PREPARE FOR A DIRECT HIT FROM CATEGORY 5 SUPER TYPHOON Super Typhoon Neoguri is probably going to hit Okinawa with brutal strength on Tuesday morning. Right now at midday on Sunday it’s a beautiful sunny day, enjoy the lovely weather, but you also need to prepare for the arrival of a meteorological Godzilla. Before it gets windy and rainy. Tidy up the garden / balcony. Bring in your trash cans. Your neighbors won’t be impressed if they find your parasol embedded in their car windscreen. Have bottled water for drinking, and fill the bath so that you have water to refill the toilet cistern if water is cut off. Have plenty of food  that you can eat without using electricity or gas. Have batteries and flashlights ready before you get a power outage. An LED lantern is also a good idea. Have some towels ready as the strong winds can sometimes push rain under doors and around windows if they aren’t sealed perfectly. Rent some DVDs / buy a new book / set up an indoor bicycle …