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2016-09-04 11:59 JST 2016 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/typhoon-namtheun-heads-southern-japan-160903094025824.html Typhoon Namtheun heads towards southern JapanAnother major cyclone is expected to hit the country this weekend. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/typhoon-namtheun-heads … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. ← 2016-09-04 11:54 JST 2016-09-05 04:29 JST → Around this time … 2016-09-10 13:39 JSTThe car you see in the photo is being offered for sale on the Kumamoto-i mailing list. Please subscribe to the mailing list directly to get real-time email notifications about items put up for sale.-- Kirk https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/conversations/messages/13415Yahoo! Groups 2016-09-09 07:03 JSTThe photo you see is from an old post about a RKK television program introducing F Rene Saint-Laurent's work as a volunteer fireman. I'm posting today to tell everyone that KAB will broadcast another program about our favorite fireman on Monday, September 12th, beginning at 4 in the afternoon:http://tv.so-net.ne.jp/schedule/157384201609121600.actionThe Japanese blurb about the show indicates that an Israeli who is working to establish himself or herself as a farmer here in Kumamoto will be also be introduced.特集は、熊本に住む外国人に密着する。南阿蘇村のカナダ人消防団員や将来は熊本で農家を目指すイスラエル人を紹介、彼らの思いを伝える。Now, to set the timer on my dvr . . .-- Kirk 2016-09-06 11:14 JSTThis Mainichi article indicates that the typhoon caused little damage, though parts of Kumamoto experienced very heavy rain.-- Kirkhttp://mainichi.jp/articles/20160905/k00/00e/040/188000c台風１２号：九州、大きな被害なく 土砂崩れなど警戒続く - 毎日新聞 2016-09-05 19:18 JSTKumamoto quake recovery projected to cost ¥2.5 trillion … 2016-09-05 04:29 JST"Wind gusts of 80-95 km/h (50-60 mph) can be expected near the west coast of Kyushu through Sunday night and early on Monday. Residents should prepare for isolated tree damage and power outages."-- Kirkhttp://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/japan-typhoon-namtheun-flooding-rain-winds/59832907Typhoon Namtheun to blast Japan with flooding rain, damaging winds 2016-09-04 11:59 JSTTyphoon Namtheun heads towards southern Japan (this post) 2016-09-04 11:54 JSTAmakusa and western Kumamoto will probably experience tropical storm winds in the next 12 hours. Take care!-- Kirkhttp://www.tropicalstormrisk.com 2016-09-03 23:45 JSTPeople in vulnerable areas are recommended to prepare to evacuate. The areas designated are parts of Amakusa, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto City and Mifune. The West Ward (Nishi-ku) of Kumamoto City, Yatsushiro, and Amakusa have coastal areas where evacuations may be needed. I assume that Mifune is a candidate for evacuation because of the possibility of landslides or flooding in some areas. Please try to learn what you can about the vulnerabilities of your particular area and where you can go if you need to evacuate.The map you see in the image is a Google translation of Yahoo's Japanese page. To view an English translation yourself, please use the translate function on Google's Chrome browser.http://crisis.yahoo.co.jp/evacuation/43/-- Kirk 2016-09-03 12:31 JSTAccording to this site, the probability of tropical storm strength winds hitting Kumamoto in the next 24 hours is about 50/50.-- Kirkhttp://www.tropicalstormrisk.com 2016-09-03 00:23 JSTThis is old news now but I think it's interesting that the US Geological Survey seems to have think it was a bigger quake that the JMA did.-- Kirkhttps://www.rt.com/news/357748-earthquake-strikes-japan-kumamoto/5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Kumamoto prefecture, Japan 2016-09-02 23:35 JSTThe typhoon should be a category 1 tropical storm when it reaches the Kumamoto area in about 24 to 36 hours (as of midnight, Friday). So, it looks like Sunday will be a stormy day.-- Kirkhttp://www.tropicalstormrisk.com
