Friday, March 11, 2011

8.9 Earthquake, Tsunami

At 5:30 this morning, we were awakened by a "reverse 911" phone call: an emergency service that alerted us to a tsunami warning created by earthquakes in Japan of magnitude 8.9. We are unable to reach our friends in Tokyo, Yokohama, Shizuoka, Choshi and Kamisu. We pray that they and their loved ones are well.

We can do little but check FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube feeds for information. As the day progressed, we collected these links. Please share what information you have.


James Harada's blog and twitter feed from Kamisu, Ibaraki-ken
http://twitter.com/#!/jimkenhara
http://jimkenhara.wordpress.com/

Video of tsunami surge at Sendai
http://www.cdrole.fr/video-drole.php?vids=Video-exclusive-de-larrivee-du-Tsunami-sur-les-cotes-du-Japon

Japan Society of Northern California's relief effort
http://give2asia.org/japansociety



4 comments:

Lauraven Dodd said...

I got an email from Midori-san saying that she is OK, and so is Noriko-san. She said that she had very little breakage in her home.

hollymharvey said...

Friends in Kamisu are OK. They spent two days without utilities, had damage around Kashima Central Hotel. Still having aftershocks.

Anonymous said...

LookingFor a family..can you help? Yuko takashima she is married with a son , 8.she may have daughter too.I have found her image on google people finder.no news.from your area..kamisu, machi

hollymharvey said...

Anonymous, Please check with your city office, perhaps they can help. Best of luck finding your friends.