^^I've heard the blackouts haven't been going as scheduled in a few places too. They just announced it last night and tried to put it into place today, so I'm sure there are a million details to work out in the plan. As for me, my area in Hiratsuka city was supposed to go down from 3:20-7pm but it never happened. Not sure why, so I'm trying to find out more detail now. A lot of the trains were down today and they didn't really have a proper amount of time to announce all the changes, so there were a lot of people that didn't go to work. Also many images on the news of long line-ups of people at train stations waiting for an announcement or maybe hoping the train would run for a short amount of time.
My wife went to a drugstore a few hours ago and they have started imposing the 10 item rule. There was a long line up, and they had people waiting in groups of about 10. So only 10 or so people in at a time, get your ten items, and then the next group goes. She didn't want to wait in line for a couple hours, and we have enough food for a few more days anyway so try again tomorrow. Also have to say how calm everyone is remaining, and everyone trying to be curteous for the most part. This rule doesn't seem to have been put in place at all stores yet, and probably the details vary from store to store or city to city.
Have to say the early warning system in place here is pretty amazing. There was a small quake this afternoon(registered at about 3 in Kanagawa), and the warning came up on the tv about 30secs to a minute before we felt it. Commodore, if you haven't heard any details, I wouldn't worry too much about the Fukushima reactor yet. Reactor #3 had an explosion today, but it was very similar to the situation with the #1. Unfortunately 7 workers there were killed today when it blew, probably working hard to keep it under control. Huge respect goes out to them, and thoughts go out to their families.
There are still a lot of emails going around on topics like nuclear fallout, acid rain, etc, some not so helpful. Seems like some people are trying to start a panic and some media outlets are sensationalizing certain stories more than they need to be. Especially about the nuclear reactors. A big kudos to the rescue teams and army here who have reached many people already. Also to all the foreign rescue teams who have arrived and begun their work. Last night on the tv they said they had rescued over 12000 people already which is awesome news.
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