Theory on Tokai Earthquake

[Rube]

A person died in kanagawa at a costco when the roof to the ramp leading up to the parking lot collapsed. I think the total number of people in the area was 3 or 4. Might have been in Chiba or Saitama though.

I actually joined that place, but it only lasted a few minutes. After they told us to check our bags in before shopping to prevent shoplifting I returned their card and got my money back. They told me, rules are rules and it's what keeps their store alive, not the customers.

[Singapore Saint]

Last weekend this guy predicted a 6+ in Taiwan within the next 3 days and there was a 5.9 i think within a few hours. Although he has also predicted the Tokei Earthquake 2-3 times over the last 1-2 yrs..

The reason why it doesn't happen with all eclipses is that the path of the eclipse needs to pass over a point where at least 3 plates meet, which this one did, not just 2 as usually happens. I don't know, I read some of his posts and it seems to be happening as he'd expect, but at the same time he's almost in danger of crying wolf.

At least it has made us review our plans, make sure that we know what we're going to do, which pub we're going to head to etc. We didn't live here in March last year but heard someone say that all that was left in the supermarkets was beer, fags and porn... Made me wonder what the problem was, that's a normal weekly shop isn't it?

[larabell]

Yeah... I seem to recall beer not being a problem. I'm not sure I'd want to rely on beer to keep me hydrated, though, since the alcohol is a diuretic ).

One thing that struck me as unusual was that when I was at the convenience store trying to scare up some bread for the wife, I noticed that the bread shelf wasn't entirely empty. There was pretty much a whole box of this one particular kind of stawberry-looking snack cake -- and nothing else. I probably should have made note of the brand or taken a picture. You can't possibly find a better dis-recommendation for your product than having it be the last item left on the shelf after a disaster and still nobody will touch it.

Also, it helps to think outside the box. A day after I struck out on bread, a friend of mine told me she had been buying bread from a small corner bakery a few blocks further down the street and when I checked it out, sure enough... the guy was just pulling several loaves of fresh bread from the oven. Of course, I know I can't rely on that bakery in the event of a huge local disaster but the point is that you also don't have to rely on just-in-time distribution to the chain stores -- pretty much every neighborhood in Tokyo has mom-and-pop shops that supply basic staples and it might be worth getting to know where they are and what they sell (and maybe doing a bit of business there from time-to-time) before the next big one hits.