Dr.Teruo Higa’s
Living A Dream

The enormous Typhoon No. 6, which raged from August 1st to 4th, 2023, maintained its wind range as it passed west of the main Island of Okinawa and stagnated, but subsequently turned around and blew north of the main Island of Okinawa for two days, causing extensive damage.

Ginowan City, where my home is located, experienced a power outage that lasted over two and a half days, tourists suffered from the huge disaster, and the bananas in my precious Blue Sky Palace were flattened. Typhoon No. 6 continued to cause much damage throughout western Japan even after August 10th.

Since the creation of the Graviton barrier in 2013, whose diameter measures some 700, the Ryukyu Islands, especially mainland Okinawa, have truly become a paradise, and typhoons have caused much less damage. At the same time, a significant portion of the sun’s ultraviolet rays have become far-infrared, rays and the water molecules in rainfall have become as small as those found in the "sacred water" at shrines in Japan. This has led to the disappearance of all kinds of dirt and rust on buildings, signboards, etc. with the whole of Okinawa becoming vastly cleaner. At the same time, the air has become non-ionized with low molecular weight, so the dust in the atmosphere has lost its electrical charge and is no longer suspended, leading to cleaner air. In the past, cars used to get very dirty when it rained, but now they are as shiny as if freshly washed. All of this has been a great boost to Okinawa as a tourist destination.

As a result of the environment being cleansed in this way, the number of pests harmful to plants has drastically decreased, and since 2018 the majority of plant viruses have disappeared. The papaya virus, previously thought to be impossible to eradicate, has also disappeared, and fruits including bananas are now abundant, with flowers beautifully gracing the Islands. For those aware of how harsh Okinawa’s weather has been in the past, the transformation is truly miraculous, and I secretly believe that, unless Okinawa Electric Power Company completely loses power, this situation will continue forever. Earlier in this series I have introduced many of the positive results of the barrier.

However, the massive typhoon this time had a strong wind area over 1000 km in diameter and swallowed up the Graviton barrier of the Ryukyu Islands, which has a diameter of 700 km.

Figure 1 shows an image of the extent of the rectified boundary in Okinawa and Typhoon No. 6 on August 1, 2023. Typical typhoons in the Ryukyu Islands are easily rectified by the Graviton barrier, and cause almost no damage, but Typhoon No. 6 engulfed the entire Ryukyu Islands in its storm area.

Figure 1: Created by processing the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Typhoon Information site

Figures 2 and 3 are the weather maps published in the Okinawa Times for Typhoon No. 6 and both show the strong wind ranges well over 1,000 km in diameter. This was unprecedented in Okinawa’s meteorological history, and most of the plants in my Blue Sky Palace were destroyed (see Photo 1). However, thanks to reinforcing the Kekkai (barrier) before the typhoon (see Photo 2), some spots were well protected, as seen in Photos 3-5. It is still early August, so I think I will be able to restore the damaged plants by December.

Postscript: I had the opportunity to visit the northern part of the main island on August 7, 2023, after the typhoon had subsided. In the past, typhoon damage was nothing short of devastating with broken and fallen trees, but this time there were hardly any such distressful signs, and the only things that had fallen were old trees with rotten roots and utility poles, etc. Subsequent observations also showed that there was minimal damage to greenhouses that had taken common sense measures against the typhoon, and there were no reports of significant structural damage to buildings. This reality can be said to be the result of the Ryukyu Islands’ barriers functioning normally and minimizing the generation of shock waves. However, there were some localized areas that suffered extensive damage, and I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathy to those who were affected by this typhoon.