Mar 16

Earthquake Updates by Prefecture 03.16.11

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JET Taylor Anderson (Ishinomaki) - still unaccounted for

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10:42 am NY time, Wed Mar 18

Unaccounted for JETs

*10:08 pm – Nothing new to report unfortunately.  I’ve been checking the “Foreigners from Miyagi” and “Sendai Earthquak Family & Friends Link” and checking with other sources.  But no new info on unaccounted for JETs.

*Ngaroma Riley – possibly a JET.  Was contacted by a journalist from New Zealand trying to get in touch with her.  Said she’s a colleague of Iain Campbell who is a JET in Sendai (and who has been doing great work in trying to gather info on unaccounted for JETs).

Still some unaccounted for JETs to my knowledge including  Taylor Anderson (despite earlier reports that she was located) and Monty Dickson.  Email jetwit [at] jetwit.com with additional info/updates as well as any photos or things you would like to share about them.

General

AJET Peer Support Group:  http://ajet.net/psg/index.php?title=AJET_Peer_Support_Group “”Some advice from PSG and TELL for those who are hosting someone from an affected area -or just talking to friends who were affected- listen if someone wants to talk, but avoid bringing it up and watching endless news coverage about it. And if it’s not something that you can deal with yourself, encourage them to seek other counseling services.”

Ambassador Roos Tweet – U.S. citizens in need of emergency assistance: E-mail JapanEmergencyUSC@ http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab86zYOveq0P2idaeeKYNtivJQ/state.gov with detailed information on location and contact info.

Fukushima

6:53 am NY time – “on nhk, governor of fukushima now asking the government and tepco to provide them with more prompt and correct information”

Miyagi/Sendai

Kesennuma: Japanese blog out of Kesennuma.  Has links to photos of lists of people posted on boards, I think in survivor centers.  http://d.hatena.ne.jp/issey-kumagai/

Sendai: “a group of Pakistan Nationals have set up a curry Kitchen in Sendai.”

From JET Grek Lekich who is very active on the Foreigners From Miyagi FB group):  “Hey everyone, Iain and I are about ready to get our survivor map project off the ground – I’ve made a Google map that should be open for anyone to pin addresses on. If you’d like to check on someone that can’t be contacted electronically and have their address, please pin it on the map and we’ll periodically check to see if we have anyone in the area who can go by on a bike and check on the person. There are still large parts of Miyagi blacked out but hopefully this will work.”  http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=205286723764819867317.00049e7b2caf5f9d4184a&z=4

Shiogama: video taken by someone walking around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8E40vlC-c&feature=player_embedded

7:28 am – Mont-bell (Japanese Outdoor gear Company) is settling up the volunteer station in Sendai and asking for donating food,gas stove, tents and sleeping bags if you have one at home.  tent,Sleeping bag,Gasstove,food,milk for babies,diaper,sanitary pads, musk and underwear(newones)
** Futon is not acceptable. Theu need to bring it on foot if they can’t deliver stuff by car because of road condition.

Address: Montbell Outdoor Rescue Team

361-2 Hakuishijikemachi
Ishikawa, 925-0003 Japan
〒925-0003
石川県羽咋市寺家町361-2　モンベル内　アウトドア義援隊
Tel: 0767-22-6292
http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab860LDIL3j0RP1iqUbPmEcarw/www.4shared.com/dir/CZrZ4nbD/sharing.html

Iwate

“Talked to some guys who made it into Morioka from the coast yesterday. They had the best advice on what people who wanted to help from far away could do I have heard yet.

Prepare a bag with warm clothes, water, non-perishable food, can opener, medication, copies of important documents, maybe a flash drive of photo albums, or anything you can’t live without for 3 days, and keep it ready in case you have to evacuate. Check it and rotate the stock periodically. There are too many stories of loved ones going back to their homes to save belongings and never coming back again. Stuff is just stuff. Lives can not be replaced.

In your own communities, know what your local risks are, and prepare for them. If you work in schools, make sure drills are done regularly and your students are educated and well rehearsed in what to do in an emergency before one ever occurs. Know the evacuation areas near your home and work, and make sure your neighbors and co-workers do as well. One of the guys was with his class when the earthquake happened, and he said he was amazed at how orderly everyone evacuated. The students had been drilled, knew what to do, and where to evacuate, and did so orderly.

This is what saves lives, not heroics after the fact.”

Tokyo

Tongue in cheek commentary on the “shortages” in Tokyo:  “Food Crisis in Tokyo!” – hopefully provides a bit of perspective

From a JET alum in Tokyo:  “While we are not directly hit in Tokyo and other parts in this area, for example, the psychological impact is huge. Beyond the news reports, long lines at gas stations and bottled water, toilet paper, milk and other key items being gone from the shelves create a kind of panic. The ongoing nuclear reactor news is really frightening, to say the least.”

6:53 am NY time – From a translator in Tokyo: “I happen to be in Tokyo this week. I have a desk in an office in Otemachi (those who know me should no where). The lights have been turned off in the corridors. Some departments have been told to go home early, wherever possible. Some of the elevators and escalators have been turned off. I had lunch at the Chinese restaurant downstairs yesterday – but they had run out of rice because everyone was buying bento. Today some customers at the next table were refused oomori for their rice because the restaurnt is rationing rice. Tonight I went to a restaurant with a Michelin Star with my ‘boss’ and the two of us were the only reservation.”

Saitama

“Saitama-City is recording radiation each hour. See the link for the numbers. For reference, the normal amount of radiation humans receive is 0.03 microsieverts/hr. Saitama city at 20:00 measured 0.067/hr. A banana has 0.099 microsieverts (ref: Wikipedia Banana Equivalent Dose).”  http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/page/housyasenryou.html

Aichi/Nagoya

7:26 am “For those in the Nagoya area, you might consider connecting with HOPE International Development Agency Japan either via their FB page or at http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab86bAMKWUrs7WOv–KKv92X_g/www.hope.or.jp/en/index.php HOPE announced today the goal of sending 50,000 blankets ASAP to Tohoku survivors. Both in kind and monetary donations needed.” www.hope.or.jp