Freak Of Nature

Weird story:

On Saturday, the sky was blue and it was nice and humid (27 overnight!). We were just about to go swimming when out of nowhere a thunderstorm rolled over. Within minutes the rain fell and the wind picked up, smashing it every which way. Soon, it was hail and our window was getting throttled by it. As quickly as it began, about 10 minutes later, the storm ended and the sky was blue again.

I stepped outside and thought it was the beginning of the apocalypse - four of the old cherry-blossom trees outside our apartment along the river had been torn down, bins everywhere and the crossroads by the station flooded a metre deep.


But talking to people and looking around, it seems our street had the worst of it, nowhere else was as bad. So sad to think the trees are destoryed.

Maybe Japan's way of telling me she's angry I'm leaving.