Powerlessness in English and a report from the western Sendai
I'm ashamed of my powerlessness with English. I've found that I'm not so proficient in English to provide any effective information in the confusion in this Earthquake disaster.
Yesterday I went to work by more than 13 kilometers bike ride. Fortunately it was warm enough to bike comfortably. I heard from my boss that I didn't have to come, but he seemed to be glad that I safely arrived to work. On the way to and from the office I saw electricity recovered in the area around center of the city. I also saw waiting lines in front almost every store.
Sendai station was still closed, and I even saw a train between stations near my house, where damages from the earthquake was relatively light. Seeing trains can't even return to their base, I was convinced that there was a long way to go before trains run again.
Buses were running from my area, but not on regular basis, which had made me think of using bike. Public phones at the station and junior high school nearby were out of service (maybe one at the city branch office, where cell phone battery recharge service were going on, was available
Today, electricity having been recovered in my area, probable I can use phone from my house, but so far, my family wasn't in need for phone someone - I've just remembered mom called one of my relatives and had a conversation - so far, electricity, tap water, gas (thanks to LPG; city gas was reported to unavailable) has been available in my house, but I filled water in the bathtub because someone reported the area nearby tap water suddenly stopped and advised that we should be prepared for the sudden stop of water supply.
Yesterday I went to work by more than 13 kilometers bike ride. Fortunately it was warm enough to bike comfortably. I heard from my boss that I didn't have to come, but he seemed to be glad that I safely arrived to work. On the way to and from the office I saw electricity recovered in the area around center of the city. I also saw waiting lines in front almost every store.
Sendai station was still closed, and I even saw a train between stations near my house, where damages from the earthquake was relatively light. Seeing trains can't even return to their base, I was convinced that there was a long way to go before trains run again.
Buses were running from my area, but not on regular basis, which had made me think of using bike. Public phones at the station and junior high school nearby were out of service (maybe one at the city branch office, where cell phone battery recharge service were going on, was available
Today, electricity having been recovered in my area, probable I can use phone from my house, but so far, my family wasn't in need for phone someone - I've just remembered mom called one of my relatives and had a conversation - so far, electricity, tap water, gas (thanks to LPG; city gas was reported to unavailable) has been available in my house, but I filled water in the bathtub because someone reported the area nearby tap water suddenly stopped and advised that we should be prepared for the sudden stop of water supply.
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