Man, that was a big one!
Growing up in California got me kind of used to earthquakes. I was in San Francisco in '89, walking home in the weird, electicity-less twilight.
Almost 20 years later and patterns repeat, the earth still moves. This time, right under the largest nuclear reactor in Japan. While the TV cameras showed the black smoke billowing from the nuclear energy plant, the on air announcer assured us that the media had been assured that there was no unseemly damage.
More than a week later, and inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (I think) have had their inspections delayed because the damage is unexpectedly bad. Kudos to the government of Niigata, though, for shutting them down. Should get interesting in August, when energy demands skyrocket.
Immediate fallout? Well, figuratively speaking, I had a beach barbeque cancelled because the managers of the participating free school thought their may be some radioactive waste flowing into the ocean water.
Radioactive, human, industrial. The beaches here don't discriminate on waste.
Have a great summer!
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CharlieinJapan is the story of a guy, Charlie, and where he lives: in Japan. We will be discussing here together all sorts of things, but mainly these three: English education in Japan, cool things to have, and self-improvement/self-mastery. With your comments, I expect we will: improve English education in Japan, get a lot of cool things, and improve and master ourselves. Bookmark and participate!
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