Comments on: Typhoon Man-Yi passes through Okinawa - it was a big one!

By: Big in Japan | Typhoons starting already?!

Big in Japan | Typhoons starting already?! — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:10:11 +0000

[…] Could do without that as I have only recently replaced the wind deflectors off my car following the big typhoon last year! That, combined with a weather front approaching from the west of Okinawa unfortunately means that […]

By: Dave Ordano

Dave Ordano — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:26:02 +0000

Good to hear everything is relatively ok.

Being in Vancouver we couldn’t get in touch with our relatives up north in Higashi for a few days till the phones were back. Heading out to Okinawa in a few weeks for a family visit and some diving. Hoping the reefs held up ok. I’ve heard there was a lot of sand movement and some beaches have been quite erroded.

By the way, any dive site recomendations for fairly novice divers? Maeda point sounds good from what I’ve read but I’m sure there must be some other good shore dives a little less popular? Looking forward to some warm water diving.

By: soldave

soldave — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:16:26 +0000

Guy at the airport - Yeah, there was a bit of a stiff breeze here! In 3 years it was by far the worst I’ve seen here and it’s caused the most damage.

Steve Williams - Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. It’s very different now I believe for military bases during typhoons. The bases have a lock-down as the typhoon passes over, so nobody goes in or out, I believe. I may be wrong though - someone might be able to correct me on this.

Onna Point no longer has an AF base on it, although it seems to still have a small “elephant cage” radar system up there.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:18:12 +0000

I was in the Air Force in 1961-2 and posted at Onna Point. During my 18 month tour we had three typhoons which to us young airmen were simply exciting occurences. None were particularly damaging to the local population and did no damage to our base - so to us they were fun. There was a private beach and we could go to it even during the height of each storm; not much security in those days, different today I presume! Winds were high and waves were huge, crashing against the cliffs. Exciting and beautiful at the same time. Being a weather buff (note my email address, akweatherman@yahoo.com) I found the storms particularly thrilling. Thanks for your postings, fun to read. Curiosity question: does Onna Point still have an AF base on it?

By: Guy at the airport

Guy at the airport — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:25:10 +0000

Hi Dave,

Good to hear that you’re OK.

It was on the news here in Thailand and also your pix look pretty wild! It must’ve been a real tough one.

By: soldave

soldave — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:39:23 +0000

Well I’m glad you made it through unscathed. I’ve got water on now so all is pretty much back to normal:)

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:22:02 +0000

Seems our side fared better than yours. Quite a few trees down and the like and some flooding in areas but all in all everyone did quite well. Its all only minor damage.

Our friend Justin who lives near us but closer to the water lost power Friday afternoon and just got it back today at about 3:00, but he was part of a small section of houses that lost power for more than an hour or so out here. Fortunately he lives close enough to hang out in our air conditioning when ever he wanted.

Hopefully your water is restored soon, and we are all hoping for the water to clear up as past as possible!