Typhoon Phanfone Storm Damage
October 6, 2014 -
Typhoon Phanfone did a pretty good job rearranging the house and destroying the
farms.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 1.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 2.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 3.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 4.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 5.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 6.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 7.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 8.
Picture - Home - Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage 9. |
Before Launch
October 7, 2014 -
Today was a really busy day for us. We spent most of today at Hase Park watching
a rocket launch from the Tanegashima Space Center. They pick up the garbage in this neighborhood every Tuesday and Friday at about
8:00 am. The residents of this community put their trash in special bags sold at
the grocery store and then put the bags in a small building for pick up.
Picture - Minamitane Nishino District - This is a typical
garbage collection building in Minamitane town.
Picture - Home - And More Typhoon Phanfone storm
damage.
Picture - Hase Park - A map of the park.
Picture - Hase Park - Our lunch menu for
today.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 1.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 2.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 3.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 4.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 5.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 6.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
playground 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
playground 2.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
playground 3.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the
playground.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
playground again 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
playground again 2.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
playground again 3.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
park 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Shai playing in the
park 2.
Picture - Hase Park - The crowd before the
launch 1.
Picture - Hase Park - The crowd before the
launch 2.
Picture - Hase Park - The crowd before the
launch 3.
Picture - Hase Park - The crowd before the
launch 4.
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Launch Sequence
October 7, 2014 - This is a nice rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center today. Actually all of the 22
pictures span only a couple of minutes.
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 1
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 2
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 3
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 4
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 5
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 6
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 7
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 8
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 9
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 10
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 11
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 12
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 13
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 14
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 15
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 16
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 17
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 18
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 19
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 20
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 21
Picture - Hase Park - The rocket launch
sequence from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center 22 |
After Launch
October 7, 2014 - Yup even after the rocket
launch was finished, we continued to be busy.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out with
new friends today 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out with
new friends today 2.
Picture - Hase Park - The crowd after the
launch.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together with a friend today 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together with a friend today 2.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together 2.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 1.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park 2.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together again 1.
Picture - Hase Park - Us hanging out
together again 2.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park
again 1.
Picture - Hase Park - A view of the park
again 2.
Picture - Hase Park - A poster for the
launch today.
Picture - Hase Park - A map of the park. |
Nice Views
October 7, 2014 - After the rocket launch we
decided to do a few more fun things.
Picture - Minamitane Town - A nice view of
the coast 1.
Picture - Minamitane Town - A nice view of
the coast 2.
Picture - Minamitane Town - A nice view of
the coast 3.
Picture - Minamitane Town - Us hanging out
together 1.
Picture - Minamitane Town - Us hanging out
together 2.
Picture - Minamitane Town - A nice view of
the coast again.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - Shai
with his really cool three wheel bike.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - Us
hanging out together 1.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - Us
hanging out together 2.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - Shai
with his really nice smile.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - An
interesting cloud formation.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - A nice
view of the coast.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - A nice
sunset behind rock formations.
Picture - Tanegashima Space Center - Us
hanging out together and a nice sunset behind rock formations.
Picture - Yasubei Okonomiyaki Restaurant -
Us hanging out together.
Picture - Yasubei Okonomiyaki Restaurant -
Shai drinking orange juice.
Picture - Yasubei Okonomiyaki Restaurant -
The menu for the restaurant 1.
Picture - Yasubei Okonomiyaki Restaurant -
The menu for the restaurant 2. |
Rainbow Over Nishino
October 8, 2014 -
This a picture of a rainbow which formed close to Minamitane west coast fishing
pier number 6.
Picture - Home - And More Typhoon Phanfone
storm damage.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Nice picture albeit not that striking. |
Propane Fuel Setup
October 9, 2014 -
The propane for the kitchen stove was set up in the house today. This is not
really the most exciting post. lol.
Picture - Home - The company came to set up
the propane today.
Picture - Home - Another similar picture. |
Typhoon Vongfong Preparation
October 11, 2014 -
Geez another typhoon. Typhoon Phanfone, which hit the
island about a week earlier caused a considerable amount of damage to the house
and the farms.
Typhoon Vongfong, now on the way, seemed even stronger. More preparation was
definitely in order.
