We Are Sinking!

Our apartment has weathered the various tremors that have kept things lively here for the past three weeks. Our island has not fared so well.

Perhaps you find these shots a little underwhelming after seeing so much of the disaster from Tohoku, but they do show the challenges of living on reclaimed land. We've got this much motion from quakes that are far removed from us. On the other side of Tokyo Bay, at Urayasu, there was a quake very close, and the result was liquefaction, where water suddenly gushes to the surface as land settles.



So, if you had your heart set on visiting Tokyo Disneyland, you're going to have to wait for a while. Tokyo Disneyland is closed indefinitely, while they sort out what to do about the watery pudding the park is built on.

As long as we don't get an earthquake right under us, we should be good for the foreseeable future. Of course, with aftershocks everyday, the future isn't very foreseeable.

If you have 40 seconds to waste, I can't help but mention a great video on the theme of "We are Sinking!"