[Japan] Earthquake Apocalypse
Yes, I am very much alive.
Our utilities are all spotty, still no gas for heat/cooking yet, but hopefully in the morning. Internet just came up in the dorm, but we're still sheltering in a gym across campus, so I've got to make this quick.
My beloved Morioka is safe, because we're apparently built like a rock, and far enough inland that no tsunami can touch us. We shake, of course -- when it all started on Friday, it shook for three hours straight, and it's barely let up for more than an hour or two since then. There's always another one coming. They're expecting another 7.0 within the next three days. It just never ends. I'm not scared of the earthquakes; I'm scared of the earthquakes never stopping.
But Morioka is safe, even if food is rationed and most of the city is closed down, even if the highways are all closed. To turn on the TV and see Sendai, or Iwate's coastline? It's like a whole other world. But everyone else (on the outside?), you all seem like a different world too. It's so strange. It's only been three days. I just. I can't, you know?
Thanks so much for all your worry and support, guys. May I be so selfish as to ask that you keep it up? And for all of you participating in the relief efforts, Sendai needs it all so badly, and I'm eternally grateful for all of that, too. My beloved Tohoku has gotten hit so hard.
Admittedly, I am not really okay. But there's no helping that, huh, and it could be so, so much worse.
Our utilities are all spotty, still no gas for heat/cooking yet, but hopefully in the morning. Internet just came up in the dorm, but we're still sheltering in a gym across campus, so I've got to make this quick.
My beloved Morioka is safe, because we're apparently built like a rock, and far enough inland that no tsunami can touch us. We shake, of course -- when it all started on Friday, it shook for three hours straight, and it's barely let up for more than an hour or two since then. There's always another one coming. They're expecting another 7.0 within the next three days. It just never ends. I'm not scared of the earthquakes; I'm scared of the earthquakes never stopping.
But Morioka is safe, even if food is rationed and most of the city is closed down, even if the highways are all closed. To turn on the TV and see Sendai, or Iwate's coastline? It's like a whole other world. But everyone else (on the outside?), you all seem like a different world too. It's so strange. It's only been three days. I just. I can't, you know?
Thanks so much for all your worry and support, guys. May I be so selfish as to ask that you keep it up? And for all of you participating in the relief efforts, Sendai needs it all so badly, and I'm eternally grateful for all of that, too. My beloved Tohoku has gotten hit so hard.
Admittedly, I am not really okay. But there's no helping that, huh, and it could be so, so much worse.