As days pass by, somethings go back to normal, while others get worse...
Some trains are running again which makes transportation issues better. Also today, two people were rescue after 96 hours! There was a 70 year old woman and a 20 year old man. Those are great news!...
On the other hand, the nuclear plant issue hasn't gotten fixed, on the contrary it has gotten worse. Reactor #2 had a minor explosion increasing levels of radiation around it. Also Reactor #4 got caught on fire this morning. Authorities say that the reactor itself was not damage. Other reports say that radiation levels outside the plant keep increasing. 0.809 microsievert radiation was detected in Tokyo today (aprox 200 kilometers away from the plant) this is 22% more than normal. Considering weather conditions, the rate radiation has been dispersing, and the fact that they can't cool down the reactors, I wouldn't be surprised if by tomorrow some radiations is detected in Yokohama also. Rain and snow is expected for the next couple of days and that makes the risk even higher. The ratio from the plant has been expanded to at least 30km away. Some people who would like to get farther away can't due to the lack of fuel in their cars. An elder couple was allowed to go back to their town to look for their son. He was in his way to the post office when the earthquake happened and the tsunami came. Its been four days since the tsunami so the chances were really low. I couldn't stop crying as I was watching the news. The dad was yelling his son's name as he was crying and lifting trash and rubbles covering the destroyed building.
On the other hand, the nuclear plant issue hasn't gotten fixed, on the contrary it has gotten worse. Reactor #2 had a minor explosion increasing levels of radiation around it. Also Reactor #4 got caught on fire this morning. Authorities say that the reactor itself was not damage. Other reports say that radiation levels outside the plant keep increasing. 0.809 microsievert radiation was detected in Tokyo today (aprox 200 kilometers away from the plant) this is 22% more than normal. Considering weather conditions, the rate radiation has been dispersing, and the fact that they can't cool down the reactors, I wouldn't be surprised if by tomorrow some radiations is detected in Yokohama also. Rain and snow is expected for the next couple of days and that makes the risk even higher. The ratio from the plant has been expanded to at least 30km away. Some people who would like to get farther away can't due to the lack of fuel in their cars. An elder couple was allowed to go back to their town to look for their son. He was in his way to the post office when the earthquake happened and the tsunami came. Its been four days since the tsunami so the chances were really low. I couldn't stop crying as I was watching the news. The dad was yelling his son's name as he was crying and lifting trash and rubbles covering the destroyed building.
Aftershocks continue, There have been about 240 aftershocks till now. Just this morning we had two, one around 3am and another one just before 5am... Couldn't sleep after the second one...about a 45 minutes ago another one hit not far from here of 6 magnitude. my shower was interrupted as I run out...my heart was beating so fast, I can't understand how I can't get use to them...Everybody is so sensitive to them right now though, so I'm not the only one...
The demand for water and food is getting higher and people is getting desperate. Yesterday morning around 9am, my roomate Dim went to a rice shop not far from our apartment. When she got there, there was a long line of people already waiting. She stood there for about 45 minutes when someone announced that they were out. Even some people who had been in line since 8am weren't able to get any either. That afternoon, I went to a supermarket close by to buy some groceries. This store was going to be open for a couple hours. I got there about an hour before the store opened finding a line of about 100 or so people in front of me. A couple minutes after approximately other 50 were behind me. When the time came the doors opened and we were allowed in. As we went in people starting running. It was unbelievably chaos! I feel like floating since people were pushing all together trying to reach the food on the shelves. Bread, milk, cup noodles, can food, and eggs where disappearing. It was like literally fighting for food...it was crazy and sad. I really never thought I would have to rush like that. When I finally made it to the register line, I found myself close to the entrance door. It took about an hour and fifteen minutes till I was able to pay...
The demand for water and food is getting higher and people is getting desperate. Yesterday morning around 9am, my roomate Dim went to a rice shop not far from our apartment. When she got there, there was a long line of people already waiting. She stood there for about 45 minutes when someone announced that they were out. Even some people who had been in line since 8am weren't able to get any either. That afternoon, I went to a supermarket close by to buy some groceries. This store was going to be open for a couple hours. I got there about an hour before the store opened finding a line of about 100 or so people in front of me. A couple minutes after approximately other 50 were behind me. When the time came the doors opened and we were allowed in. As we went in people starting running. It was unbelievably chaos! I feel like floating since people were pushing all together trying to reach the food on the shelves. Bread, milk, cup noodles, can food, and eggs where disappearing. It was like literally fighting for food...it was crazy and sad. I really never thought I would have to rush like that. When I finally made it to the register line, I found myself close to the entrance door. It took about an hour and fifteen minutes till I was able to pay...
All I can do pray and be still...Today I kept praising God in the midst of this chaos and uncertainty...Psalms 91 was my chapter for the day...
Psalms 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
{Funny story: as Dim is standing in line she hears a man passing by ask another man who was in line ,"what is this line for?" to this the man standing in line answers, "I dont know" ...lol}
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