Just a quick note to say that I hope all of my readers from the areas touched by the earthquake/tsunami are safe.
I know Anna and Yoshi are.
I don’t know about anybody else.
My thoughts are with you all.
EDIT (03/12/11 – 9:24PM GMT)): A few people arrived here today apparently looking for information about whether the Earthquake and the Tsunami affected Shikoku, Kagawa and Takamatsu.
Kagawa is located about 800 kilometers (about 500 miles) away from the epicenter and from the news I got, the earthquake couldn’t really be felt at all.
Concerning the tsunami, the Seto Inland Sea is relatively protected from tsunamis as it as an “inland sea” (unless a big earthquake happened right there in the sea, but I don’t know if it is possible) so Kagawa is too. I know there has been several tsunami warnings for the coasts of Tokushima and Kochi Prefectures but I haven’t heard of any damage there.
So basically the people of Shikoku are just like the people from many places in the world (and the Western part of Japan), sad and worried about people in the North-East of Japan, but safe and sound.
Such devastation. Thank goodness for facebook and twitter – I managed to read updates from friends in Japan to know that they are all OK.
My thoughts to all in Japan.
we had trouble getting in contact with family and friends to confirm if they are okay as the phone lines were initially down. the internet stayed strong though so we were able to make contact via skype of all things.
Good… Where are they located?
Yeah, it’s amazing that the internet did shut down at all in Japan! I’m proud of the engineers that installed the cables and all.