Jul 23, 2024
Tornado Advisory?!?! In Miyagi?!
I was really surprised to see this on my phone tonight. I then looked outside.
As someone who spent 23 years in north Texas, I can say I have seen ny share of tornado inducing skies. This? Nope. All the nope.
Perhaps it was different closer to the mountains or I missed the part where tornadoes were likely.
The most dangerous part of this is people not knowing what to do in case of a twister, which is a course of public safety most Japanese people don't really go through.
Suffice it to say: go inside, stay away from windows, and get underground if you can. If you're in an apartment, hiding near your plumbing, literally in your bathtub, can save your life. At least that's what I was taught based on Texas twisters and plumbing.
Stay safe, y'all.
4 Comments
genkidesu
on Jul 24
Not another natural disaster to add to the list of threats here! I don't think I've ever seen a warning like that in Japan, and I'm not experienced with tornadoes in my home country – so I imagine I'd freak out!
TonetoEdo
on Jul 24
This afternoon, a small tornado ripped through Noda City, Chiba Pref. where I live. And the bus I was on was right in its path! We're very lucky that it only kicked up a lot of loose soil and pushed a tree into the roadway. Japan Meteorological Agency says there is a warning for the north-eastern part of the prefecture this afternoon.
JTsu
on Jul 24
@TonetoEdo Wow! I'm glad you are okay! That's still so surprising to me. I'm used to "Tornado warning" meaning "F-5 skyscraper-eating monster heading your way" so the idea of being on a bus in front of one is terrifying, but even an F-1 out here is still so weird that it's worth being careful around.
JTsu
on Jul 24
@genkidesu The good thing about this one is you basically just stay inside and you're good. It's not entirely unlike typhoon season, but instead of having days to prepare for a possibilty of disaster, you have half an hour usually at the shortest unless you're just extremely unlucky. So better options for time management than we have with quakes anyway.