Japan rocked with 8.9 earthquake.

[caseysmom]

But that assumes you could get to your pantry ... and many of these people's whole houses are in rubble.

I think most New Englanders would live off their pantry supplies for at least a week, but that doesn't stop everyone from running to the store every time a big storm is forecast!

Oh I know Karen and didn't mean to sound unsypathetic...just saying I have tons of food on hand.

[pomtzu]

My pantry is very well stocked also, but most is with food that has to be cooked too, other than canned items, so it wouldn't last all that long.
Spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, rice, cake mixes, dry soup mix, bisquick, pudding mix, jello, etc. etc - all in there, but not edible as is without further preparation - and all of those require water or milk.

[Karen]

My pantry is very well stocked also, but most is with food that has to be cooked too, other than canned items, so it wouldn't last all that long.
Spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, rice, cake mixes, dry soup mix, bisquick, pudding mix, jello, etc. etc - all in there, but not edible as is without further preparation - and all of those require water or milk.

I always have some dry milk powder on hand, just in case, and we always have some gallon jugs of water on hand. I like milk with my cereal or oatmeal too much, so in desperation, I can resort to that!

I feel so sad for the Japanese people, such a hard thing they are going through, and the aftershocks must feel like adding insult to injury. I have no doubt many of the children will have nightmares for years to come because of this. I do not trust anything they are reporting about the nuclear reactor situation, seeing as they say one thing and then another that contradicts the first, but that whole thing is just added stress of the already-beleaguered people.

[caseysmom]

Its heartbreaking, especially seeing the very young and the very old without a place to call home.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

There has been another explosion at nuclear reactor 2. That's the one they have been really worried about.

[Lady's Human]

Can the news media please go back to investigating then reporting?

Too much sensationalism, too little fact.

[cassiesmom]

The earthquake in Japan and the previous one in New Zealand weren't even 3 weeks apart. I heard on the news that geologists are still recording aftershocks in Japan. In the newspaper yesterday it said that ocean waves from British Columbia to California were measured as an effect of the earthquake and tsunami all the way in Japan. Yikes.

Is Japan considered a densely populated country? Or maybe just some of their major cities are. The Amazing Race competitors were there last week and there were lots of people and cars in the streets. When I've seen pictures they often show high rise buildings and talk about the amount of time the Japanese people spend commuting, either by car or public transportation.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Can the news media please go back to investigating then reporting?

Too much sensationalism, too little fact.

??? That was true about the nuclear reactor not just a rumor.


We have Wolf Creek here in Kansas. It's built to take winds of up to 300 mph but would not fair well in an earthquake they say.