Japan's Tsunami (2011)

[AsahinaKimi]

[CatWoman]

1. that was amazing

i couldn't pull myself away from it.

[AsahinaKimi]

2. ikr?

Best one I have found so far.

[TeeYiYi]

3. I never stopped crying...

...from beginning to end of watching that. I must have needed to cry but my heart was just breaking for those people. Again. It's still breaking. After a year, it's still so fresh.

TYY

[AsahinaKimi]

4. As Bonobo san reminded me..

Its been two years now. Things are improving so I have heard, but there are many still in Shelters, and people are not allowed to return to their homes near Fukushima. Some may never be able to return, because of the contamination. There is a video you can watch that refers to after a year;

[TeeYiYi]

5. Where does the time go?...

Thanks AsahinaKimi. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was terrifying to behold. Just shocking. And, with Fukushima, the nightmare just kept coming for those poor terrorized people.

It still haunts me but I had, until today, managed to distance myself through time and geography. The video reminded me that there really is no distance to be had when we are all the same. Just people. Kind, loving, caring, vulnerable people with lives in different locales. I watched that video as though the people retelling their nightmares were my brother, sister or grandmother...

You sure you don't have a video after 6 months?...since I seem to be living in a time warp.

TYY

[AsahinaKimi]

6. Posted in the Asia group

Are several videos from the Japan Tsunami Earthquake. There is also some I posted here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022488303

I was amazed how much I didn't know, despite all the news that occurred then. Much of it came out later.. in various documentaries.