51 Ferraris, scrapped

As many of you may know, in the wake of the recent typhoon No. 21Fifty-one Ferraris at an authorized Ferrari dealership on Rokko Island in Hyogo Prefecture were totaled after being submerged in seawater.The article states that the total amount of damage is in the billions of yen, but in fact some say it is as much as 3 billion yen.

This store had taken measures to prepare for the approaching typhoon by placing blue sheets and sandbags at the entrance, but the storm surge far exceeded that expectation and hit the store.The store was flooded to a height of about 1 meter, and all Ferraris that were soaked in seawater were scrapped, some of which had already been purchased.It is.
Article citation: [Typhoon No. 21] 51 Ferraris completely damaged, damage estimated to be in the billions of yen.

When I think of the feelings of the shopkeepers and other people involved... I am beyond shocked... Who in the world would have imagined that this typhoon would cause such tremendous damage?

Rokko Island on the day of the event

Rokko Island is a populated island jutting out into the sea. On September 4, when Typhoon No. 21 hit the island, Rokko Island was quickly flooded by the storm surge, and many containers were washed away.

*https://article.auone.jp/detail/1/2/2/101_2_r_20180905_1536154372255827

*https://mainichi.jp/graphs/20180905/hpj/00m/040/002000g/12

Not only Ferrari dealers, but also various stores and companies seem to have been affected.

What about Porsche and BMW?

Then it occurred to me as I looked at an article on the Internet.

I said to myself, "What? Wasn't there a Porsche or BMW dealership in that area?"

I was a little curious, so I first looked up "Porsche" and found that, as expected, it was temporarily closed on September 4 when the typhoon hit...

Yesterday on social media, used car information was already posted as if nothing had happened. I guess it was all right.

I also checked BMW and found that they were still posting information about the weekend's events, as if nothing had happened.

Even though "Ferrari" and "Porsche" and "BMW" on Rokko Island are within a stone's throw of each other.The fate of the sea side and a little inland can make such a big difference.What a surprise.

Nearby luxury foreign car dealers

Oh, by the way, wasn't there a Mercedes-Benz dealer and a Bentley around here?"I thought I'd check it out.(XX Island, XX Land, etc., I don't really understand the location despite being a resident of Hyogo Prefecture)The map is shown below.

Ferrari, Porsche and BMW are "Rokko Island".toMercedes-Benz is "Port Island".toBentley and Lamborghini are in "Meriken ParkNearby. Benz on Port Island is also likely to be greatly affected by the storm surge, but

We are open for business as usual! I'm so strong that it brings tears to my eyes....

Let's study typhoon preparation

Even though dealers other than Ferrari did not suffer any major damage this time, we cannot rest easy. Just the other day, I spoke with a construction worker in Kyushu.

I saw news footage of Kansai being severely damaged by the typhoon, but we are too poor in typhoon countermeasures. We live in Kyushu, where typhoons often come every year, so we take much more thorough measures. People in Kansai should study typhoon countermeasures in the future."

And. Indeed. The power was restored little by little and we were relieved, but then came the big earthquake in Hokkaido.Where we live, where we park our cars, how to prepare for future typhoons, etc.I thought again that I really need to think seriously about this from now on.

I hear that the residential areas of Ashiyahama and Nishinomiya-hama, down south from my house by the sea, were severely damaged by the flooding, and the Kansai International Airport on a populated island is also in trouble, so perhaps luxury car dealers should not set up store along the sea or on populated islands in the first place.