Hi there. Nothing too much has changed in the past couple of days. The trains weren't running today so Brad had to ride his bike 25km to and from work. There was also a small earthquake this morning. Brad felt it more than me. We had the TV on at work all day today and they would sound an earthquake warning every once in a while. It's kind of unnerving, and to be honest with you, we've felt so many little earthquakes in the past few days that sometimes I'm not sure if it's real, or if I'm just dizzy and imagining it.
Tomorrow is our "graduation" ceremony. I put that in parentheses because they're really just going on to high school but they make a bigger deal about middle school graduation because it's the end of your compulsory education. All the students have been practicing for the ceremony for the past couple of weeks. (I'll bring my camera tomorrow but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get any pictures. They're kind of weird about it.) We were in the gym for about 2 hours practicing this morning and the teachers were going around the gym checking for cracks in the walls. I think there are cracks on every column but our school is 30 years old and kind of shabby anyway so I'm hoping they were already there. But still, I was bored so all I could think of was "Was that another after shock? Are the lights swinging? Where will I go if I feel a big one coming?" People were definitely more on edge today. Anyway, I hope that we're able to have the ceremony tomorrow as planned.
I guess there was another explosion at the power plant and the evacuation area seems to be getting bigger. I checked on google maps and it looks like we're 150 miles from the plant--except that apparently the aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan detected radiation at 100 miles out to sea. I hope nothing more happens with that. It is supposed to rain tomorrow and there is a chance of rain the rest of the week. I think the thing that I'm most worried about now is the possibility of acid rain because the only way for me to get to school is by bike and I usually get a little wet whenever it's rainy. And if the trains are down I definitely don't want Brad riding 25km in the rain. So we'll see what happens...
I went to the store again today because I saw someone that I work with had posted on facebook that the only thing he could find at the grocery store was potato chips...I don't know where he was looking. I went to the store by us and they are still out of eggs, bread, and almost out of instant noodles but that's about it. I didn't look for water because they say it's still safe to drink out of the tap. We did get some non perishable food though because they are planning on doing mandatory power outages. We were supposed to have one today but so far they haven't cut the power. We put a couple of 2L of water in the freezer to stick in the fridge during the day in case they do cut the power.
So that is all the updates I have. I continue to be amazed and saddened by the pictures that are on TV and hope that we don't have any more earthquakes or aftershocks so people can pick up their lives a little bit.
UPDATE: I guess the radiation that was detected 100 miles out in the ocean was from a smoke cloud that drifted out there, it wasn't emanating from the plant. Also Brad just checked and I guess acid rain is more of a long term thing so we probably won't get that tomorrow. We are still unsure as to whether or not radiation can be carried in rain though... But still, let's hope it doesn't rain tomorrow!
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