Big earthquake in Japan

[Atredies]

oh my goodness. this is very bad. the aftermath will be worse than one could ever imagine.

earthquakes are everywhere. more often in the pacific how new zealand is now a shady zone. i am also worried about the new madrid fault line at home.

[Tsuruneru]

Osaka seems alright but im still worried for the rest of the country. I have friends and family out there and have not heard back from any of them.

[VincentCross]

I hope Charlotte is OK. shes my childhood friend she is currently in ohta. anyone know what the seen is like in that area please let me know. i cant seem to get in touch with her still and its been long time i thought for sure she would have answered by now.

[Asher]

Japan: 88,000 Missing People

[VincentCross]

not good at all not good. i dont like those numbers. hell with it im pulling out my money now and takeing the first flight to JP i can get. I have to go find my friends. and make sure my grandmothers vaca house in Kasukabe is ok.

[RobinMask]

Originally Posted by VincentCross

not good at all not good. i dont like those numbers. hell with it im pulling out my money now and takeing the first flight to JP i can get. I have to go find my friends. and make sure my grandmothers vaca house in Kasukabe is ok.

I hope they are okay, but it may be hard finding a flight . . . Sendai is underwater, and Narita has only just reopened and has a huge backlog of people to get out. It may be best to wait. The worst seems to be over, soon enough phones and the like will be back on and your loved ones will be able to reassure you that they are fine. Plus it may be very difficult to find accomodation in the current situation.

[VincentCross]

Originally Posted by RobinMask

I hope they are okay, but it may be hard finding a flight . . . Sendai is underwater, and Narita has only just reopened and has a huge backlog of people to get out. It may be best to wait. The worst seems to be over, soon enough phones and the like will be back on and your loved ones will be able to reassure you that they are fine. Plus it may be very difficult to find accomodation in the current situation.

Crap your right. also I'm wondering if this will screw with my 2 week vaca i have planned. I'm supposed to leave a month or so from now. hope everything will be fixed by then.

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by Asher

Japan: 88,000 Missing People

This figure is being passed around, and is assumed to be some sort of confusion between the *88* confirmed dead at the time the article was posted, the 8000 self defense force people sent for aid, and the 18,000 houses estimated to have been destroyed. There are also some who suspect the figure came from the number of people trying to contact others through the NTT emergency contact service, or the number currently estimated to be somewhere other than their homes (ie. in shelters, at friends or relatives, or just plain stuck at work because the trains were stopped and it was too far to walk.)

There is NO confirmation of 88,000 people missing. There are estimates of 400~500 dead, but only 100 something confirmed at this point and about 200 more who have not been identified (tsunami casualties).

[SgtBeavis]

My wife and I were planning to leave for Tokyo on Wednesday. Obviously we're going to postpone now. American Airlines' website states that any flight scheduled from March 11-18 will now be able to depart on March 25th at the earliest. I expect this will change since the situation if very fluid. I plan to call on Monday to make any changes.

I'm just relieved that my In-laws are OK and we can reach them via Skype.

[VincentCross]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

This figure is being passed around, and is assumed to be some sort of confusion between the *88* confirmed dead at the time the article was posted, the 8000 self defense force people sent for aid, and the 18,000 houses estimated to have been destroyed. There are also some who suspect the figure came from the number of people trying to contact others through the NTT emergency contact service, or the number currently estimated to be somewhere other than their homes (ie. in shelters, at friends or relatives, or just plain stuck at work because the trains were stopped and it was too far to walk.)

There is NO confirmation of 88,000 people missing. There are estimates of 400~500 dead, but only 100 something confirmed at this point and about 200 more who have not been identified (tsunami casualties).

why havnt they Sent The ACE Emergency relife group to help? the Air crisis emergency rielf group. or ACE relief. they should be launching UH60s from ACE building in okinawa.