They've extended one of the reactor's evacuation zones to 20KM. This is probably the most upsetting part of the whole thing. People are exhausted from the news, and the parade of horrible #### on TV is creating this wave of panic in the populace.
I finally made it back to Yokohama after spending the night being rocked to sleep by aftershocks at a friend's place in Tokyo, and on my way home picked up food, beer, and other things - all seemed back to a sense of normalcy.
Then the news of the nuclear reactor, and the before/after and assessment of damage sunk in. Empty store shelves - folks hoarding even here.
Ultimately, the whole problem here isn't about infrastructure, about fixing things that are broken. Towns wiped out, nuclear reactors failing, and tonnes of folks stranded across a huge area. In most cases there's nothing left to fix as it's totally gone. Will be interesting to see how the country reacts to this - this is Japan's "where were you when" moment and hopefully in the coming months positive stuff comes out of this.
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