A bit windy out there

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Bit late to the party, but Naeba was good and windy with lots of rain to just about overflow the river.
We braved it out inside with sake and Oil City Confidential on the projector screen.

[Coligny]

Bit late to the party, but Naeba was good and windy with lots of rain to just about overflow the river.
We braved it out inside with sake and Oil City Confidential on the projector screen.

And that the kind of movie that happens more through the soundtrack than the picture ?

[Mike Oxlong]

We had 500 power line breaks, and 400 poles go down in the fury. Over 10,000 homes still without power. CdeG still harnessing cat power, or are things back to normal?

[Coligny]

We had 500 power line breaks, and 400 poles go down in the fury. Over 10,000 homes still without power. CdeG still harnessing cat power, or are things back to normal?

3 cut and restore between 2000 and 2400, first failure at time with no wind or rain. Sound like chubu denryoku cutting corner on equipment maintenance or replacement. all back to normal since midnight. Today not much damage in the city, one broken tree sumwhere... few plastic traffic cones trying to escape, but bothing else...

[GomiGirl]

We were snug in our semi-underground basement apartment. We did open up the front door on the safety bolt as it was whistling with the wind blowing through the cracks. But we did this to stop the noise more than anything else.

[matsuki]

Haha, I just read that before I posted but I am getting sick of Japanese telling me the reason why Japanese homes are "superior" is because they are soooooo earthquake safe. Drinkin' the Green Tea flavored Kool-Aid much?

Well, I'd say most structures are comparatively earthquake safe (unless they're older houses which have been "typhoon-proofed" with heavy roof tiles a la Kobe). But does anyone go on to claim they're fireproof as well?

Houses - Just based on personal experience but I've been in several post "earthquake safety law" houses that are no longer boxes but either trapezoids or parallelograms. Doors don't close right, obvious tilt, etc. I don't think they will survive the next big quake.

Apartment buildings -

Owner-occupied and rental combined, Tokyo has some 132,600 multi-resident buildings, 24,000 of which were built before 1981 when stricter quake-proofing standards went into effect. About 52,000 questionnaires were sent out, and one-tenth were completed and returned. Of these, only 11 percent said that their buildings have been inspected for structural integrity–17 percent for condos and 6 percent for rental apartments. Another 8 percent said they “planned to carry out inspections,” while 9 percent plan to “discuss the matter.” Sixty-three percent responded that they have no plans to do anything. Among the buildings that did carry out inspections, 60 percent were told that they needed “further reinforcements,” but only 4 percent have actually carried out any reinforcement work.

We were snug in our semi-underground basement apartment. We did open up the front door on the safety bolt as it was whistling with the wind blowing through the cracks. But we did this to stop the noise more than anything else.

I opened my balcony glass door, as it was giving me some nice cross ventilation....5 minutes later I hear a bang and the screen door was gone (Lucky for me, it stayed on the balcony...if not it would have gone right on the train tracks or become a headshot for someone on the platforms)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I don't know why youse all think there was some kind of typhoon...it was merely me practicing for my big contest with Colignix...

[Coligny]

And the last tsunami was one of those "oups, that wasn't a fart!" moment...

[matsuki]

And the last tsunami was one of those "oups, that wasn't a fart!" moment...

What did you eat?

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