夜明けから雨が止んでのんびり過ごしていたら、急に激しい雨音。風も出て家のあちこちがカタカタ音を立てています。明らかに台風の様相。天気予報はこの先しばらくは雨マークばかり。冷蔵庫の中を見て注文のお弁当の献立を考えるも野菜不足は明らか。外が静かになったので今のうちなら買い出し可能と思い、支度して玄関を開けるとまた雨。再びザーッと酷い降り。思い直して家の中へ。しばらくすると明るくなって雨が止んだので迷ってはダメだと自転車を出しました。幸いなことに西の空は明るく風は吹くも濡れることなく目的地に着き買い物を済ませることができました。途中の歩道は木の枝が散乱。側溝は溢れるほどの水量。木々は大揺れに揺れ、田んぼが両側の道路脇を走る時は強風に自転車が取られそう。緊張しながらハンドル握って家まで帰りつきました。ほっ。
When I was relaxing at home since the rain had stopped at dawn, suddenly heavy rain started and I heard the sound of the house squeaking. I knew that a typhoon was approaching. When I checked the weather forecast, rainy days will continue and I was worried about the shortage of vegetables for preparing boxed lunch which I had already requested. After a while, the rain stopped and I thought I would be able to go to the grocery store, so I quickly carried my backpack and opened the front door. Then the rain again started heavily. Giving up on going out, I decided to stay at home. Shortly after, it became bright again and I thought there was no chance to go out except that time, so I went out by bicycle. Fortunately the west sky was bright and it was not raining although the wind was stronger than usual. I was able to get to the supermarket and buy vegetables and other stuff. There were many branches scattered on the way, the side ditch was almost full of water, trees shook greatly, and a strong wind hit my bicycle. Therefore I was relieved after I managed to carefully drive my bicycle back home.
