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Date Posted: 07:10:45 03/11/11 Fri
Author: Valerie
Subject: Japan Earthquake

Please keep the nation of Japan in your thoughts and prayers after the recent devastating 8.9 earthquake!

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[> Re: Japan Earthquake -- BC, 10:36:24 03/11/11 Fri

- just watched a video regarding the earthquake and flooding Valerie.
- joining you and others in prayers for those in Japan!

and, I believe there still may be some warnings posted for areas along the west coast of the U.S. as well?!
- praying for everyone's safety in those areas also!
- BC


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[> [> Re: Japan Earthquake -- LauraG, 11:03:58 03/11/11 Fri

We had a tsunami watch, but very little action. My thoughts are with all those in Japan including a few friends both there and in Hawaii. All the turmoil, both natural and man-made from Australia and New Zealand to Libya and Wisconsin (not to mention good ol' Charlie Sheen) makes the world seem so very small and fragile.
I guess that is what is always worth remembering. In the scheme of things the Earth IS small and fragile and we are all connected by both the joys and the sorrows.
I had a dream last night about going out to the ocean to watch the tsunami and finding Stewart and many others of you doing the same thing. As we watched, the whales and other sea creatures got caught up in the turmoil as well. In each moment there was both joy and sorrow and great fear, but what I remember most was the sense of feeling connected and really feeling EVERYTHING.
Our lives are so full of barriers; barriers we put between ourselves and others, artificial barriers we call borders, barriers between people different than us.... It's too bad that it seems to take disasters to topple them for us. Like earthquakes, they shake us out of our comfort zones.

LauraG


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[> [> [> Re: Japan Earthquake -- Brittany, 12:48:12 03/11/11 Fri

That was beautiful, Laura :) With all the evil and bad stuff out there, it is such a sad thing that there isn't more love. That is something we can control, but sadly so many of us chose hate or indifference. I mean that generally and am not talking about anyone here.


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[> [> [> re: Japan Earthquake -- BC, 16:04:58 03/11/11 Fri

I'm thankful you're alright LauraG!
- and, I'm guessing that AnnW is safe and sound since ya'll both live relatively close to one another?!
- hoping Stewart is OK too!
- BC

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[> Notes from friends -- LauraG, 17:11:41 03/11/11 Fri

Thought you might like to get a flavor of the action from those close to it.

From Hawaii (North shore Oahu)

We are fine so far. Likely soon ocean side neighbors will be coming up
the hill. The sirens have gone off twice now. The fire truck is
making the rounds of Lanikai with loud speakers advising people to move
to higher ground. Your news is likely the same as ours. 3 AM our
time for the wave(s). We shall see. I am sure we are fine up here.

Puna, Amber, Jason and the boys are sleeping. (napping) We will all
be up before long. We have been glued to the TV for a while.

Wish us luck and safe times all around the Pacific tonight.
Love,
Cosette

From Tokyo, Japan

Thanks for the email. We are fine just a little shaken up, literally
and figuratively. I have to admit this was one scary earthquake. The
epicenter was about 200 mile NE of us, off the coast. We're in Tokyo and we really felt it here. I was at home, Aozora was at school, and Terumi was at work on the 17th floor of a downtown skyscraper. After the shaking stopped (it was a really long quake, 1-2 minutes of serious shaking and lots of aftershocks) I headed over to the school to pick Aozora up and he was fine. Other than a quick text message right when the earthquake started, we didn't hear from Terumi for several hours, not until she got home. She walked because the trains weren't running and the phones were all jammed up so she couldn't call. In fact she and I are just now receiving text messages that we sent to each other 5 or 6 hours earlier. We are feeling several smaller quakes each hour, just had a really strong about 10 minutes ago. Now that we are all together things are much better, being apart and unable to communicate was really hard. Anyhow, we're doing OK now. Hope you are well.

Cheers,
Curt

I'm so glad my friends are well.

LauraG


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[> [> Re: Notes from friends -- Valerie, 18:00:48 03/11/11 Fri

I'm so glad your friends are all right, Laura!!


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[> [> [> Friends in Santa Cruz -- Debbie S., 20:12:39 03/11/11 Fri

I got the following from a friend in Santa Cruz. I know they live in the mountains near Santa Cruz, away from the beach, but I was afraid Kirk would go down to the harbor to watch the waves and get photos! I think his wife probably put her foot down! She is used to having to do that! LOL!

"My dear brother called to see if we were OK and yes we are OK. We are at 380' elevation at our house. Santa Cruz harbor is quite a mess. No, I did not go down to watch - I was a good boy and stayed away."

My thoughts and prayers are with those in Japan and other area.

Debbie


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