Earthquake Diary 44

 This is a regular TV channel. Notice that there is writing on the left and the bottom. This is a steady stream of information about transportation, hospitals, utilities, school schedules, stores that are open, and many other things. It is extremely useful.

 This is the temporary repairs to my building. They metal bar on the left is attached to a platform that used to be horizontal, connecting the building to the entrance structure which moved quite a bit during the quake. The caretakers put a board under the raised portion (you can see some white tape holding against the platform) and then covered the entire thing with a plastic welcome mat. Finally they used tape to hold the whole thing in place. It was quick but functional.

 This is the entrance to the admin building, where the sidewalk dropped in relation to the building and many of the tiles broke. Here they replaced the tiles and taped them down. This sort of thing is typical of temporary repairs that are being made all over the area.

 This is the police facility that is in front of our complex. Notice that the Japanese flag is flying at half mast in honor of all of the dead.

 The four of us decided to walk to Yorktown Plaza again. On the way we pass a karaoke palace. I noticed that the weather vane on the roof had almost collapsed.

 We stopped a Sato Shokai and found that many of the shelves were empty but in actuality they had more for sale than I expected. This is the fresh food section, milk, cheese, meat, etc, and it is kind of bare. The frozen food section was about the same, but anything prepackaged was available as usual.

 In an earlier post I showed this electronics and appliance store before. We tried to get batteries but the store was closed. They had a large pile of insulation and stuff that they were dragging down from the store and piling in the first floor parking lot. This time, as you can see, they have put a temporary wall around the building.

There was a long line waiting to get into the supermarket. We did not really need anything so we just took a look and left. We were, however, glad to see that they were letting people into the inside of the store and there seemed to be few limits on what they could purchase.