We stay.
This is not an easy decision to come to, but for now, it works for us. Here are some random thoughts in (tastelessly enough) cloud formation that informed the Greater Abiko Co-Prosperity Sphere Disaster Cabinet's thinking:
Aftershocks have abated to almost none today. There is no radiation risk to us at the moment. We have less than half a tank of petrol. This is our home. We have worked hard to become part of the community. If the reactors are cooled and sealed successfully, hurrah! If the reactors are not and blow, well, the results will be toxic for months, so what's the hurry? We couldn't live with ourselves if we cut and ran. We could take a trip on public transport away from here, but where to and for how long? How safe would we really be on the road away from the bosom of Abiko? We could send the little ones to the UK for a bit, but how could we split the family up? If we all went to the UK, how long could we manage with no income? It would be worse to be helpless abroad and watch suffering here How could we sentence Our Mother-in-Law to a diet of Hob Nobs and chip butties for the rest of her natural life?
There may be a time when we have to cut and run. And if we have to we will not hesitate, but for us, for now, this is not the time.
Ask us again tomorrow.
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I'm with you.
But I've long been scheduled to fly to Paris on Saturday, so I'm going to go.
But leaving the wimminfolk behind, even for a few extra days, makes me nervous. Not sure I'm really going to be able to do it...
They have tickets for next Thursday, and I haven't been able to change them.
For what it's worth, you'll be safe where you are, no matter what. Of course, you may still want to leave due to blackouts and stuff, but for many people that's more about convenience than impending danger.
We do have an "Abiko" here in Osaka too; you might want to check in on the Greater Abiko Co-Prosperity Sphere, Kansai Branch for a week or so :)
Yeah, Chiba is the place to be! Oddly enough I've been to Abiko in Osaka at one point and oddly enough that is also where our escape pod is located in the form of Mrs. Sunshine's grandmother and her giant house, but seriously, we're as safe as we're gonna be here.
The West is not all what it's blown up to be, we're better off here in the East; we should build a wall at some point.
I tried to check out what the Norks had to say about this whole earthquake thingy but their newsservice have been completely silent about it oddly enough, I guess they can't decide if it's a good time to reach out or rub it in.
Speaking of east-west walls - I'm sure many people are very impressed right now by the hands-off, let-private-industry-handle-it approach to infrastructure regulation that led to Kanto and Kansai having different electrical systems.
If we didn't we'd have to share, and I might actually have to turn down the heater when it gets too toasty in here, rather than simply compensate with the airconditioner.
"Aftershocks have abated to almost none today." You posted that an hour too early (Choshi quake). Knock on wood next time, eh.
Could bring the MIL with!
JK but seriously I admire your fortitude and kamikaze spirit. I just hope none of that divine wind reaches Abiko (or eastern Tokyo for that matter).
Fight the power
Yeah, commentator's curse. But still, we're staying dammit, if naught else, to damn the Sun and the fearmongers back home. But we still reserve the right to change our minds.
'But we still reserve the right to change our minds.'
along with the greatest traders.
good luck whatever you do bro.
without sounding too much like yogi berra,easy decisions are easy to take.
Excellent summary. Totally agreed! PS: I keep wanting to quote Kipling's "If" to all and sundry.
In the mid 1990's the Japanese govt made a cartoon saying Plutonium was safe!!! Talk about brainwashing propaganda!!
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/japanese-pluto-kun-plutonium-is-safe-anime-propaganda-from-mid-1990s/
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