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May 21st – the day after the typhoon passed

May 21, 2008 – 2:27 pm

On a usual Wednesday, there are 5 or 6 cars parked at the beach when I arrive at around 7 am.  When I arrived at around 6:30 this morning, the narrow farmer’s road leading to Kashima was lined with cars.  Here’s what the lineup looked like. Lots of surfers – there must have been at [...]

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May 14th – Typhoon No. 2

May 14, 2008 – 3:48 pm

Like usual, the forecast was for rain.  When I rolled out of bed at 5:30 am, it was raining.  It don’t look like it was raining too hard so I got ready.  When I went outside, it was raining hard enough that I got an umbrella and was having second thoughts about going.  These thoughts [...]

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May 7th…

May 7, 2008 – 7:04 pm

The wave forecast didn’t look too promising, but I decided to head to the beach anyways. It was pretty windy as well. When I arrived at the beach at around 7 am, there were only 4 surfers in the water. Not a promising sign. As they say, a day at the beach beats a day [...]

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