Japanese Typhoon First Hand

[TokyoNerd]

I'm sorry about your umbrella. I hat it when wind and what-not does that.

[BusanKevin]

happens to me all the time on windy days!

[DerSchnurrbart]

Okinawa got bitch-slapped lol

[mostawesomestjes]

Bitch slapped. hehe. I think typhoons also spin the opposite way from hurricanes. Not sure. I slept right through everything. When I went to work at 830 in the morning and it was like the comedy routines where the win blows someones toupe back as they walk against the wind and dont move anywhere. I am 100 lbs of nothing. It was an adventure, but I almost blew away only six times. ^-^ Crazy stuff.

[BusanKevin]

It sounded much worse than it really was. I suppose I mean that literally. From inside my apartment, in the middle of the night, it sounded as if Kobe was being torn to pieces. When I got up in the morning, there were just a lot of eaves off the trees and garbage scattered about!

[nokomarie1963]

.Yep! I live on a cape of land, surrounded on three sides of water and we get blown to bits at times. It's just a fun ride, nothing gets damaged that didn't have it coming for poor design for the most part

[klynik]

I remember when Hurricane Floyd hit in Maryland years ago. My parents just finished remodeling the basement (drywall paint, carpet, furniture, etc.). Floyd hit about 2 months later and flooded it. We had to redo everything. Thats the only hurricane I really experienced though.

I've been in Florida for about 2.5 years now and luckily, I have to say it hasn't been too bad in terms of hurricanes, so far.

[shooby19]

wow that noise is creepy, i would be too scared to sleep :/ Do you know why they don't have insulation in the apartments in Japan?

[geofg]

I didn't know the typhoon had a name, thought they just used the numbers. Nagoya looked pretty much like your footage of Osaka. We faired alright, for the most part, but rain poured into the mail slot of our door at 5 in the morning because our dilligent newspaper carrier shoved the paper in their, propping it open. Flooded our genkan a bit, but we got it sopped up with towels. And, our north facing screens are amazingly clean now after being blasted by the wind and rain!

[eightwillwontcannot]

hahah that sound! that would be amazingly irritating

[freeofgreed]

Wow, I've always wonder'd what typhoons were like in japan, thanks for sharing Kev 5/5.

[Mafiadaughter]

Omg I heard on the news. Damn.

[pain303]

i remember have typhoons every year when i lived in okinawa. my dad's marine corp buddies used to come over and do this thing where they would take sheets, each person would grab an end and the wind would pull them all over the place. yeah, yeah. drunk marines do some stupid stuff....

[runnyrunny999]

The typhoon passed so fast this time!

[BusanKevin]

'm happy there was little damage. No problems in Kobe and I got the day off :)

[supertotoro]

Yokohama is fine as well! :)

[BusanKevin]

cool! Good to hear. Was it much of a storm by the time it got to you?

[ElevenColors]

I totally slept through it. Had late shift. Didn't wake up until 11 AM when the sky was already blue.

Heavy wind. Got to work, got up to the the 8th floor out of 20, noticed the lights hanging from the ceiling in the elevator lobby swaying just a bit.

[BusanKevin]

right on. You work some different hours for sure!

I totally felt my building moving last night. I thought I was just going nuts, but tonight in Japanese class, some of my classmates said they felt it too!

[bestiaccia]

Glad you survived!!

[BusanKevin]

I'm alright. No damage to Kevin!

[DeeDoubleYou81]

That you made it through okay! Sure was interesting!

[BusanKevin]

for sure. I liked your video :)

[DeeDoubleYou81]

well thanks :)

[qendu]

I heard about it, I hope it doesn't happend something bad

by the way, the sound is scary

[BusanKevin]

I suppose now that I look back on it and talk to other folks....it sounds much scarier than it is!

[MicknFumi]

Well it sure made a mess on that street.

[BusanKevin]

yeah, but a mess is ok I suppose. I suppose it didn't do any damage.

[adventpako]

Now hitting my town Kanazawa :(

strong noise at 3 am, and my travel to tokyo was cancelled :(

[BusanKevin]

any damage? How is everything now?

[secretjustin]

Yeah, right now here in Funabashi, it's Sunny and really windy.

[BusanKevin]

it was sunny and beautiful by lunchtime here in Kobe!

[stefmax]

Glad your safe my friend! My girlfriend called me the night before telling me that a typhoon was on the rise.

Nothing like Miami weather in Japan. Heh.

[BusanKevin]

I think Miami gets it far worse than here!

[raulycalifre]

Yep I hear u, the hurricanes here in miami are just as scary! but is even worse when the power goes out for days. Glad everything is OK!

[BusanKevin]

wow....that is scary. I think Miami probably get far worse weather on a yearly basis than here!

