Earthquake Diary 43

I have said that in Izumi Chuo there are two large stores, Ito Yokado and Selva, and each has a supermarket in the basement. Today both supermarkets reopened, although the rest of the floors remain closed off. Both stores were well stocked and there were very few empty shelves. What was missing was mainly perishables that they are having trouble transporting or things that are made in factories that were destroyed or damaged.

I was finally able to buy yogurt two large containers. There were no limits on anything as far as I could tell. Also both stores have food courts where there are a number of fast food shops. These were almost all open, except a few that still had workmen repairing things. Also most of them did not have drinks. Even Mr Donuts did not have coffee. So we lunched on goodies that we normally do not eat and on the way home finished it off by getting Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Also good news today. During the morning a crew from the gas company came and dug up the road outside our complex. I expect that this means that they will be able to restart our gas pretty soon, and that will mean that I can take a long hot shower.

I also got another piece of good news - my cell phone has been repaired and I can pick it up tomorrow. They originally said it would take two to three months but it was only a week.

On the news last night, they asked everyone to use as little toilet paper as possible. The reason is that the main sewerage plant was badly damage and the amount of sewerage that is being generate is more than the current capacity of the system. They want to prevent raw sewerage from accumulating.