My brother and family are in Kuki just out side of Tokyo , phone lines are down so we cant get through . Im in too much of a state to serch the internet properly for info , dose anyone know how badly Tokyo was hit ? I feel sick .
It would seem that now the Tokai nuclear power plant that is just 40 miles from my brothers house is having problems cooling down and could go into melt down , we have decided that if in the morning they have evacuated the surounding area like the other plant further north we are going to fly my little nephews to the UK. I feel in a daze about all this and i can not keep my eyes off the news channels so forgive me for not moderating for a little while .. Big love xx
Michelle they are all ok , i can tell you that that was the longest 3 hours of my life this morning , watching devastation on the news and just having a recorded japanise message on the phone , i went in to pure panic . I actauly cant stop crying this evening its the shock , i have just spoken to my mum and she has been the same . If you have seen the pitcures of the tsunarmi .. well its just awlful . xx
Google aids Japan quake victims -- Google has launched a version of its Person Finder service for people caught up in the Japanese earthquake. The website acts as a directory and message board so people can look for lost loved ones or post a note saying they are safe. Below the link for the google crisis response hotline...
Sending prayers that all is well for your family and that you can connect...
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Japan's capital, Tokyo, about 186 miles from the epicenter, was badly rattled. "Across the road there's a tenement block. It's swaying horrifically, so much so, in fact, that it looks like a miniature, as though it's been subjected to tilt shift photo technology," wrote one woman, who was live-blogging from Tokyo. "I can't quite compute seeing a building doing that." After the quake, massive crowds in Tokyo gathered outside of major stations as trains and subways came to a halt. People stood in shock. Some cried and others hugged.
Traffic in my neighborhood of Shibuya was paralyzed during the quake. One taxi driver told me he thought he had a flat tire when his vehicle began to shake. "That must have been the biggest one I've ever felt," he said worriedly while trying to telephone his relatives up north. I then noticed a long line forming in front of a lone public phone. It was a bizarre site in this mobile-crazed society and confirmed my fear that land-lines are likely the only reliable telephone service available. Stepping out into the street I saw a growing line in front of a convenience store as people rushed to buy food, water and other necessities. The store manager said some supplies are running short and that chargers for mobile phones have sold out.
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More than four million buildings in Tokyo and surrounding areas reportedly lost power soon after the quake. Hundreds of thousands of people in the city of 13 million have been left stranded after train and subway services were suspended. East Japan Railway Company says it stopped train operations, including the Shinkansen bullet trains, although no major damage has been reported so far. The Tokyo Metro subway has also been suspended all operations. Company officials say it will take time to check the safety of all tunnels before resuming operations. The Transport Ministry said that Tokyo's two airports, Narita and Haneda, had closed its runways, and the Nuclear Power Security Agency reported that the five nuclear power plants in northeastern Japan were shut down.
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At an electronics store TV display I stood in shock with strangers as we watched live coverage of a tsunami sweeping across rice fields, bridges, cars attempting to escape and hundreds of homes in northern Japan. We all agreed it was the first time we've witnessed a natural disaster of this scale in Japan. "Do you think this is the 'big one' we've been expecting," I asked. "Maybe there's more to come," said one young woman fearfully as an aftershock rolled under our feet. We fear the full extent of the damage has yet to unfold.
— With reporting by Emily Rauhala/Hong Kong
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Ok all safe and well .. thank god ! they where in the computer room when it hit which is their earthquate room ie no windows etc .. there is damage but all safe and well.. my goodness .. my goodness im watching on the news this is huge .. my prayers go out this morning .xx
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