Commence: Typhoon season

Work was cancelled today, as Typhoon No. 14--a little classier than cute anthropomorphic names, eh?--is expected to hit Chugoku by mid-morning. According to the Asahi Shimbun, winds at the eye of the storm are in excess of 160 kph and roughly 90 kph within a 300 km radius. No one here seems to be particularly worried, however; every September is known as typhoon season, and apparently this is run of the mill. Shikoku and Kyushu tend to shield Honshu from the worst of it. Kyushu and Okinawa usually get it particularly bad, and by the time of arrival at Hiroshima, the storm is generally downgraded to a class four.