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FORMER STUDENT SHAKEN BY JAPAN QUAKE

Former Waterfront Sports Editor - Carl Day

By News Editor Laura Richards

A formerSwansea student experienced the recent earthquake which triggered the devastating tsunami in Japan.

The Waterfrontexclusively spoke to the former Sports Editor, Carl Day, who currently works for the British Council teaching local staff English.

Carl had just finished work on Friday 11th March when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the country.

Carl revealed, “I was going to get the tube home but I had decided to stop for food instead so was actually in a noodle restaurant eating a bowl of noodles.”

Japan is renowned for having numerous minor earthquakes and Carl highlighted that when the earthquake initially started, “people just looked at each other like it was a normal thing and carried on.”

“Usually they last for about twenty seconds but this one got worse and worse for about a minute. Then all of a sudden all the Japanese people started running out of the noodle restaurant and I followed them out onto the street.”

Luckily Carl was on the ground floor of the building but once outside realised the immediate danger.

“I looked up and the buildings were wobbling, there was an old lady crying and people were beginning to panic and get scared.”

“I was starting to worry about the buildings collapsing onto me as I was in a very narrow street. I just started to look for an open space to run to but there weren’t any.”

After around a minute Carl stated that the ground stopped shaking but the buildings carried on moving which prompted the Japanese people to continue with their previous activities; he returned to the noodle restaurant and finished his meal.

Unlike in other areas, Tokyo was not as badly affected as you could still move around without falling over.

During any earthquake the trains are stopped in Japan, and with long queues forming Carl chose to make the long journey home by foot, taking him over three hours.

“As I was walking there were quite a few aftershocks that were about level 5 or 6. As soon as they started people started panicking again.”

“During the walk home I didn’t realise that the tsunami had happened, and I just thought it was a worse than normal earthquake in Tokyo. I didn’t realise that it was this really devastating one 200 miles away from Tokyo.”

Carl was presented with an initial problem as the news reports are broadcast in Japanese.

“I’m quite lucky that I live with some Chinese girls, and they can speak Japanese. So we all huddled around the TV, but at that point there was nothing about the nuclear threat; it was all about the tsunami. All the updates were about the tsunami, the nuclear worry didn’t come out until about 36hours after.”

Carl was able to view the news through BBC News 24, a channel which is not usually broadcast in Japan.

“I was watching the BBC in Britain to find out what was happening in Japan, but about a day later the Japanese version of the BBC, NHK, started translating their rolling news into English on their website. The only problem is now news is starting to come through from the north about the tsunami and there are some really horrible stories coming out which, because the nuclear threat is contained at the moment, are beginning to overshadow the nuclear.”

After the earthquake and tsunami it wasn’t just the aftershocks that people had to worry about, but also, the impending problems in the Fukushima Nuclear Plant.

“People in Tokyo are definitely more worried about the nuclear threat especially with the recent radiation in the water. That is the first time that it has worried me because it is in our houses; even though it’s only a small dose, it’s still there when you turn on your taps. Initially it was far away, 150km, but now it is a lot closer to home.”

The nuclear threat has also posed problems for food supplies.

“I haven’t been able to buy milk for three days, and instant noodles, which this place lives off, have not been available for a few days. Also people are now really worried about the sushi because the nuclear fallout was being brushed out to sea. I saw a sushi chef outside his restaurant trying to get people to come in but people just don’t want to eat sushi at the moment.”

When asked if he was advised to evacuate Tokyo, Carl revealed that different countries were advising different things.

“The French and German government told their people to evacuate, but the British embassy always had the same advice, “no need to leave Tokyo.” This changed though, and they are now saying that you should consider leaving Tokyo.”

“I have thought about leaving because of the radiation in the water. If the level of radiation in the water goes up again, I think I am going to be on the phone to British Airways.”

Despite all the devastation, Carl emphasised that Tokyo has pretty much remained the same.

“If you came to Tokyo today, you wouldn’t really notice there was much difference but because I have been here 6 months, you notice the streets are quieter and there are a lot less people walking around.”

“The Japanese way is to just get on with it. They work so many hours, and people are still working even now. When the earthquake happened, people still finished work and then had the long walk home. They are a bit like robots; their job is very important to them.”

The Waterfront is keeping in touch with Carl over his plight in grief stricken Japan and will update in the next issue.

For the full interview with Carl check out waterfrontonline.co.uk.


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