It’s hard to believe that it’s already 1 month after the 9.0 quake that hit on March 11th. Things (particularly in Tokyo) seem more or less back to normal, aside from the bottled water shortages (PLENTY of tea and soft drinks though!) and dimmed lights. Just yesterday I was out for tai chi, and the park where I go for my lessons was in full bloom with cherry blossoms and there were picnickers everywhere.
Today though, as I was walking back home from work, I felt the street shift below me. It is actually quite unsettling to feel that the ground is literally sliding around under you, quite different from being in a car or building during a quake. For a second I didn’t know what was happening until I looked up and saw my building’s bicycle stand shuddering back and forth. The building gate was banging back and forth in its frame, and I could see the electrical wires jangling above not far away.
It settled down after about 3 minutes, but even now as I type this, I still feel a few more aftershocks. Ha… literally as I type this my monitors wobbles from another aftershock…
The big aftershock today was a 7.1, fairly big as well, and unlike the March 11 quake, was inland instead of out to sea as you can see in the image below. Another point of concern was that it hit close to where people are still struggling to contain the reactors.
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Honestly, I’ve had enough of quakes for a while now… though… I guess I would prefer a lot of smaller quakes instead of another major earth shaker like that of March 11th.
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