Hi Folks,
I have been in touch with Peter a Bryston customer in japan and thought you might find his emails informative.
Hi James,
How's life going for you? Here, life is a bit less stressful than last week. There've been something like over 250 aftershocks over M.5 since the big one. Just had one about ten minutes ago. Check out this time-lapse map of the earthquakes and aftershocks since March 11. The big one hits at 2:46 PM after that the aftershocks and separate earthquakes are pretty well non-stop.
http://www.japanquakemap.com/Cheers,
Peter
P.S. While typing this message there have been two pretty big aftershocks back to back. It's been a little more quiet the last couple of days but this morning the ground has shook four times in the last hour.
James Tanner wrote:
Hi Peter,
Yes I got the songs - thanks – still not sure how to use dropbox but
I will learn. Man I have been concerned for you - are you planning on staying?
James
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Budden
To: James Tanner
Subject: Re: from Peter in Japan
Hi James,
Thanks for your concern. I'm doing OK.
Last week was extremely stressful, so many aftershocks, the concerns over the nuclear power stations, TV showing an endless stream of footage from the tsuanmi, family and friends emailing, calling, skypeing telling me I should get out, that there was a high concentration atomic cloud heading over Tokyo, etc. Terrible feeling really. But, here in Tokyo life is not so bad compared to those poor souls up the coast...
Life is slowly getting back to a kind of normal. There are power blackouts almost every day and it's been hard to find toilet paper, milk and bread in the stores at times (but other things are fine, cheese, wine, meats, all fresh and great). I'm staying, unless this nuclear problem really heads south (more ways than one). Last week over 7,000 French nationals who lived in Japan (of a total of 9,000) left. I bet they left behind some nice wine and cheese!
I'm enjoying the 3BSST2, BP6 and BA-1. Actually, I had just received the Bryston speaker cables and was terminating them when the big one hit!
Cheers,
Peter
James Tanner wrote:
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the update – please keep me updated,
James
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Budden[
To: James Tanner
Subject: Re: from Peter in Japan
Hi James,
Thanks for your mail.
Several aftershocks this morning around five this AM. Rude awakening! This is getting tiring.
Fortunately, I'm still off at university and only have an evening class at a research center. So, I could go back to bed after breakfast! They've found iodine 131 in the water around Tokyo in the last day or so that's above the safety limits for babies. What's happened though is the panic stricken hoarders have pretty well bought out all the shops' stock of bottled water.
Thanks,
Peter
