Hi there,
I suppose things have been getting back to normal, at least until recently. There have been a few major aftershocks in the past few days, but we're OK where we're at. In general, all of the major activity has been two to three hundred miles away form us, more or less. We usually can feel the earthquakes where we are at, but it's not causing any damage.
Same thing goes for the nuclear reactor business. We are right on the outer fringe of the above normal radiation readings. I'm attaching one of the daily newspaper clippings of the radiation reports. These levels have been going down as time passes. As you can see Chigasaki has one of the lower readings on the chart.
Now this situation is being compared with Chernobyl, but the amount of released radioactivity still has been much less than there. Also, the major difference being that at Chernobyl the reactor core exploded. In Fukushima, the containment structures are largely in tact and in a basically stable condition. They still have a long way to go to fix the problem though.
Other than that I've been back to work for the past three weeks. Business isn't too bad either considering all the events. Right after the big earthquake, there were a lot of people going out and stocking up on things unnecessarily, which caused some shortages, but supplies are pretty much back to normal in our area. For some items, stores limited the number of items people could buy at one time to help control the problem. Most of these items included bottled beverages, instant noodles and canned goods, batteries, diapers and toilet paper.
For the first week after the earthquake, we had power outages once or twice a day. It was about every other day by the second week. From the third week on we haven't had any power outs. Businesses are doing a lot to save energy. Most stores and train stations turn on only half of their lights. Some of the trains have the interior lights turned off during daylight hours. The electronic stores turned off most of their display televisions. Even vending machines have their display lights turned off.
Of course the communities that have been affected by the tsunami are still struggling to recover, but I might have to write about that at another time. There are so many stories to tell which you might not be getting in the American news these days.
Gotta go. Take care.
I suppose things have been getting back to normal, at least until recently. There have been a few major aftershocks in the past few days, but we're OK where we're at. In general, all of the major activity has been two to three hundred miles away form us, more or less. We usually can feel the earthquakes where we are at, but it's not causing any damage.
Same thing goes for the nuclear reactor business. We are right on the outer fringe of the above normal radiation readings. I'm attaching one of the daily newspaper clippings of the radiation reports. These levels have been going down as time passes. As you can see Chigasaki has one of the lower readings on the chart.
Now this situation is being compared with Chernobyl, but the amount of released radioactivity still has been much less than there. Also, the major difference being that at Chernobyl the reactor core exploded. In Fukushima, the containment structures are largely in tact and in a basically stable condition. They still have a long way to go to fix the problem though.
Other than that I've been back to work for the past three weeks. Business isn't too bad either considering all the events. Right after the big earthquake, there were a lot of people going out and stocking up on things unnecessarily, which caused some shortages, but supplies are pretty much back to normal in our area. For some items, stores limited the number of items people could buy at one time to help control the problem. Most of these items included bottled beverages, instant noodles and canned goods, batteries, diapers and toilet paper.
For the first week after the earthquake, we had power outages once or twice a day. It was about every other day by the second week. From the third week on we haven't had any power outs. Businesses are doing a lot to save energy. Most stores and train stations turn on only half of their lights. Some of the trains have the interior lights turned off during daylight hours. The electronic stores turned off most of their display televisions. Even vending machines have their display lights turned off.
Of course the communities that have been affected by the tsunami are still struggling to recover, but I might have to write about that at another time. There are so many stories to tell which you might not be getting in the American news these days.
Gotta go. Take care.
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