2016-04-18 16:48 JST 2016 ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 9 · Comments: 2 · Shares: 13 ← 2016-04-18 16:39 JST 2016-04-18 16:56 JST → Around this time … 2016-04-18 18:22 JSTHere are two more shots in my series of comparisons of Friday (after the first quake) and Monday (after the big one).Kirk Masden 2016-04-18 18:00 JSTHere's a rather dramatic comparison between Friday and Monday in Mashiki. After the second quake, the road is in worse shape, a building that had collapsed after the first quake is now almost completely flat, and a building that looked to be in fairly good shape on Friday has now collapsed.Kirk Masden Tag: Photography 2016-04-18 17:41 JSTThis is Mr. Yoshikawa, a life-time resident of Mashiki-machi, standing in front of his ruined house. He is both a victim and one of many people volunteering his expertise and labor to help with the recovery effort. Mr. Yoshikawa works in construction and therefore has access to a backhoe and other equipment, which he has been using to clear rubble away so that vehicles can get in.He confirmed that the double punch of the two quakes has been especially devastating. He also said that he had been quite annoyed by various media personnel who had gotten in the way of his work. He expressed particular disdain for reporters who sat in taxis, which, like all four-wheel vehicles in the area, tend to exacerbate the congestion. Mr. Yoshikawa was quite nice to me, however. He was kind enough to approach me on a short break in his work and ask me if I spoke Japanese. He then told me about his experiences and graciously showed me his home where he allowed me to take this picture. We talked a little about volunteering, too. He said that he thought is was too early now -- that most novices would be more likely to get in the way than to help. He said, though, that after about a week, lots of hands would be needed for the vast clean up job.sKirk MasdenTags: Photography, media, volunteering 2016-04-18 17:11 JSTHere's another comparison between Friday and Monday. The position of the toppled statue is different but more importantly the Monday photo shows new cracks in the pavement and that a wooden structure behind the statues has collapsed.Kirk Masden 2016-04-18 16:56 JSTThe sunny picture was taken in Mashiki on Friday, April 15. The second picture of the same spot was taken today, Monday, April 18. As you can see, the quake that occurred a little after 1 AM, on the morning of Saturday the 16th, caused the open area where the TV personal were standing to be filled with debris.The "double punch" of the two quakes caused the buildings that were still standing after the first quake to come down after the second. The people I met told me that the first quake was vertical. They we jolted up in the air. I was told that the movement in the second quake, however, was more horizontal. The multiple quakes and the different kinds of movement produced the change you see.Kirk Masden 2016-04-18 16:48 JSTPost (this post) 2016-04-18 16:39 JSTfood info@ minami-ku 2016-04-18 14:47 JSTPost 2016-04-18 14:02 JSTCoin Laundry info@ Kumamoto-shi Kitaku 2016-04-18 13:44 JSTFood info @ Uki-shi Matsubase 2016-04-18 12:38 JSTJNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) updated Kumamoto's traffic information.Kumamoto Earthquake
