Typhoon 6

 The sixth typhoon of the year hit Okinawa on Monday. Heavy rain and strong winds hit the islands, causing power outages and downed trees. I was watching the news this morning; they were interviewing one resident. The reporter said that the resident was very well prepared for power cuts; he had battery-powered lamps and candles. The resident sounded rather resigned when he said that every time there was a typhoon, they lost power!

I watched this storm develop from last week, wondering how bad it would be if it hit here; I always worry about all the stuff that is outside. Here we aren't that close to our neighbours' houses, but I don't want our cars damaged by flying debris. On Saturday, Christopher managed to clean up a lot in front of the house. The big windows on the front of the house have shutters, which really helps to protect them.

We got lucky! The typhoon passed south of Kyushu. The storm area was so big that it covered the whole island. 

This video was from yesterday, driving to the other city to teach. Looks like a normal rainy day, a bit of wind but not really crazy!

The interesting thing was that once the rain stopped, the wind picked up. 

This is from the community centre where we were teaching. Actually, Mikey was teaching; neither of my students came!

I'm glad that it wasn't that bad. I do worry about these storms. My biggest worry is the cats! If we ever have to evacuate, what would we do with the cats? We have enough carriers for them, but I can't imagine having nine cats in an evacuation centre, in carriers. My cats really don't like the carriers; they just cry all the time!

Just a couple of photos from yesterday.

Very dramatic sky!