The Weather Thread.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Why The Super Typhoon Heading Toward Japan Could Be So Dangerous

"Super typhoon" Neoguri is headed towards Okinawa and then Tokyo this week. The storm has been called a "once in decades" event, with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the system, which is already producing winds up to 150 mph, may develop into an "extremely intense" storm by Tuesday as it moves north.

"I can't stress enough how dangerous this typhoon may be when it hits Okinawa," wrote Brigadier General James Hecker on the base's Facebook page on Sunday. "This is not just another typhoon."

[Coligny]

weather underground show it cat 1 at land fall, he's super slow and soon in much cooler water...

sorry for okinawa though...

[matsuki]

Got in a days work on my jungle battle.....just before we got hit by a crazy shoal. I wonder if I am going to end up driving back to Tokyo in the middle of this super typhoon...last time I drove through one, I was lucky to arrive at all.

[Coligny]

At least it's a regular car... Tall minivans in side winds are an abomination, the steering is possessed with a mind of its own... (If only the Rasheen was still made... could have painted it like a U.N. Humvee with a fake machine gun turret on the roof...)

[Mike Oxlong]

Not over yet...second day kid stays home with school cancelled.

[Coligny]

Yup really a slow ass...

Lots of fathers stuck at home with dem kids ? Them soaplands gunna be full when the weather clears...

[BigInJapan]

Not over yet...second day kid stays home with school cancelled.

Reporting from Fukuoka - kids are off school this afternoon, and all day Thursday.
We had heavy rain with brutal thunder and lightning on Monday, then sunny on Tuesday afternoon.
The rain is back today, and starting to get a bit heavier now (no wind or thunder/lightning yet though).
I've heard the "biggest storm in decades" before, gotta wonder if it isn't partially a ploy on the part of supermarket chains to sell more perishables as people batten down the hatches...

[yanpa]

Getting kind of windy here on the Musashino plain. Toilet paper stocks replenished just in case (well, we were running out anyway).

[Wage Slave]

Nothing much thus far out here in the west country. A lot a happy kids as school got cancelled at lunchtime until further notice which will likely be lunchtime tomorrow at the earliest. Just got back from Max Valu on a coffee run and they were they were there a larking about with the foreigner in fine fettle and super genki mode.

Little to no actual typhoon though - just heat, cloud and humid, humid humid.

[Coligny]

I was derping at the hardware store when I received this message:

豊橋市からのお知らせです。
台風第８号の接近により大雨等が予想されるため、下記の指定避難所を開設します。
【開設する避難所】
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計２３か所を１５時に開設しました。
なお、上記以外でも、自主避難される場合には避難所を開設します。

加えて、７月１０日、１５時００分、台風８号の接近に伴い、豊橋市では、災害対策本部（第１非常配備）を設置しました。今後の気象情報に注意してください。

豊橋市防災危機管理課　電話：0532-51-2055

This is a notice from the City of Toyohashi.

As Typhoon No. 8 approaches, there is a possibility of heavy rain, etc. The following emergency evacuation shelters are now open.

Maeshiba School District Community Center (Maeshiba Koku Shiminkan), Gejo School District Community Center (Gejo Koku Shiminkan), Ushikawa School District Community Center (Ushikawa Koku Shiminkan), Takaoka School District Community Center (Takaoka Koku Shiminkan), Kamo School District Community Center (Kamo Koku Shiminkan), Saigo School District Community Center (Saigo Koku Shiminkan),
Tamagawa School District Community Center (Tamagawa Koku Shiminkan), Suse School District Community Center (Suse Koku Shiminkan), Ishimaki School District Community Center (Ishimaki Koku Shiminkan), Tame School District Community Center (Tame Koku Shiminkan), Futagawa School District Community Center (Futagawa Koku Shiminkan), Tanigawa School District Community Center (Tanigawa Koku Shiminkan),
Osaki School District Community Center (Osaki Koku Shiminkan), Ueta School District Community Center (Ueta Koku Shiminkan), Takashi School District Community Center (Takashi Koku Shiminkan), Fukuoka School District Community Center (Fukuoka Koku Shiminkan), Isobe School District Community Center (Isobe Koku Shiminkan), Hanei School District Community Center (Hanei Koku Shiminkan),
Muro School District Community Center (Muro Koku Shiminkan), Shiota School District Community Center (Shiota Koku Shiminkan), Matsuyama School District Community Center (Matsuyama Koku Shiminkan), Imure School District Community Center (Imure Koku Shiminkan), Takashi Welfare Center for the Elderly (Takashi Rojin Fukushi Center)

A total of 23 emergency evacuation shelters have been opened since 3P.M..

Please contact us if an evacuation shelter is required in areas other than the above.

Moreover, as of 3 P.M. on 10 July, the City of Toyohashi has set up a Emergency Response Unit (Deployment 1) (Saigai Taisaku Honbu Dai-ichi Hijo Haibi) in response to the approaching Typhoon No. 8. We urge residents to pay attention to the latest weather updates.

Toyohashi Disaster Preparedness & Crisis Management Division
TEL: 0532-51-2055

It was cloudy, but not raining, so I didun't pay much attenshiun... Then after getting mah cheezeburger fix I went back to the parking...

And the visibility was 1 meter with water starting to raise... I hurried a bit since between me and home there's the river stix who can spill with nothing more than 10 minutes of rain if she's in a bad mood... Crossed the bridge with still a good meter before she could start flooding the place...

Then the rain stopped...

