Saturday, July 20, 2002
Well the typhoon finally hit our area at about 2am - very windy and rainy until about 3.30am. I know, because I spent the time sitting watching TV. This was probably the weirdest experience yet - the middle of the night in a dark room, metal shutters rattling loudly, watching a documentary about Cornwall with very soft background music...
No damage in our area, but Western Japan had lots of flooding, wrecked houses etc.
Kamakura again on Monday - this time the West side with the Great Buddha - a huge bronze statue cast in the 1200s, originally within a large temple...this unfortunately got swept away by a tidal wave in the 1400s and since then the Buddha's been exposed to the elements. Pretty amazing.
Went to the beach again, being lashed by big waves. Lots of surfers in the water and also boarding up their temporary wooden bars on the beach in preparation for typhoon 7. This hit on Tuesday lunchtime, but was virtually nothing at all in comparison to number 6.
No damage in our area, but Western Japan had lots of flooding, wrecked houses etc.
Kamakura again on Monday - this time the West side with the Great Buddha - a huge bronze statue cast in the 1200s, originally within a large temple...this unfortunately got swept away by a tidal wave in the 1400s and since then the Buddha's been exposed to the elements. Pretty amazing.
Went to the beach again, being lashed by big waves. Lots of surfers in the water and also boarding up their temporary wooden bars on the beach in preparation for typhoon 7. This hit on Tuesday lunchtime, but was virtually nothing at all in comparison to number 6.
We have 3 days off now - not sure of plans yet, but will try to update soon...
# posted by Phil T : 2:23 am
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