Re: Typhoon 14 hits Japan

2005-09-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Wesley Bruce wrote: Damage seems remarkably light considering the amount of rain that fell. It might be a little to early for damage to get reported. That seems unlikely in Japan. It is a small country with excellent communications and roads. I saw the seven o'clock evening news a few hours

Re: Typhoon 14 hits Japan

2005-09-07 Thread Wesley Bruce
Jed Rothwell wrote: I wrote: It covers one of the largest areas on record, and in some areas it produced 1300 mm of rain in a 24-hour period, the most ever recorded in Japan. Correction: That was 1300 mm in a 72 hour period, from the time the rain began until the typhoon passed. This was

Re: Typhoon 14 hits Japan

2005-09-07 Thread Wesley Bruce
Jed Rothwell wrote: I mentioned the other day that a tremendous typhoon was approaching Japan. It struck the southwest islands about 12 hours ago, and it is just passing out to sea again. It may hit Hokkaido later. It covers one of the largest areas on record, and in some areas it produced 130

Re: Typhoon 14 hits Japan

2005-09-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: It covers one of the largest areas on record, and in some areas it produced 1300 mm of rain in a 24-hour period, the most ever recorded in Japan. Correction: That was 1300 mm in a 72 hour period, from the time the rain began until the typhoon passed. This was recorded in Kyushu. It i

Typhoon 14 hits Japan

2005-09-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
I mentioned the other day that a tremendous typhoon was approaching Japan. It struck the southwest islands about 12 hours ago, and it is just passing out to sea again. It may hit Hokkaido later. It covers one of the largest areas on record, and in some areas it produced 1300 mm of rain in a 24-h