Chiba power outage affects agriculture in the mountains September 22 17:55
Although it has been two weeks since the damage caused by Typhoon No. 15, agriculture has been affected in some areas in the mountains of Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture, where blackouts continued until the 22nd.
In the Arakawa area in the mountains of Minamiboso City, power outages continued for nearly two weeks in over 10 households due to the effects of a strong wind and falling trees.
Mr. Joji Suzuki (59), a rice farmer who lives in this area, said that during the harvest season, his home and workplace were out of power, and rice harvesting and shipping could be affected.
For this reason, Mr. Suzuki purchased two private power generators for approximately 170,000 yen and has been supplying power for refrigerators and other equipment that maintain the combine and store rice.
The generator alone is not enough power, the machine that processes into rice flour cannot be used, and the processed goods that are the pillars of income could not be shipped, and the fuel cost of the private generator has already reached about 50,000 yen That is.
Electricity was finally restored before 5:00 pm on the 22nd, but Mr. Suzuki said, “Processed products could not be shipped and the expenses were high.