They are safe. My japanese friends, one in Osaka. The other in Yokohama wrote this: "I was walking toward the bank when the earthquake occurred. I would not walk straight and waited it stopped. Although I kept walking, several quakes occurred. The electricity was cut, the bank was dark and ATM did not work. The traffic light was off. When I got back home, my daughter was home alone so scared, but prepared evacuation with backpack full of warm clothes, drinks and snacks. We did not have to leave home, stayed home with flash lights and candles without electricity even till dark. The only information we could get was from the radio powered by (my) hand. Because all the trains stopped, my son had to come home on foot. When the electricity got back on and watched TV, we were horrified what had been happened in Tohoku Area... "
We may have the most sophisticated equipments but mother nature is still unpredictable.
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The devastation is just too scary! It just brought back memories of the Kobe earthquake in 1995 - but that one wasnt coupled with a tsunami. My heart goes out to all Japanese affected.wilies
SAHM:
Making matter worst is the danger from the nuclear reactor. It's truly very anxious time and I have friends now in Niseko, Hokkaido on a skiing holiday. Wonder how they are taking in all these.
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