Friday, 11 March 2011
Earthquake update
I am very relieved to write that Sanae is safely home and enjoying dinner with Daddy and Cian. Her school is right beside the ocean and after the initial earthquake NHK (Japan's equivalent of RTE), there were initial forecasts of a 6 metre tsunami to hit our part of Hokkaido. Thankfully this didn't come to pass but there are still tsunami warnings in effect and intermittent aftershocks continue to reverberate into the evening.
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Delighted to hear!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are all ok there - the reports on TV here show huge formidable waves swamping coastal areas - frightening....
ReplyDeleteDo you want to go on the radio in Dublin?!? After 14:00 Dublin time?
ReplyDeleteMr. D, I would be happy to go on radio. I already am. See next post. Let me know the details.
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