気をつけて: took care

Today (Wednesday), classes got cancelled because a typhoon is coming. It seemed silly because all this morning it was raining, but we joked that if this is what Japan calls a typhoon, it’s what we call “Wednesday” in Oregon. I didn’t even use my umbrella some of the time because it was drizzling so lightly. However, before we left HSH, the guard warned us to be careful and showed us a picture of a flooded Nagoya (which isn’t too far from Hayama) in the newspaper and told us it’s heading right for us. When we got to school, it stopped raining but stayed gloomy, and at 10:30 an announcer came over the loudspeaker and informed everyone class is cancelled and all the students should go home immediately. I was super confused because it wasn’t even raining outside, but the buddies explained that we were getting sent home because the typhoon is scheduled to hit in a few hours, and KGU wanted to make sure all the students got home before the train stopped running. 

So right now, everyone’s back at HSH, changed in dry warm clothes, and attempting to get ahead on some homework so we can have crazy fun over the weekend. (: The typhoon is supposed to hit Hayama hardest around 4pm (in a couple hours) and be pretty much over by 6pm tonight.


This is a satellite of Japan. I THINK Hayama is a little north of that pink dot, but don’t take my word on that.

Brittani: “Why is everyone freaking out?”
Me: “Cause a typhoon is like a hurricane!”
Brittani: “Wait, a typhoon is like a hurricane?”
Me: “Yeah…it just turns in the opposite direction.”
Gabi: “Oh…I thought a typhoon was a monsoon.”
Brittani: “Oh that’s why my mom was so worried.”

Thought that was interesting (:

Side note: I woke up this morning heavily craving Panda Express.