{"id":2872,"date":"2018-09-10T17:16:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2018-09-10\/2872"},"modified":"2018-09-10T17:16:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:16:28","slug":"surveying-supertyphoon-jebis-damage-north-of-kyoto-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2018-09-10\/2872","title":{"rendered":"Surveying Supertyphoon Jebi’s Damage North of Kyoto, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

In my previous post, “<\/span>SUPER FUN!! Cycling in Supertyphoon Jebi\n(2018 Typhoon #21)<\/a>”<\/span>, I wrote<\/span> about cycling while the biggest typhoon in 25 years approached Kyoto. The next day<\/span>, with fine\nsummer weather, I set off<\/span> with Joshua Levine and John Chen to see how some of the mountain roads had fared.<\/p>\n\n

Our concern was well founded, as seen in the incredible devastation by a typhoon<\/span> a\nyear<\/span> ago (“<\/span>2017\u2019s Typhoon #21,\nLan, was Quite the Doozy<\/a>”<\/span>).<\/p>\n\n

We headed out toward Kyomi Pass, on the same road that I'd been on the previous day as the typhoon approached....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nScattered Debris<\/span>\nbut not too bad\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPassable<\/span>\nthanks to someone who had already come by with a chainsaw<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBigger Damage<\/span>\nI'm glad I'd not stuck around longer than I did<\/span> yesterday\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nConcrete Telephone Pole Down<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnother Pole, More Trees<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMore Cleared Trees<\/span>\nnear the pass\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

This is near where I had turned around the previous day. The main storm<\/span> came through perhaps an hour\nand a half<\/span> later, I suppose.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Today, we continued on...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“<\/span>No Motor Vehicles”<\/span><\/span>\nunless you can lift them\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSplit in Half<\/span>\nThe trunks seen at the bottom and top of the frame were originally one and the same.\n(What a violent moment it must have been to produce this.)\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEasy Walking<\/span>\nas the utility lines held the trunks above ground\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTree Trunk Exploded<\/span>\nthe outer trunk was perfectly stripped from the inner,\nleaving perfectly-smooth wood\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSlightly Harder to Pass<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMore Trees Down<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFinally Reaching The Spring<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

This spring, where we often stop to fill our water bottles, is not far below the pass. The “<\/span>nearby photos”<\/span> link below the photo brings up previous blog posts where\nthis spring was featured.<\/p>\n\n

After filling up, we continued on our way deeper into the mountains...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCommon Scene<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYet Again<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.3, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnd Again<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnd Still Again...<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

We took the turn toward Mochikoshi Pass. In essence, we had started a clockwise<\/span> “<\/span>Kyoto Heart Loop<\/a>”<\/span>,\nand were working on the western half.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMore of the Same<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“<\/span>Turn the Fuck Around and Get Out”<\/span><\/span>\nguy in red gloves in the center was egregiously rude\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

We finally came across a crew working to clear the road, and without prompting we were verbally attacked by one of the workers.\nHis lashing<\/span> out was entirely uncalled for; someone apparently higher up in the food chain of this group\nstepped in to allow us to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nQuickly Passing<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 27mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

As we moved away from the area, we passed all the parked cars of the workers, and as we continued toward Mochikoshi Pass, more\ncars came. This told us that the road ahead was open all the way to the city, as it was the only other way to reach this point.\nThis was good news, and was opposite to what happened last year, as the destruction seen in the previously-mentioned post about last year's typhoon<\/a> was all on that\nroad that we were soon to return to the city on.<\/p>\n\n

It hadn't been completely unscathed, as we came across one beefy tree that had been cleared:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

John had never been on this road, so I was<\/span> pleased to tell him that it was all downhill from here... a lovely<\/span> 10-minutes\nof coasting through pretty woods.....<\/p>\n\n

But then we came to this:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nPanasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTotally Impassable To Cars<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

We were bewildered... where did all the cars we'd seen before come from? They could not possibly have passed here.<\/p>\n

The farmer who lived here said that we shouldn't try to go forward, because it's totally impassable even on foot.<\/p>\n\n

It slowly dawned on us that the workers had not come from the city, but from the sporadic houses and sparse villages between\nwhere we met the workers trying to clear the road, and here. They weren't the city crew dispatched to clear the road; they were\nresidents trying to get out, trying to clear away for people and goods and medical service. Trying to reestablish a lifeline.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Now I could understand why the guy had snapped at us; I imagine<\/span> it was an extremely stressful situation.<\/p>\n\n

In any case, despite the farmer's warning, we went past the downed utility pole and headed toward town.<\/p>\n\n

Nothing I'd seen today, or last year, or ever, prepared me for what we were to encounter.<\/p>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my previous post, \"SUPER FUN!! Cycling in Supertyphoon Jebi (2018 Typhoon #21)\", I wrote about cycling while the biggest typhoon in 25 years approached Kyoto. The next day, with fine summer weather, I set off with Joshua Levine and John Chen to see how some of the mountain roads had fared.<\/p>

Our concern was well founded, as seen in the incredible devastation by a typhoon a year ago (\"2017\u2019s Typhoon #21, Lan, was Quite the Doozy\").<\/p>

We headed out toward Kyomi Pass, on the same road that I'd been on the previous day as the typhoon approached....<\/p>

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