The horror... the horror


So yesterday I was told by one of my JTE's that her husband (who is also a teacher at another school) wouldn't have to come to work on Friday because his school would be closed on account of the giant typhoon that was going to rip through Aomori. She mentioned that there was also a chance that Noheji High School might have to close as well. Maybe if I was still a green newbie JET I would have gotten excited at this point, but I've been here long enough to know the Japanese tendancy overreact to bad weather. Still the thought of getting a chance to experience a giant typhoon got me a little excited. So I went to bed last night hoping to wake up to an apocalyptic scene, but instead woke to blue skies and a light breeze. From the looks of it I slept through the whole "storm". I think it must have rained fairly hard last night though, but I saw no fallen trees or torn apart buildings. Another JTE reported to me that his vegetable garden survived the big storm without any damage. Yup, that storm was a killer. It seems like the only natural disaster the teachers in my office don't get freaked out by are earthquakes. I guess since earthquakes happen without warning they can't get themselves worked up about them before hand.