Hello. I'm posting today's question a bit early, hoping that the power doesn't suddenly go off mid-post. We're getting hit by Typhoon #19 at the moment, so the cats and I are all indoors, hoping it doesn't bring any trees down and cut off the electricity.
It's so hot and humid, but if I open the windows more than a crack the rain gets blown in.
Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? What happened?
I've been through a couple of bad typhoons, a few times we've been without power for a day or more but usually the worst thing that happens is loads of trees come down and we have to cut them up and move them out of the way.
I was in Japan for the big 2011 earthquake. I was quite a long way from the epicenter, but our electricity came from the Tepco Daiichi power plant so we had no electricity for days after that.
I was also here for a blizzard in 2014 when we got 2 metes of snow in one night. The whole town shut down. The highway was blocked, so no trucks could get in or out and none of the shops opened for days after that. At least the heat stayed on. No power in Japan in the winter would have been pretty grim.
What's the worst you've experience?
It's so hot and humid, but if I open the windows more than a crack the rain gets blown in.
Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? What happened?
I've been through a couple of bad typhoons, a few times we've been without power for a day or more but usually the worst thing that happens is loads of trees come down and we have to cut them up and move them out of the way.
I was in Japan for the big 2011 earthquake. I was quite a long way from the epicenter, but our electricity came from the Tepco Daiichi power plant so we had no electricity for days after that.
I was also here for a blizzard in 2014 when we got 2 metes of snow in one night. The whole town shut down. The highway was blocked, so no trucks could get in or out and none of the shops opened for days after that. At least the heat stayed on. No power in Japan in the winter would have been pretty grim.
What's the worst you've experience?