AHHHHH TYPHOON!

The typhoon of friday and saturday the 13th and 14th of July respectively, would be memorable to okinawans.For it was the days they experienced their worst typhoon in 50 years.

I was experiencing typhoon for the first time. I heard of typhoon for the first while in primary school when my Geography teacher mentioned it. I did not understand what he meant, neither did my class mates. I also would like to believe that the teacher in question did not also know because he had experienced it before then.

Japan is a lucky country. despite her terrific topography,the typhoon did not cause any serious damage as it would have done were it to be in another counrtylike the United States of america where houses are built with card board papers and wood.

With rock solid buildings, mass education on television stations and in the print media, the precautionary measures taken by relevany agencies like fire service, the ambulances, Red cross and even the military,the havoc the typhoon was able to wreak on the citizens of Japan was limited and less costly.We thank God.

As for me, I was enjoying the whole episode from my window at OIC though at times it was like the typhoon was ordering me to open my door and windows. When you stepped out of your door, you would then appreciate the import of what an average okinawan must have suffered.