hook" seems rather optimistic... The rain is already quite good...

I said off the hook a bit - which is true for us and to a lesser extent Nagoya - at least compared with the projected path at lunchtime. We are just on the edge of the 50knt wind area now. It's raining but not very heavily here.
Yet.

I just hope it doesn't kick west again. A bit further east again please.

[Coligny]

Toyohashi City <foreign@anzen-ansin.net>

5:06 PM (2 hours ago)

to me
A large-scale strong Typhoon Number 26 has moved northwards from Nankai and will be approaching the Tokai area between late night on the 15th till morning of the 16th.
Please lock your doors securely and do not head outside during periods of strong wind and heavy rainfall.

大型で強い台風第２６号が、日本の南海上を北上しており、１５日深夜から１６日の朝にかけて東海地方に最接近します。戸締りをしっかりして、暴風・大雨時には、外に出ないようにしてください。

Ermagerd... Toyocky will sleep in full scuba diving gear... again...

(They forgot "GET THE FUCK OUT OF ANY RIVERSIDE" because it never fails to turn into a complete waterworld)

[nikoneko]

Strongest typhoon in 10 years heading for Fukushima

As the weather agency issued warnings of torrential rain and strong winds, the operator of the Fukushima plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said it was bracing for the storm after a series of leaks of radiation-polluted water.

I'm just surprised they haven't started a project to build the world's largest umbrella yet...

[yanpa]

Toyohashi City <foreign@anzen-ansin.net>

5:06 PM (2 hours ago)

to me
A large-scale strong Typhoon Number 26 has moved northwards from Nankai and will be approaching the Tokai area between late night on the 15th till morning of the 16th.
Please lock your doors securely and do not head outside during periods of strong wind and heavy rainfall.

大型で強い台風第２６号が、日本の南海上を北上しており、１５日深夜から１６日の朝にかけて東海地方に最接近します。戸締りをしっかりして、暴風・大雨時には、外に出ないようにしてください。

Ermagerd... Toyocky will sleep in full scuba diving gear... again...

(They forgot "GET THE FUCK OUT OF ANY RIVERSIDE" because it never fails to turn into a complete waterworld)

On mah way to mah house built, as far as I can ascertain, at the apex of the "plateau" between the parallel water courses some way to the north and south (which would need to flood in biblical proportions to get anywhere near Chez Yanpa). Even the road outside slopes downwards in both directions, and I have yet to see significant puddlage build in the surrounding area. :smug:

[Wage Slave]

Toyohashi City <foreign@anzen-ansin.net>

5:06 PM (2 hours ago)

to me
A large-scale strong Typhoon Number 26 has moved northwards from Nankai and will be approaching the Tokai area between late night on the 15th till morning of the 16th.
Please lock your doors securely and do not head outside during periods of strong wind and heavy rainfall.

大型で強い台風第２６号が、日本の南海上を北上しており、１５日深夜から１６日の朝にかけて東海地方に最接近します。戸締りをしっかりして、暴風・大雨時には、外に出ないようにしてください。

Ermagerd... Toyocky will sleep in full scuba diving gear... again...

(They forgot "GET THE FUCK OUT OF ANY RIVERSIDE" because it never fails to turn into a complete waterworld)

On mah way to mah house built, as far as I can ascertain, at the apex of the "plateau" between the parallel water courses some way to the north and south (which would need to flood in biblical proportions to get anywhere near Chez Yanpa). Even the road outside slopes downwards in both directions, and I have yet to see significant puddlage build in the surrounding area. :smug:

And by a very odd co-incidence my house is in a similar location except the watercourses converge near the sea. Strange that we both bought a house well away from danger of flooding. :smug too:

[yanpa]

My smugness is rewarded by a jinshin jiko on my line, aka people queuing down the stairs and through the ticket gates, so I am stuck at the intermediate station for a while

[Yokohammer]

This is starting to look kinda sucky (or blowy, if you prefer).
Schools will be closed in my area, and they've already announced that the trains will not run. That includes the Tohoku Shinkansen. Sounds like they're expecting some nasty shit.

[wagyl]

Toyohashi City <foreign@anzen-ansin.net>

5:06 PM (2 hours ago)

to me
A large-scale strong Typhoon Number 26 has moved northwards from Nankai and will be approaching the Tokai area between late night on the 15th till morning of the 16th.
Please lock your doors securely and do not head outside during periods of strong wind and heavy rainfall.

大型で強い台風第２６号が、日本の南海上を北上しており、１５日深夜から１６日の朝にかけて東海地方に最接近します。戸締りをしっかりして、暴風・大雨時には、外に出ないようにしてください。

Ermagerd... Toyocky will sleep in full scuba diving gear... again...

