It Doesn't Rain, It Pours.

Typhoon #14 Nabi - 0PM 09/06/2005
Originally uploaded by earthhopper.

In a country known for its natural disasters, I shouldn't be surprised that a few would hit while we're here. Actually, we're getting off lucky. The fourteenth typhoon of 2005 has blown through Kyushu and Shikoku islands. Apparently, about 1300 millimetres of rain fell today in Miyazaki prefecture. That's more than four feet of rain in one day. We here in the Kansai district will be okay, I think. It may rain a lot tomorrow, but we should be spared the flooding that has happened in other parts of Japan. Or in New Orleans for that matter. It's sometimes a little unnerving to think that the very nature that sustains us can wipe us out in a second. It just goes to show you that as much as we think we're in control of things, we're not. Heck, one guy in Kyushu died when his bicycle was blown into a ditch full of water. We can't control nature. Sometimes, we can't even get along with it well enough to survive. We're fools if we think we can. At any rate, I just want everyone to know that we're okay and that things are going well. We're busy, which is good in a way. It keeps us from being too homesick. God bless.
-Joe

Link: "Reuters: Four dead, 14 missing as typhoon hits south Japan"