[iTzNoko]

Haha that's pretty exciting

[BusanKevin]

I suppose so. makes life a little more interesting!

[uglyengineer]

Monsoon season in India is even more fun. It decimated Bangladesh once.

[BusanKevin]

that must be scary!

[pantukhoff]

Nice to be in a rich developed country when typhoons/cyclones/hurricanes come, then we can make videos rather than scrambling for our lives!

At the beginning of the video I thought your teapot was boiling, what a strange sound have to cope with-I can see why you weren't able to sleep. Lots of free bikes on offer at the end hey?

[BusanKevin]

yep...I can never sleep when the tea pot boils all night! Yep, there are advantages to living where we live!

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

Was a non-event.

We rolled the shutters down on our apartment and the center of it past over us while we slept.

Woke up to find some leaves lying around outside.

All those TV reporters in helmets and failing umbrellas were probably stock footage from the last dozen storms :-D

I deleted the footage I shot of it because it didn't deserve it :-D

P.S In the south Pacific it is called a cyclone in some non-American countries :-D

[BusanKevin]

My flailin umbrella footage was real! haha....have to go get a new one now :(

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

I meant the "everyone, let's panic" TV reports!

I knew your umbrella fail was real!

(Although I thought maybe you have been living here too long if you carry an umbrella in high wind - very Japanese of you!)

[smaviii]

Lol Malaysian is not a language kevin :P

It's Malay =]

[BusanKevin]

ooops! Going to change that right now! hehe

[PannaIka]

umbrella fails are always pretty funny :P

[ericsurf6]

They cancelled school here today in Kanagawa, and the typhoon had already passed by about 9am. I'll enjoy my day off.

[BusanKevin]

Enjoy your day off! I took a nap and did a little Japanese study. I have a class tonight...that isn't canceled :)

[DavePerry2012]

Do people leave their bikes out unlocked?

[BusanKevin]

Most people lock them up here, but don't lock them to anything! I suppose a thief could just pick them u and throw them into a truck!

[DavePerry2012]

Which also makes them into good typhoon bait. :-)

[AjikanPanda]

Typhoons are scary :l

I never experienced one but I hate storms.

[JapanielGuerrera]

I just told DW it was good to see no severities come his way. Good to see you were ok too.

Have a good day, stay dry!

[BusanKevin]

thanks! He seems to be fine as well. It's the afternoon now and it's actually sunny!

[6663000]

I will have to take your word for it, Since I have not experienced both :)

[riztar]

glad to see your ok but i would of stayed home myself and taped up the windows

[Germanalien84]

Hey, I'm glad your guys are all ok!!!

[APOKALYPSE34]

Glad to hear you and wife are ok!

[BusanKevin]

Thanks so much man. Yep, we're fine.

Hope you're doing well :)

[qiranger]

Cool! Thanks for the recap! Be safe.

[BusanKevin]

cheers. No worries. Things have passed here.

[6663000]

I really like it when a big rain storm or hurricane blows through, as long as there is not much damage.

I think there is a great feeling of anticipation when the storm is just starting to roll in. And the next day always feel so nice and refreshing. Even in that short clip of you walking in the morning I could just imagine the feeling of going out nice and early for a walk. I think experiencing that in Japan would be far better than what I have experienced so far.

[LadyFlameSniper]

I know what you mean. I was imagining everything you just described there. I love that feeling.

[6663000]

It seems like a place such as Japan would REALLY amplify that effect. Sometimes I can just picture what it would be like to be on a Japanese hill top somewhere, near the ocean, and seeing the mist over the mountains when you get up very early in the morning. Over looking a lush, dense forest with the sound of birds, and maybe a nice light rain coming down.

I bet that experience would be much better that anything I could find here in Canada.

Just thinking about it makes me want to visit Japan.

[LadyFlameSniper]

You sure do have a gift for discriptions. Again I found myself imagining it. lol. I agree completely.

Kevin, is this a common occurance there? how often does this happen? It reminds me of the movie Pokoyo, the character acted like big storms hit all the time. I was a little confused by that, but now it makes more sense.

[6663000]

haha, thanks.

[LadyFlameSniper]

opps, correction..I meant to say Ponyo.

[TakarazukaTim]

I slept right through it. I thought it had missed us or something...

[BusanKevin]

My entire building was shaking. it tossed around my neighbor's bicycles too....damn noisy. I live right on the water though....probably windier here.

[hanaryukoku]

I live in takarazuka too, I slept right through it too haha.

[TakarazukaTim]

How do you like the Tak? Boring 'eh?

[6663000]

I hate it when wind makes that whistling sound.

I wake up during storms sometimes because of that :P

[BusanKevin]

yeah....it does suck. The windows rattling didn't help as well.