Typhoon this Weekend?
Jul 14, 2007 | 1:42 am
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At least as of right now, flights departing from NRT seem to be on schedule, but arrivals for the most part appear to be experiencing delays or a "new time."
http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/ais/...inter_arr.html
Jul 14, 2007 | 4:57 am
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Jul 14, 2007 | 6:50 am
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Better to go after the storm. The views should be very clear. (Same goes for the top of Roppongi hills and the top of the metropolitan government tower).
Jul 14, 2007 | 2:44 pm
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Jul 14, 2007 | 5:49 pm
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Looking at the departures from the link DoubleJ posted (thanks!), it seems Sunday's AA168 has already been cancelled. Since AlexS and I are now safely back in NY, I think he made the right move! (Although he may not feel the same way after having to sit next to me for 12 hours. 
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Jul 14, 2007 | 7:12 pm
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Looking at the departures from the link DoubleJ posted (thanks!), it seems Sunday's AA168 has already been cancelled. Since AlexS and I are now safely back in NY, I think he made the right move! (Although he may not feel the same way after having to sit next to me for 12 hours. )
)Glad y'all made it out last night though! (And was nice to meet you as well -- I'm sure AlexS survived the ordeal
)Looks like this may clear away what little we've had of rainy season though... 31 and sunny tomorrow now.
Jul 14, 2007 | 11:04 pm
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Jul 14, 2007 | 11:47 pm
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I'd gladly share some of the pics I took way back in 2004 when that Typhoon passed over Tokyo one night while at Tokyo Tower. Had to do some wading in the street however that night. Ugh! :P
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Jul 15, 2007 | 12:31 am
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Jul 15, 2007 | 1:31 am
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Typhoon indeed. I went to Hakone this weekend, and trains, buses, and cablecars in and out of the Hakone Tozan area (between Hakone Yumoto and Gora and points beyond) were shut down until 1:00 PM or so. After that everything was running on schedule, although things were a bit more crowded than usual.
Jul 15, 2007 | 3:04 am
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Jul 15, 2007 | 9:05 am
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Looking at the departures from the link DoubleJ posted (thanks!), it seems Sunday's AA168 has already been cancelled. Since AlexS and I are now safely back in NY, I think he made the right move! (Although he may not feel the same way after having to sit next to me for 12 hours. )
)The person sitting next to me though was another story
She was watching, of all things, "Blades of Glory!" And, laughing at it too Seriously though, it was a lot of fun sitting next to Calcifier and more than made up for my boring neighbors on my last 5 transpacs this year ^
Really excited to be back in NY!
Alex
Jul 15, 2007 | 9:45 am
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Aug 12, 2007 | 9:48 pm
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That too. Its fun though when it blows through at night.. watch the chaos down below as traffic tries to make its way home!!
I'd gladly share some of the pics I took way back in 2004 when that Typhoon passed over Tokyo one night while at Tokyo Tower. Had to do some wading in the street however that night. Ugh! :P
I'd gladly share some of the pics I took way back in 2004 when that Typhoon passed over Tokyo one night while at Tokyo Tower. Had to do some wading in the street however that night. Ugh! :P
But be warned! I once walked home through a particularly bad typhoon (serious enough to stop the buses) and found I was wading through quite a lot of potentially dangerous debris (glass shards in particular), and for this reason I prefer to keep my feet protected in wet weather.