{"id":573,"date":"2011-03-15T23:04:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/?p=573"},"modified":"2011-03-17T19:00:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T10:00:03","slug":"315-earthquake-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/15 Earthquake Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By tonight, all four reactors at the Fukushima #1 power plant are having serious problems. Explosions, fires, failures of back up safety systems: two reactors are missing their outer housings, and the others have leaks in their inner housings which are supposed to contain radiation. It\u2019s unclear whether containment will be successful\u2026on any of them. I\u2019ll let the news fill you in on levels of iodine, radiation, etc. Suffice to say that 220, 000 people in the vicinity of the reactors have been instructed to either evacuate, or stay within in their houses with windows closed and fans off. We here in Tokyo are in no imminent danger at this point, but levels were several times higher than normal. The neighbor kids played outside with hoods on- I can\u2019t convince my kids to wear hoods yet, but my oldest is following the news carefully in both Japanese and English and is quickly becoming conversant in nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n<p>Human interest stories are beginning to show up on the news: survival after being swept away by a tsunami, generosity in the midst of loss, unexpected tales of loss and being found. A few children\u2019s TV programs have returned, but the basic channels are all devoted to events unfolding. The absence of ads on TV is refreshing.  In their place are carefully crafted reminders to encourage people to show kindness, patience, thoughtfulness, and forgiveness to one another.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation is a mess. Gasoline is all but unavailable, trains are stopped or running behind schedule. The government is asking people to stay home unless they have pressing business. Rolling blackouts have been instituted in the Kanto area, but our area has been exempt so far. It is still unclear whether this is due to lack of organization or other reasons. I enjoyed an unexpected hot dinner today, and ate it with mixed feelings. One friend in Gunma wrote on her facebook page that during the blackout they lit a candle, her father played the guitar and they sang praise songs. Blackouts can have a bright side. Stripping away the trappings of our lives shows what\u2019s real.<\/p>\n<p>School is cancelled all week for our kids (but thankfully there will be library hours), and the local Japanese elementary will only meet in the mornings. Power outages and food shortages affect food preparation, classrooms, and plumbing. Several families from our kids\u2019 school have already decided to leave the country, and others have decided to relocate farther from the action.  As I go to sleep I wonder whether the radiation leak will be more contained or less when I wake up. Last night I even woke up at 3:00 and checked the news.<\/p>\n<p>Several acquaintances spent the day volunteering with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crashjapan.com\/\">CRASH<\/a>, a group of Christians working together with existing\/surviving churches to raise funds, assess damage and aid in relief work. It\u2019s still a little unclear how this will connect with governmentally organized relief work, but there is no doubt work for many to do for years to come. (As I wrote this last paragraph, there was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake centered southwest of us, but no serious damage\u2026) I\u2019m thankful for peace in the midst of unpeace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=573&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By tonight, all four reactors at the Fukushima #1 power plant are having serious problems. Explosions, fires, failures of back up safety systems: two reactors are missing their outer housings, and the others have leaks in their inner housings which are supposed to contain radiation. It\u2019s unclear whether containment will be successful\u2026on any of them. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3\/15 Earthquake Update - matcha with me...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3\/15 Earthquake Update - matcha with me...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By tonight, all four reactors at the Fukushima #1 power plant are having serious problems. Explosions, fires, failures of back up safety systems: two reactors are missing their outer housings, and the others have leaks in their inner housings which are supposed to contain radiation. It\u2019s unclear whether containment will be successful\u2026on any of them. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"matcha with me...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-15T14:04:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-03-17T10:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2011\/03\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrea Johnson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrea Johnson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andrea Johnson\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d82111905d9aeb70a53b31e3bf2c364\"},\"headline\":\"3\\\/15 Earthquake Update\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-15T14:04:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-17T10:00:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":535,\"commentCount\":11,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/\",\"name\":\"3\\\/15 Earthquake Update - matcha with me...\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-15T14:04:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-17T10:00:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d82111905d9aeb70a53b31e3bf2c364\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/54\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg\",\"width\":\"600\",\"height\":\"444\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/15\\\/315-earthquake-update\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3\\\/15 Earthquake Update\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/\",\"name\":\"matcha with me...\",\"description\":\"a weblog by Andrea Lundquist Johnson\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d82111905d9aeb70a53b31e3bf2c364\",\"name\":\"Andrea Johnson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c590a381593f45439528e313b0e58ae0d8ccc9f29dbd61af36c763dfb46d2757?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c590a381593f45439528e313b0e58ae0d8ccc9f29dbd61af36c763dfb46d2757?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c590a381593f45439528e313b0e58ae0d8ccc9f29dbd61af36c763dfb46d2757?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrea Johnson\"},\"description\":\"long time dabbler in\\\/straddler of two cultures; love reading, learning, life, and ofuro (Japanese baths), particularly outside ones in the winter.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/web.mac.com\\\/timandreajohnson\\\/iWeb\\\/Site\\\/Welcome.html\"],\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/tajohnson\\\/author\\\/tajohnson\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3\/15 Earthquake Update - matcha with me...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3\/15 Earthquake Update - matcha with me...","og_description":"By tonight, all four reactors at the Fukushima #1 power plant are having serious problems. Explosions, fires, failures of back up safety systems: two reactors are missing their outer housings, and the others have leaks in their inner housings which are supposed to contain radiation. It\u2019s unclear whether containment will be successful\u2026on any of them. [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/","og_site_name":"matcha with me...","article_published_time":"2011-03-15T14:04:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-03-17T10:00:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":444,"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2011\/03\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andrea Johnson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andrea Johnson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/"},"author":{"name":"Andrea Johnson","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/#\/schema\/person\/9d82111905d9aeb70a53b31e3bf2c364"},"headline":"3\/15 Earthquake Update","datePublished":"2011-03-15T14:04:49+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-17T10:00:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/"},"wordCount":535,"commentCount":11,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2011\/03\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/","name":"3\/15 Earthquake Update - matcha with me...","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2011\/03\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-15T14:04:49+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-17T10:00:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/#\/schema\/person\/9d82111905d9aeb70a53b31e3bf2c364"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2011\/03\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2011\/03\/Flag-Earthquake-data-logo.jpg","width":"600","height":"444"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/2011\/03\/15\/315-earthquake-update\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3\/15 Earthquake Update"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/","name":"matcha with me...","description":"a weblog by Andrea Lundquist Johnson","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/#\/schema\/person\/9d82111905d9aeb70a53b31e3bf2c364","name":"Andrea Johnson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c590a381593f45439528e313b0e58ae0d8ccc9f29dbd61af36c763dfb46d2757?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c590a381593f45439528e313b0e58ae0d8ccc9f29dbd61af36c763dfb46d2757?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c590a381593f45439528e313b0e58ae0d8ccc9f29dbd61af36c763dfb46d2757?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andrea Johnson"},"description":"long time dabbler in\/straddler of two cultures; love reading, learning, life, and ofuro (Japanese baths), particularly outside ones in the winter.","sameAs":["http:\/\/web.mac.com\/timandreajohnson\/iWeb\/Site\/Welcome.html"],"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/author\/tajohnson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/tajohnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}