From the plane...

Our plane got delayed from 1.10am to 8am on Sept 7... So when we reached Kansai airport at about 4.40pm, Typhoon Nabi has already passed and the weather was good... and hot....

The photo was taken from then plane while we were flying above the Kyushuu region where the typhoon has passed through the night before. The damage can be seen quite clearly... Notice the brown water flowing into the sea... making it 2 shades of brown and cyan... Think the brown is from the mud from the mountains and it is flowing down into the sea... Imagine if the typhoon didnt happen and we should be looking into a clear blue sea...

For the next few nights, the news was full of how the rescue and reconstruction efforts for the damage was carried out. Its such a far cry from the other natural catastrophe that happened on the other side of the world.... It was well organised and the pple didnt have to go through the same kind of treatment as the people in N.O.. News of the other side of the world continued for the rest of the 12 days, but for Japan's case, it stopped after a week...