(They forgot "GET THE FUCK OUT OF ANY RIVERSIDE" because it never fails to turn into a complete waterworld)

I realise that there is a need for balance between the requirement to get the information out quickly with machine translation and the requirement to get the information out accurately with translation by something with flesh and blood and hopefully a brain, but I can't help thinking that the robots are trying to take over with this one. Make sure that doors and windows are closed securely, by all means, but suggesting there is a need to lock the door will bring on Coligny's nightmare of a zombie apocalypse.

Maybe the zombies have already got to the brains, which is why they are relying on machine translation so heavily.

[Russell]

My smugness is rewarded by a jinshin jiko on my line, aka people queuing down the stairs and through the ticket gates, so I am stuck at the intermediate station for a while

What a fornicating time to kill oneself. Isn't the typhoon enough?

[Coligny]

こちらは、豊橋市です。10月15日、20時34分、豊橋市に暴風警報が発表されました。豊橋市は「災害情報連絡室」を設置しました。今後の気象情報に十分注意して下さい。

This is the City of Toyohashi. A Storm Warning has been issued for Toyohashi on October 15 at 20:34. The City has established a Disaster Communications Office. Please pay attention to ongoing weather information.

ERMARGUNNADIE !!!!!!

light rain for now...

Just back from shopping (outta bread)... gonna be a quiet evening watching pr0n...

[Russell]

The fucker is now south of Kansai.

Not directly hitting us but pretty much rain and some wind.

Nothing alarming here, though.

Hoping that Fukushima holds out well.

[Mock Cockpit]

Toyohashi City <foreign@anzen-ansin.net>

5:06 PM (2 hours ago)

to me
A large-scale strong Typhoon Number 26 has moved northwards from Nankai and will be approaching the Tokai area between late night on the 15th till morning of the 16th.
Please lock your doors securely and do not head outside during periods of strong wind and heavy rainfall.

大型で強い台風第２６号が、日本の南海上を北上しており、１５日深夜から１６日の朝にかけて東海地方に最接近します。戸締りをしっかりして、暴風・大雨時には、外に出ないようにしてください。

Ermagerd... Toyocky will sleep in full scuba diving gear... again...

(They forgot "GET THE FUCK OUT OF ANY RIVERSIDE" because it never fails to turn into a complete waterworld)

I realise that there is a need for balance between the requirement to get the information out quickly with machine translation and the requirement to get the information out accurately with translation by something with flesh and blood and hopefully a brain, but I can't help thinking that the robots are trying to take over with this one. Make sure that doors and windows are closed securely, by all means, but suggesting there is a need to lock the door will bring on Coligny's nightmare of a zombie apocalypse.

Maybe the zombies have already got to the brains, which is why they are relying on machine translation so heavily.

Nihon 101- never be merely careful but be extra uselessly careful.

[wuchan]

it's raining, OMFG!!!!!!


According to the US government this is a category 2 storm. From what I remember, that means a tree might get knocked down and the surfing will be good.

[Coligny]

Great, the too cool for school doctrine applied with equivalent approximative knowledge to weather events...

At 50m/s that would make it a cat 3 hurricane. Not a harmless sounding category 2 storm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2% ... Category_3

I suppose that soon we'll have posts stating that it's not a typhoon since nobody was directly killed by the wind or the rain...

[wuchan]

Typhoon Wipha is changing to a north-northeast trajectory through the Western Pacific Ocean as a Category 2 storm. Affected areas can expect to see sustained winds of between 65 and 75 knots (approx. 75-86 mph) and gusts of up to 95 knots (approx. 109 mph) late Tuesday, October 15, and on Wednesday, October 16. Current forecasts say that Typhoon Wipha will affect most of Japan, from Okinawa and its outlying islands to Hokkaido. U.S. citizens living and traveling in Japan should take this information into account.

we no speak dat metric crap but 111mph is 2mph above 109 (we are talking gusts here). No one in the US worries until the SUSTAINED winds are over 100 mph. Shit, 100mph is only a $100 speeding ticket in most states.

If you get killed in this storm you probably live in a mobile home or a J-cardboard shack. If you get killed outside, you were stupid. This is all based on US data not "the government should do everything" type of data.

[yanpa]

Peaked in the night, blowing away my chances of a morning at home

[Coligny]

Not much here either, windy-ish, tsuyu-ish rain...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Peaked in the night, blowing away my chances of a morning at home

A lot of the trains are still fucked though.

[yanpa]

Peaked in the night, blowing away my chances of a morning at home

A lot of the trains are still fucked though.

Not mine

Unreliable line is reliable just when you don't want it to be...