A note from the Kumamoto International Desk of Oddities (merged with that of Everyday Occurrences as they’ve grown impossible to distinguish):
Another weekend coming up! Odd how that seems to happen every week. And another typhoon coming! Odd how this seems to happen every weekend.
This guy goes by a few names. Japan only counts typhoons which form in the west Pacific, so it’s No. 25. The U.S. Navy counts all (there’s one in Cabo San Lucas now sending tasty waves to my hometown), so it would be No. 30; the U.S. also, for some reason (maybe an affinity for pets?) gives them names, so it would be “Kong Rey.” I can’t find the etymology, but the name sounds scary.
It will pass through the Tsushima straights and likely won’t be a big deal, but typhoons passing to the west often have greater impact on Kumamoto, so take care. Below is an image of its expected course as well as a video of a bro from my hometown who got, like, so pitted (an example of why, no matter how well you master English, you’ll never be able to communicate with the surfer culture in LA). - William