This typhoon/storm is a real tricky bastard. You feel confident because there is no wind and little rain, then suddenly the shit hit the fan....

[Samurai_Jerk]

The office sent us home this afternoon and told us to work remotely. There are some nasty looking clouds hovering over Tokyo right now but so far not much happening. At least not on my side of town.

[matsuki]

Jungle battled in the light rain...got a lot done for shitty weather. Bring that shit on now!!

[IparryU]

My trip got delayed cause of this bs... Wasn't even raining in Osaka and shit stopped. Wanted a day sitting with my thumb un my ass just about.

[wagyl]

Jungle battled in the light rain...got a lot done for shitty weather. Bring that shit on now!!

One thing you will soon learn is that while the media and the internet goes into a panic about what will (or might) happen in the major population centres, that very rarely means that the Japan Sea coast will get the same as the Pacific coast. It is a whole 'nother world, baby! And by the same token, events that can have quite major effects on the Japan Sea coast will often be completely ignored by the media and the internet.

This is not always a bad thing. it can be good for the soul to watch these things with some detachment.

In other words, I don't think you'll be getting any of that shit.

[matsuki]

Indeed...if I'm not too exhausted, I might make another trip out. I think we have the actual build site cleared (though plenty of land that still needs clearing) but there are soooo many small trees!! (stumps to remove now) I was looking at renting a wood chipper but now I'm wondering if a bonfire might be better haha

[wuchan]

nothing happened. It didn't even rain. WTF?

[yanpa]

Yeah, I feel cheated. And now it's going to be a bummer of a hot day.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yeah, I feel cheated. And now it's going to be a bummer of a hot day.

Yes, I always feel cheated when there's no death and destruction in my area. What a letdown.

[yanpa]

Yeah, I feel cheated. And now it's going to be a bummer of a hot day.

Yes, I always feel cheated when there's no death and destruction in my area. What a letdown.

The culling of the suicidally inept ("Ooh, let's go and look at the big waves") and the terminally unlucky not only improves the global gene pool but increase my own personal luckiness quotient.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yeah, I feel cheated. And now it's going to be a bummer of a hot day.

Yes, I always feel cheated when there's no death and destruction in my area. What a letdown.

The culling of the suicidally inept ("Ooh, let's go and look at the big waves") and the terminally unlucky not only improves the global gene pool but increase my own personal luckiness quotient.

Does that include the "it's a natural disaster, let's head to the nearest pub" crowd?

[wagyl]

... the terminally unlucky ...

... my own personal luckiness quotient.

I hope that your low personal luck quotient does not mean that you are terminally unlucky.

I think we should check that yanpa's account hasn't been compromised: at first I thought that the comment was uncannily Colignifique.

[yanpa]

Unfortunately I have used up my quote of emoticons for the month, so you will have to speculate as to the proximity of my tongue to either facial cheek.

Back on topics, lashings of atsui blanketing the greater Kanto area.

[wagyl]

Unfortunately I have used up my quote of emoticons for the month, so you will have to speculate as to the proximity of my tongue to either facial cheek.

As opposed to any other kind of cheek.....

Back on topics, lashings of atsui blanketing the greater Kanto area.

Ahh, the glories of the Hill Station. Of course I pay for it in the wintertime (God knows I pay for it....)

[Yokohammer]

According to AccuWeather it is currently 31°C here in southern Miyagi.

Doesn't feel like it though. In my office/studio on the second floor it is right around 25° with just the dehumidifier running.

Either that or the radiation has taken out my nervous system and I simply have no feeling.

No problem ... I'm cool. And the rain seems to have stopped. At last.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Tokyo is hot and sweaty as balls today. That tropical SE Asian weather probably just hasn't been sucked up your way yet.

[Yokohammer]

Yeah, probably. And then maybe it'll just sort of dissipate before it gets here. I sure hope so.

I can handle heat as long as it's dry, and I can handle cold, but I HATE humidity, which is why I have no plans to move any further south (unless it's to the southern hemisphere).

[Mike Oxlong]

Yeah, I feel cheated. And now it's going to be a bummer of a hot day.

Yes, I always feel cheated when there's no death and destruction in my area. What a letdown.

The culling of the suicidally inept ("Ooh, let's go and look at the big waves") and the terminally unlucky not only improves the global gene pool but increase my own personal luckiness quotient.

Nature did take care of that. Darwin sent your candidates.

Two more deaths were reported Thursday on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, which the typhoon had already passed but where maritime conditions remained rough.

Local police said three men who had gone to the beach for a swim were swept away around 11:30 a.m. Two died, but one was rescued.

From Typhoon leaves seven dead as it heads toward Tokyo

Sad, but the other deaths appear to have been less predictable than the tourists here (the article did not specify tourists, but the local news down south did).

[matsuki]

The culling of the suicidally inept ("Ooh, let's go and look at the big waves") and the terminally unlucky not only improves the global gene pool but increase my own personal luckiness quotient.

The latest study shows that in chimpanzee, which is closely related to human, genes play a far more important role than the environment.

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles ... anzees.htm

[Mike Oxlong]

Typhoon 12 is kissing the tip, but it's not doing much for me...

[Coligny]

Weird, Halong seems nowhere near this position and is still a tropical storm having to spool up. In no way get too complacent.
It is still much lower at 15N 141S (at least this afternoon, can't be much farther by now)

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(sorry, the white with black dot on the bottom come from the transluscentness of the sea map over mah usual Yua Aida background)