Picture - Home - This is the new dog gate
next to the entry of the house.
Picture - Home - Pieces of bamboo where tied
up to the patio.
Picture - Home - The wheelbarrow was tied
securely to the wall.
Picture - Home - The last typhoon scattered
farm supplies all over the upper farm. This time everything was going to be
secured.
Picture - Home - A new door for the storage
room was built from the wood blown out during the last typhoon.
Picture - Home - The storage room was now
the new dog run and this was the temporary cover.
Picture - Home - A view of the new door and
roof cover from the front of the dog run.
Picture - Home - The doggies decided to
inspect their new area and make sure it was ready for the approaching typhoon.
Picture - Home - Another vinyl sheet was
place over the door to keep out the wind and rain.
Picture - Home - The dog run was ready for
the storm. Incidentally all of the farm tools in the picture were completely
secured to the wall.
Picture - Home - The storm doors were all
closed to make sure they all worked. A few of these doors were partially rusted
out.
Picture - Home - A useless attempt to
protect the flowers the neighbors were growing after the bamboo was cut.
Picture - Minamitane Town - This is the
small farmers market in town all boarded up and ready for the typhoon.
Picture - Minamitane Town - Being on
Tanegashima means dealing with food and supplies not making it to the island
during a typhoon.
Picture -
Minamitane Town - The eye of the storm came to
the grocery store. Um actually this is the eye of a tuna.
Picture - Minamitane Nishino District - This
is the house of our neighbors across the street. Pretty easy to tell they went
though this before. Take a look at the brackets connected to the wall and the
wood poles used to hold the wood up over the windows. When these folks board up
then you need to worry a bit. |
 Typhoon
Vongfong Arrives
October 12, 2014 -
The second typhoon within a week arrived today. Ahead of the storm were strong
winds and an equally strong storm surge. This storm basically wiped out the few
things still growing in the farm.
Picture - Waves
hitting the fishing piers close to the house.
Picture - Unknown Beach - Really not sure if
this was at the beach.
Picture - Unknown Beach - Similar picture of
us again.
Picture - Unknown Beach - And again.
Picture - Unknown Beach - And again and
again.
Picture - Maenohama Beach - Storm surge
changed the beach.
Picture - Maenohama Beach - The waves were
pretty huge today.
Picture - Maenohama Beach - This river flows
to the beach.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Waves around the pier.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Storm surge between piers.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Waves slamming high pier.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Another similar picture.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Wall being slammed.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 - We
are hanging out at the rock beach close to the house watching the waves.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Yup we were really enjoying hanging out and waiting for the storm.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
The waves were really slamming more rocks onto the beach which became pretty
loud.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
The winds were getting stronger now and it seemed like we should return home. |
Typhoon Vongfong Continues
October 13, 2014 -
Now the second day of the second typhoon to hit Tanegashima within only a week.
This storm had really strong winds, and although we were much more prepared this
time around, there was still plenty of damage. Today was not much rain but
really strong winds continued to slam the island.
Picture - Home - Really difficult to show
the effects of the wind in a picture.
Picture - Home - Actually this was supposed
to be a picture of sea foam being blown into the upper farm....probably.
Picture - Home - The trees were really
moving back and forth today.
Picture - Home - The few things growing in
the farm were pretty much wiped out now after this storm.
Picture - Home - This is a picture of the
wind protection sheet and bamboo which was shredded during the storm.
Picture - Maenohama Beach - The fluffy stuff
shown in the picture is a collection of sea foam which was blown up onto the
beach.
Picture - Maenohama Beach - This is the access
road to Maenohama beach which was washed out today.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
This is the fishing pier at the rock beach close to the house.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
This is our favorite fishing pier.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
This is the high pier.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
This picture is showing the waves and storm surge coming between the piers.
Picture - Minamitane Nishino District - This is a fishing
pier along the coast road. |
Beautiful Sunset
October 14, 2014 -
Another beautiful sunset behind Yakushima.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 - An
orange glow compliments of the setting sun behind Yakushima.
Picture - Minamitane West Coast Pier #6 -
Fishing pier damage from Typhoon Vongfong. |
