My parents came from the Kyushu Island in the Southern part of Japan to find work in Tokyo. So we could only afford to live downtown, in a low-income area. It was just by the river, and whenever a typhoon came around, we were under water up to, like, here. That's the kind of place we lived in. Takashi Murakami
After a typhoon there are pears to gather up. English Proverb
He who sowed wind, reaps a typhoon. Filipino Proverb