Currently in amidst this...the 23rd of the year and the 24th on its way.

Yes, yes- raining and windy and work is cancelled...television is in its element giving us fresh updates on the exact location of the storm zone every five minutes. We get live footage of rain falling on the sea, rain falling on the streets in Osaka, rain falling on the streets in Kyoto, water rushing under bridges, people scrurrying about in umbrellas...

Current atmospheric pressure is 954 hPa.

So we watch the typhoon on TV. I should be playing in the rain, relishing the wind.

The other day I went to see the sea...but all I found was this-