talk about the weather

See that big red spirally thing hovering over Japan? Thatā€™s where I am. The rain is unlike anything Iā€™ve ever seen, but supposedly this typhoon ā€œisnā€™t that badā€ since the winds havenā€™t picked up. But my God, the rain. Buckets and buckets; the four of us returning from dinner stopped in our tracks to marvel at an alleyway that had become a river.

(Update: I blog weather photos, ā€˜cause my SD slot is on the fritz. Mie blogs photos and videos of the actual event. She gets the prize.)

(Update 2: ā€œisnā€™t that badā€ my a**.)