3 die, over 100 injured in repair attempts in storm-hit Chiba Pref

As for people getting up on their roofs... Come on, people. Be safe, not stupid. Get people who know what they are doing to help.

But you can't fault people for helping out and trying. The government isn't doing a thing. So, neighbors and other kind people have lent their support and help. Unfortunately, accidents happen. The three that did die are three out of thousands who are going on top of either their roofs or others to help fend off the rain.

It's like blaming the businessman who died being stabbed by the crazy man at a bus stop as he was trying to save the lives of the students waiting there. He wasn't trained in hand-to-hand combat, but he risked his life to save the lives of others.

These people have obviously been waiting for professional help, but help doesn't come. So should they just let the next storm come and flood their homes and them with it? Or, should they do something about it? Death is a possibility either way.

"Abe told Morita that the government is doing its utmost."

Yeah, same as they did for the STILL 50,000 in shelters from 2011. Sure, they got the Olympics on the backs of the sufferers, but "doing it's utmost"? That's not saying much then or now. Keep in mind, they own 51% of TEPCO, so I think they only thing they are doing the utmost towards is damage control.

As for people getting up on their roofs... Come on, people. Be safe, not stupid. Get people who know what they are doing to help.

Of course, it's so easy for us living outside of the disaster area to say what these people should or should not do. But I'm pretty sure these people have called for help, but help doesn't come. They wait and wait but no one comes, and meanwhile, more storms come along threatening to drench their roofless homes. I'm sure there comes a point when they made the decision to try fixing their roof themselves, or to patch them up because they can't stand another drenching from the rain. It's a tough decision: Play it safe and wait for help to come, but face the possibility of having your house flooded with rain, which would damage the structure of your house, or take the risk to fix the roof yourself.

Just call the guy.

What the hell is a 94 year old man doing climbing up on a roof? I get the fact that he THINKS he can do it, and probably did it a hundred times over the course of his life, but this should never have happened!