Well, we've managed to survive yet another typhoon, this time it was Typhoon "Nari". It's closest point of approach to the island was about 20 miles to our southwest, and the center of the storm had 90 knot winds with gusts to 135. We actually only saw 65 knot winds on island, and true to form, our concrete bunker survived with no major damage (just a couple of nicks on our door plaque we forgot to bring in...). The craziest part of the storm was the lack of notice leading up to it. We usually get a couple of days of warning, but this one just kind of popped up about a day and a half out. As you can imagine, instead of preparing in advance, it seems like most people wait until the last minute to stock up (since it only takes a minute). The picture in this blog is of the commissary (grocery store) on the Friday afternoon before the storm...
Luckily, we didn't have to wade into that craziness. After that though, it literally was like the perfect typhoon. The few days before it were still really nice out, and even on Friday it didn't start raining until late afternoon. The strongest part passed us at 9:00pm, so we ended up sleeping through the worst part of it, and we managed to keep our power throughout. (that's a pretty nice accomplishment, considering we lose power on days were there's not a cloud in the sky). To top it off, Saturday morning started off with sunshine and besides a couple of small branches from the trees, you almost wouldn't have even known we'd had a typhoon.
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