LD's Guide to Japan

Typhoon Melor made its way to my region today.  I woke up at about 5am to the sound of a siren coming from a van that passed outside my window, and then woke up again every 10 minutes as it circled back around and passed several more times.  All the locals are shocked because the surrounding mountains here have always protected the area from typhoons, so it’s impressive that this one has made it this far.  They’re not used to seeing typhoons here, so they’re, I think, erring on the side of caution.

There’s no need to worry, though, because it is very significantly weaker than it was when it hit Tokyo earlier this week, and it’s also moving rather quickly, so it should be out of here within a day or two at most.

For safety’s sake, however, all the Elementary and Junior High Schools in the region are closed today and the students get the day off.  The teachers, on the other hand, still have to come to school like normal (phooey), so I’m here at school with not much to do today.

Also, I didn’t think about the fact that there would be no school lunch today.  I noticed that all the other teachers have brought their lunches today, but I’ve got nothing.  I’m sure they won’t care if I go somewhere to get lunch, but it is raining and crazy windy outside, so it’ll be kind of a pain.  Oh well.  As the Japanese would say: “shyou ga nai” (“what can you do”).