After the quake

I’d been due to fly to Japan just hours after the quake hit so needless to say my flight was cancelled. Things sound like they’re starting to get back to normal outside of the devastated area though power is still a problem especially now we’re getting into summer – offices are going casual or shutting down in staggered form to reduce the load for AC. I’d heard in spite of the distance that Tokyo got a pretty bad shaking and did come across a story on how Tokyo Tower had been damaged even.

A lot of fear remains of course about the radiation levels – Korean air (who granted are one fussy airline) have altered flight paths and assure travelers at the start of the flight about ‘taking a safe height and distance’ from the affected area. I did like XKCD’s take on all this.

I’ll probably be getting back to Tokyo in a month or so, my preferred Bar Hermit is still there waiting…