All right, today I’ll discuss natural disasters.
Japan’s most powerful typhoon in the last decade hit on Saturday. I was at Aroop’s house, and when I returned, I found water on the floor of my kitchen (tho, I don’t know how it got there). I suspect from the drain of the kitchen sink.
At any rate, here are some concerns of mine…
This is a record year for typhoons in the recorded history of Japan. And that article was published before Saturday’s typhoon. So, add another!
But, people have been tosisng a few ideas around about the next big earthquake that will hit the Shizuoka region (the 150-year Tokai quake). The forerunner is that unusual weather always preceded a devastating quake. With a record number of typhoons, and a record summer heat wave, is the playing field set up for the Tokai quake that is predicted to be more than 16 times worse than the Kobe earthquake?
The second link for the typhoon records says that the last record year for typhoons was 1993, and Kobe was in January 1995. Hrm, there’s a weak correlation at least. At any rate, the quake will be a fun ride.