The Aftermath

It's been 2 days since an 8.9 earthquake struck Japan, as well as, a 25 foot tsunami that created even more devastation...There are many fires still raging in Japan, including one massive fire consuming a Tokyo Oil refinery...Nuclear fears are a continuous plague on our recovery efforts...There is somwhere between 6 to 2.5 million without power...people are lining up to collect groceries,water, and fuel which is starting to become very scarce...The death toll hovers around 801 with tens of thousands unaccounted for....We are still experiencing many aftershocks every few hours...and in all of this the pictures of destruction and stories of stranded people keep of us clinging to the news for hope and progress...

Being  on an American base makes me fortunate but still effected. My worst fear is for the current nuclear situation. We are in danger of mass expossure to radiation if the reactors continue to fail and meltdown....I have no idea how bad it has to be before the military evacuates us but I'm not willing to wager too much of a gamble with my sons health in effect with this....At the same time I feel so conflicted because I want to volunteer in some way to help with the recovery but the risk has validated any paranoia that I might have. So we pray, watch, and wait for anything and everything to happen... 

I have posted some video links in connection to the earthquake and myself...as well as something humorous to lighten the mood.


Video I took of Japanese News covering the nuclear fears here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk1QSlZuY9o



     A brief video taken during the earthquake at Camp Zama PX, 15 minutes from my house in Sagamihara.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bujeSHlpp24

My sister Tab, in Oklahoma, typed in the driving directions to Japan and it told her to kayak across the pacific ocean LOL. It would take 35 days!


                                                          Please continue to pray for Japan.