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Press club at Ibaraki Prefectural Government building immediately after earthquake
March 11 earthquake measured Lower 6 in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture
" The earthquake caused drawers to open and shelves to fall. A fax machine also fell over. "
" The tremors were of considerable intensity. "
" This is Ibaraki Prefecture's Disaster Management Office. "
" An emergency operations center has been set up in response to the earthquake. "
" An emergency operations center was convened as of 3:10 p.m. Ibaraki Prefecture has set up an EOC in response to the earthquake. "
" This is the main entrance to the Ibaraki Prefectural Government building. Most of the windows have been shattered. "
" Here comes another aftershock. "
KEEP OUT
Commercial complex in front of the prefectural government building
" A window has fallen from the second floor. "
South Ave. adjacent to the prefectural offices (Prefectural Road 50)
" Traffic lights in the city are out of service. "
" There doesn't seem to be any major damage, but the traffic lights are out of service. "
Diner located along Prefectural Road 50 Thomas CafŽ (Yonezawacho, Mito City)
" As you can see, the inside of the establishment is in shambles. "
" The windows have all been shattered. "
" There must have been customers here at the time. "
" There's a salad on the floor. "
" Receipts and menus have been strewn about. "
" In the midst of cooking... "
" This is an intersection in Mito City. "
" The traffic lights are out of service and traffic has started to back up. "
" All of the traffic lights at this intersection are out of service. "
" Hence, traffic has started to pile up. "
" The city is experiencing a blackout. "
" It's not clear when electricity will be restored. "
" The entire city is without power. "
" Just ahead there's an overpass above the Joban line. "
" It's warped so it's been closed to traffic. "
Near Joban Line overpass (Above Prefectural Road 30)
" This is the joint of the bridge. It's shifted about ten centimeters. "
" The road is uneven ahead. "
" This bridge is dangerous, isn't it? "
" The bottom of the car might scrape the road. " " Do you think it will? "
" It didn't. "
" The opposite lane is worse. "
" This car can't make it over the break in the road. "
" It can't move forward. "
" It's going to graze the bottom of the car. "
" It scraped the bottom. "
" Vehicles outbound from Mito City. "
" The road is uneven. It's off by about 15 to 20 centimeters. "
" Passing vehicles are moving forward at a crawl. "
" The bottom of the car just scraped the ground. "