The storm is on our doorstep. The image you see represents current wind strengths according to http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com as of 5 AM Japan time. The site says that we are highly likely to experience tropical storm winds in the next 12 hours. The path is slightly to the south of us, which is good. Earlier this year we experienced a typhoon that came in just to our north, which caused it to have an impact that was disproportionate to its basic strength. Still, it’s hard to know just how bad or mild the situation will be here. Right now it’s fairly calm (light rain, not much wind) but that will change – the only question is how much.
– Kirk