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Things up in Tokyo seem to be even more stressful than normal. Worries about possible radiation or possible panic, along with rolling electrical blackouts mean than some are heading out of the city to stay with relatives in other parts of Japan.

One friend commented that the ice cream at the convenience stores was on sale, I guess the refrigerators don’t have backup generators.  I imagine that later tonight there will be some people  sitting around eating Häagen–Dazs in the dark.

I heard on the news that they had found several thousand people who were thought to be missing. Wonderful news, but many others will be still be spending a night out in the cold with limited food and water.

I’ll end with a snap of an Okinawan lizard I saw at Cape Teniya near Higashi Village. No idea of the species. It had a brown/black body with a vivid orange underside. Didn’t have a macro lens with me,  this is as close as I could go with the 55mm wide angle.

Okinawan Lizard