Typhoon (#15, Roke)

September is typhoon season in Japan and we had our second big typhoon so yesterday.  This one though actually made landfall in Hamamatsu, so it was the biggest storm that I've felt here.  Luckily I didn't hear about any major damage in our area.  We had our recycling box fly down the street but that was about it.  The winds started coming from the north-east at first.  You can see the wind starting to pick up speed here:

Here's a view of our neighbour's house:

The wind got the waves going and so finally the fishing boat near our house started taking on water:

There was a calm in the storm for about 30 minutes, but then an even stronger wind came from the south-west.  It made quite the noise as is went by our house:

There were a number of boxes and containers that went flying by as well:

Luckily the fishing boat has drainage holes on the sides, so it was above water a few hours after the storm had past.