Earthquake + 1 week

Well, it has been one week since the quake and tsunami last week. I'm sure you've all been reading the news so I don't need to repeat that, but here's how it has affected us in general.

The Bad:

There are still aftershocks every hour or so (in different parts of the country).

The Good:

We have only felt two of them and they were small, 3.0 or less.

The Very Bad:

The Fukushima reactor. Itsuki's family lives 60Km from the reactor. They don't seem very good at sharing information or their plans.

The Good:

We are 600-700Km away.


Life has been pretty much normal (in terms of daily routine) but we do watch the news closely every day.

Earthquake / Tsunami Day 2

I promised an update and so here it is...

Well it's been more than a full day and the damages have been coming in all day.

As devastating as it has been, we are lucky to be living far enough away to have felt nothing other than the initial quake. In Toyota, mostly its life as normal, (except for that everyone is glued to the TV watching the updates).

Itsuki's family are still without water, but they do have electricity and are all accounted for. Unfortunately, Itsuki's dad is stuck in Tokyo and still can't get back to help with the clean up.

Aftershocks that had been happening every 10 minutes (magnitude 3.0) for the last 24 hours have now spaced out to about 1 or 2 every hour. Once again we can't feel them because they're small and far away.

Some of you may have also heard about and explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor. The area was evacuated to a 15Km radius in advance and they felt that was a safe distance... so hopefully it will be maintained within that radius. Itsuki's parents, who also live in Fukushima, live a in a very different region nearly 80Km away.

We're hopnig for an end to the quakes so a focus on rescue can be solidified.

More updates to follow.

Safe from Tsunami and Earthquake

Hi all.

I'm sure you've heard the news about the earthquake/tsunami by now.

We are all safe.

Itsuki's family is safe as well, but they were very near the hardest part hit and are without water at the moment.

If you've seen any news footage you'll know that it is very serious and that we were lucky to be away from the coast.

Will keep you updated.