Yokohama is in the middle of a metrological reality distortion field
NHK News, Japan’s public TV channel, has been full of the Great Blizzard of ‘05 stories but the sun is shining here. I ate my lunch on the quay of the Red Brick Warehouse here in Yokohama in my wearing my wraparound Raybans and long-sleeve t-shirt.
My friend in the Hongo-Hiroshima area in the snow zone wrote on his website website today that, “It’s cold as crap.. -1C and dropping… I am freezing.. We had snow this morning.. I couldn’t believe it. My lips are getting chapped and I am realizing why I hated living in Indiana.”
Storms in Japan bring heavy snow, high wind
MSNBC – Feb 2 — TOKYO – Severe winter storms that brought strong winds and heavy snows across Japan turned roads icy, caused a train to derail and disrupted air travel … Public broadcaster NHK said at least 648 people had been injured, many in road accidents.
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