andsome Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I don't know if your INTERNET connection has been affected or not. I hope that you, your family and friends have not been affected by the earthquake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANEMAN Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yes indeed andsome. Our thoughts go out to all people of Japan.Is it all to do with the "Supermoon" ?Only a few days ago we were joking about a butterfly flapping it's wings in China.The joke about outside influences, - unfortunately now turns to tragedy.More about the Perigree (Super) moon can be found: ** HERE ** and, ** HERE ** Looking forward to hearing from you Pat, and hoping all is well with you and yours.John. (and of course everybody else here at the forum) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Also anybody based in Hawaii or other pacific coast areas experiencing or expecting the Tsunami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yes indeed andsome. Our thoughts go out to all people of Japan.Is it all to do with the "Supermoon" ?Only a few days ago we were joking about a butterfly flapping it's wings in China.The joke about outside influences, - unfortunately now turns to tragedy.More about the Perigree (Super) moon can be found:** HERE ** and,** HERE ** Looking forward to hearing from you Pat, and hoping all is well with you and yours.John. (and of course everybody else here at the forum)Interesting links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I fear we will all feel the effects of this tragedy.I do hope we hear from Pat soon, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I do hope the people of Japan and other countries manage to keep safe and well. I thought Christchurch was bad till I saw this lot on the News. I have a few friends in Christchurch and they have not answered any of my e-mails recently, I can only guess that the power is still out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Pat, I hope that you and yours are well. Stay safe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICK ADSL UK Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I do so hope you and your family are OK pat and will be thinking of you all at this sad and tragic time :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Dear friends,Thank you very much for your concern. We are alright, although a few things are broken (we no longer have any dishes or glasses).In my friend's bookstore (where I do the online project), several thousand books fell down to the floor. It took us the rest of the day to reshelf them.Hundred thousands of people were stranded in Tokyo, as all trains stopped. Food grew scarce very soon; most restaurants couldn't open because the staff couldn't get to work. Supermarket and convenience store shelves were empty. I have never seen empty shelves in Japan before.For us in Tokyo it was more fun than disaster. But for the most affected people in the North it is of course terrible! Especially the damage from the tsunami.But we don't know what will happen in the near future - there were two different earthquakes yesterday. I assumed that the second one was a severe aftershock, but it was indeed a different quake in a different area. Many people expect that another one will happen; more close to Tokyo. But so far we only had aftershocks, every 10 to 15 minutes.For some reason I am unable to upload pictures into my post. I will try again later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I am glad I was unable to post pictures of our broken dishes and glasses; here are some pictures of the real damage after the earthquake and tsunami: http://photos.syracuse.com/4456/gallery/earthquake_hits_japan/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Glad most is well. You must keep that Book Project going.;) I'm sure others will be less anxious as well.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 So glad you and yours are ok. The pictures are just horrific! All the more because we have never had such explicit photos before. With the technology these days we can all get to see what these disasters are really like.We are very lucky in this part of the world to have such temperate conditions............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Good to learn that things aren't too bad for you, Pat. I hope that things will rapidly improve for you and all our other friends in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Great that you made it OK Pat. Pity about all those who didn't. There is NO arguing with nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 More images (from The Japan Times) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2011/nn20110311/index.htmlAftershocks are still frequent, and some people believe that a much bigger one may hit soon.Most people have been able to return home, and Tokyo is very quiet. Supermarket and convenience store shelves are all empty! But electricity, water and gas are working fine. The Internet was never interrupted, but no phones were working yesterday - all networks were overloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Good to see and hear that you and yours are OK, Pat.We are just seeing reports of an explosion at the nuclear plant - very worrying event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Where the hell dose anyone start clearing up that mess? The explosion is potentially very serious. Fingers crossed that the plant can be brought under control soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Very worrying, indeed! Naturally they don't say how much radioactivity has leaked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I can only echo what others have said Pat, I'm pleased you and yours are well. It is a terrible disaster and my heart and thoughts go out to all those that have lost their property and belongings. Especially to the people who have lost a loved one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 The BBC has just been asking several experts exactly the same questions about the reactor, presumably looking for one that'll do a Chicken Little impression and proclaim the sky is about to fall. None of them would play ball and the consensus is that while the reactor is probably finished the health risk is fairly negligible. Not much but amidst all the destruction I suppose it's just about classifiable as good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 The BBC has just been asking several experts exactly the same questions about the reactor, presumably looking for one that'll do a Chicken Little impression and proclaim the sky is about to fall. None of them would play ball and the consensus is that while the reactor is probably finished the health risk is fairly negligible. Not much but amidst all the destruction I suppose it's just about classifiable as good news.The American one got close to saying it might well be a disaster (why do they have to get Americans on British TV) and have been trying really hard to get the others to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 The BBC has just been asking several experts exactly the same questions about the reactor, presumably looking for one that'll do a Chicken Little impression and proclaim the sky is about to fall. None of them would play ball and the consensus is that while the reactor is probably finished the health risk is fairly negligible. Not much but amidst all the destruction I suppose it's just about classifiable as good news.I think they have scoured the depths and found one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICK ADSL UK Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Glad to see your OK pat My very sincerest condolence's go out to you all in this your darkest hours :( :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 It's such a relief to hear that you are OK Pat. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan & other affected areas & all that you are going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 The news seems to get worse each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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