Typhoon!

Our river way walls held here in Tokyo but Dan & I did go out to check often. It totally devastated the area north of here. 18 helicopters trying to get people off their rooves, people's houses crumbling underneath them. So far only one death but I believe their were people stuck overnight in the water, which was raging!

Emergency preparedness is part of regular life here. But nobody could have foreseen their house crumbling and being swept away in such a short time. Meanwhile, our less emergent prep means we now each have rain jackets, pants, rain capes, and long plastic coats. Dan has not given into buying boots as I did before I came. Even now with sun today his shoes may take a week to dry. Our entrance closet stinks already. Minor threat.

I didn't get a picture of the standing waves I saw in one of our rivers but stopped when it wasn't pouring too hard to get these pics. As you see I continue to be a bag lady.

 

This part of the walkway was flooded yesterday but they must have a way to open more flood gates to the ocean as the next day the lovely white egrets were back walking in a reasonable amount of water. 

Anyone know what this flower is ... Part of the fall flowering in this semi tropical area.

The new decoration all along our river ride.