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inkcharm_666

Quake/Tsunami

Mar 11, 2011 16:59

I'm worried right now. I'm sure everyone of you heard of it already - there has been an 8.9 earthquake in Japan, causing not only one of the worst natural disasters in Japan in the last 140 years, but also causing a tsunami that has hit Japan, Hawaii and apparently just hit California. There are nuclear power plants in emergency states, the death ( Read more... )

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luminous_vibe March 11 2011, 18:49:32 UTC

Southern California is fine, we don't really expect much higher than 1 or 2 feet of wave today, I don't know how bad it is in the north but my brother says his area up there is fine too. I don't think anyone's died or anything here at any rate, just property damage.

I'm praying for the ones in Japan though. I have a few friends there I haven't heard from yet. :(

inkcharm_666 March 11 2011, 20:51:28 UTC

Thank you for the update. I heard from my other friend in LA, and I'm glad that Cali didn't get hit too hard so far.

I'm sending good thoughts to your friends in Japan, I hope they are just cut off from communications but otherwise fine *hugs*

luminous_vibe March 11 2011, 21:01:26 UTC

I actually heard from my friends a few minutes ago and they're fine. :) I'm still praying for everyone there but I think for now the people I know are accounted for.

plain_ornament March 11 2011, 19:48:32 UTC

for some reason i can't stop crying right now. the moment i read that the boys were safe, the bubble burst. i have yet to write to the people i know; chiho went back to japan only a month ago.

inkcharm_666 March 11 2011, 20:07:17 UTC

I've been crying ever since I saw the news - and I saw them right after getting up. It pains me to not have heard from some people I know, so I'll just keep hoping they're okay. It was comforting to know that at least the boys are fine. Still I can't stop worrying about everything that is happening, especially because the aftermath is yet to come...

plain_ornament March 11 2011, 20:16:14 UTC

*hugs*
i've been busy all day and only learned of it by chance a few hours ago - while going through maths homework with my friend and litsening to the radio at the same time, which usually neither of us does.

i've just written to mao, aya and chiho. and am praying to each and any deity out there that the power plant won't collapse.

inkcharm_666 March 11 2011, 20:54:13 UTC

I hope they are okay. One of my friends had a long layover in Tokyo on her way to Singapore, but we don't know when that was, where she is right now, and if she's okay. It worries me. Miho-sensei apparently is in Japan right now too for spring holiday, and I am worried sick. One of the guys in my Japanese class is engaged to a woman living in Tokyo... it's... sickening to realize how connected you are to the catastrophe even if you yourself are far away. I just hope everyone is alright.

They are currently thinking of releasing radioactive fumes to avoid a collapse... I'm sick to my stomach just thinking about what's going on there rn...

chibi_chibi_cha March 11 2011, 21:49:43 UTC

This earthquake has been horrible....its devestating to watch it all unfold on the news. Im glad to hear that so many people are ok.

I cant believe though how many natural disasters have occured in this part of the world this year. Floods and TC Yasi in QLD, The earthquake that hit Christchurch, now Japans earthquake.

My thoughts are with everyone atm.I hope you hear from everyone and that they are safe. Thats the worst thing about these disasters the wait *big hugs*

killingsound March 12 2011, 01:20:25 UTC

It's a very upsetting situation. I read a story on tumblr about a mother and her children who were saved by a stranger, who ended up being swept away (and presumably crushed by a particular oncoming car). I had managed to distance myself from the issue of human tragedy until I read that story, but the idea of a man giving up his life for three complete strangers really moved me. Just thinking about it again, I find tears in my eyes.

The weather is so beautiful here today. The waves were low on the beach. It's ideal. I want to go out and enjoy the day, but it's impossible when just on the other side of the ocean, people's lives are being torn up.

Every time a disaster like this strikes, I don't know what to do. The world has become so globalized so it's impossible not to care. And it very easily could have been me or my friends or my family. LA is waiting for its Big Earthquake; we are always "due" for one of the same magnitude that hit Japan. If I live here long enough, it almost certainly will be me.

inkcharm_666 March 12 2011, 01:24:10 UTC

*hugs you tight*

I read that same story just a while ago. It really reminds you that behind those big numbers thrown around on the news and the far-away-pictures of it all there are individual lives and individual stories affected. It's made me cry, too.

I was worried for you because I just kept hearing LA would be hit but didn't know how badly. I'm glad that nothing majorly bad happened.

I want to do something to help Japan, even though I can't do much. Everything kind of feels surreal today with that going on... it feels so far away and yet so close at the same time.

*clings* I don't want it to be you.

belabellissima March 12 2011, 03:09:40 UTC

I can't believe the effect of it has reached all the way to California! I hope everyone there will be safe &hearts Hope your friends check in soon and that they are ok.

Heard the death toll has gone over 1000 now - it's really awful :(

Hopefully there will be plenty of support for Japan and the other places that have been affected!! My dad's been stuck at work for like 24 hours already, sending out planes for aid and stuff. :)