MANEMAN Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I noticed you posted today Pat. How are things for you at the moment ?Our thoughts are still with you.John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Tokyo appears to have been lucky compared with the north. I see that the problems are are being compounded by terrible weather. It's going to take years to recover from this lot.Hope things are OK with you and yours Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Thank you both for your kind words and your thoughts.Things are almost back to normal in Tokyo; food has started to reappear in the shops, although bottled water is still nowhere to be found. (But the water, gas, and electricity supplies work normally.)Most restaurants have reopened, and even the movie theatres are running again. Trains still frequently stop (due to aftershocks, new quakes, and scheduled blackouts), but people are getting used to it. Some use bicycles instead, not cars, as still many gasoline stations are out of gas.The weather is fine (20°C), and many people are suffering from hay-fever. Are the pollen radioactive this year - we don't know. Actually I don't believe the radioactivity is going to be a big problem, although I have received Iodine tablets from the Swiss embassy.So we do not have to complain about anything in Tokyo. However, for the affected people in the North, the situation is still disastrous. I am not sure the government is doing all they can to help them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 According to someone on another forum that I go on the levels of radiation are not enough to do any harm even close to the plant, even the people working inside should not be receiving lethal doses. He works with nuclear reactors in boats and submarines and this is the link he put up which he says is how it is http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/18/fukushima_friday/ I haven't read it so I wouldn't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICK ADSL UK Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Glads to see your still OK pat my thoughts and prayers are still with you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Happy to see you on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Thank you all. Even though we can avoid drinking the radioactive water (the levels are still very low; the current recommendation is not to give it to infants), the renewed daily earthquakes are rather disquieting. So far we had six over the last 48 hours, each reaching level 4 on the Japanese scale.Although almost all shops and restaurants (but not gas stations) are now open again, Tokyo is so much more quiet than usual. If you go to Shibuya, a town that has always been bustling with people, it seems almost empty now. After work, people now tend to go home immediately, to make sure they get home, and not being caught (again) by trains not running.Many foreigners have left; most embassies have organized repatriation flights, distributed Iodine tablets to those who remain here, then closed down and moved to Osaka. It seems even most of the foreign correspondents have moved to Osaka.The only thing that has gone 100% back to normal is Japanese TV. After 10 days of non-stop disaster reporting, they all went back to their usual idiot shows at the beginning of this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 We still see plenty on our news. It's ming boggling as to how the devastation can be cleaned up. Surely not everyone could have been insured. Even if they were it will be some time before the houses are built again.We saw a mother with two children go to where they lived before. They found a crumpled photo of their dad and nothing much else. Heartbreaking.I know material possession are not as important as lives but it must be devastating to lose all you've worked for.I wonder how long it will take to get back to some sort of normality......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Not many people have earthquake insurance - too expensive! But I think the government will help all they can rebuilding the area. I saw an estimate in today's Japan Time, that it may cost 35 trillion Yen to rebuilt the devastated area. Not a sum that I can imagine in my head... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 The whole of the general Pacific area appears to be suffering at present. Obviously a major adjustment of the earths crust.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jLQwVCBHqJQeucNNvh-O6DU0XIzA?docId=N0211831301035274691A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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