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Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Yesterday I took a break from the computer almost all day and went out into the world for the first time since I caught my cold. Even though I was still coughing like a six pack a day smoker, I needed to breathe real air. And there were errands to run, so out I went.…
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The dance of progress
We are now firmly in a phase of two steps forward, one step back. It’s like living a bad waltz. Let’s try not to bump into the other dancers in the ballroom. After yesterday’s scare over radioactive iodine in the Tokyo water supply, we discovered that it was already halved by this morning. The mad…
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Actions are stronger than worries
We may worry in Tokyo about aftershocks and radiation risks, but there are some people who have more than worries. They have troubles. This week I’m shifting my focus to helping the survivors of the Tohoku Kano Earthquake who are stuck in shelters with insufficient, heat, food and hope. While relief is arriving daily and…
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Just a bunch of random stuff
Tinfoil hat competition entries at the Equinox Barbecue yesterday. Hat themes, L-R top row: nuclear cooling tower by Rob; BSD daemon by Paul; WTF? by Masa hand modelled by me; Disaster Airlines by me; Turkish fez by Yasu. L-R bottom row: propeller beanie by Tracey modeled by Max; wonder woman by Sareh modeled by Tracey;…
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Tokyo’s food supply
It didn’t take long to get back to “normal”
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We’ll leave when…
…the Japanese government announces Tokyo evacuations.
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Non-electric housecleaning
Dusting, check. Scrubbing, check. Vacuuming…no.
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Tokyo transit & other notes
with video of train trip across town
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Notes from Utsunomiya
Blackouts and gas shortages
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Observations on power conservation & food shortages
Rolling blackout are in effect throughout Kanto but there are so many individuals and businesses trying to conserve energy that only one of the 7 planned outages happened today. Who know about tomorrow, but let me tell you what I saw (and Tod told me about) around in Tokyo today. Train companies reduced services drastically.…
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