In a book I read a few years ago the author described Mother Nature as being bipolar!
With the weather we have been experiencing the past week or so I would have to agree!
In this part of Japan the middle of June is usually the rainy season, about two weeks of
constant drizzle. Everything feels damp and the air is really humid. This year we didn't get
that. A couple of wet days but not the real rainy season. Then on the last Friday of June the heavens
opened. Heavy rain and thunder storms. The thunder was so close that the house vibrated
with the sound! Hannah's school was closed for the day, which is unusual so it must of been bad!
Then last Tuesday a typhoon roared past here! We were lucky as we only caught the edge of the
storm. But places along the coast got hit rather bad! Poor Christopher got stuck at the
station and we had to go and rescue him! I was hoping for a bit of a break but
of course didn't get it. Friday the rain started, very heavy. I've experienced heavy rain
before but not like this. Most heavy showers last 2 hours, this went on all day!
Again Christopher got stuck at work. He works at Amazon warehouse, two towns over.
They provide a shuttle bus from the warehouse to the station. But last week the trains
were stopped and so was the shuttle bus! David and I drove out to pick him up. Took
us about 40 minutes to get there, a trip that should take 20 minutes! Getting back was
worse, over an hour!
Again we were lucky. Our house is in a safe area, no rivers or mountains nearby. Floods
and landslides are the biggest problems with all this rain. Some towns just down the road
from us have been hit very bad! Businesses, house and cars ruined!
It is raining again, I hope it stops soon!
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