Earthquake Snapshots

Needless to say, the earthquake in Japan last week was huge shock with some very drastic results. Tokyo remained much the same, but here a few photos from the incident.


Here is a crowd of people walking home late at night. The train lines were closed immediately following the quake. This was taken from the school bus somewhere between Chofu and Roppongi. It took 7.5 hours to get home!


In order for a distance usually covered within 45 minutes to take 7.5 hours, you can imagine there had to have been some horrendous traffic. Cars were bumper to bumper, door to door.


As a bus monitor, I was partially responsible for obtaining sustenance for the kids on my bus. We raided the already half empty shelves of a convenience store and managed to spend over Y20,000, quite a feat, if I do say so myself.


This is the tofu section of one of our local supermarkets a couple days after the earthquake. These shelves aside, the only totally sold-out part of the store was area with bottled water.


Apparently, when the earthquake began, Pippi's first instinct was to dive underneath the nearest table. What a smart dog! After the stress of the incident, she was thoroughly tuckered out.


The night following the earthquake newscasters made their broadcasts under the safety of some trusty hard hats. Only in Japan!