5,000 Dead or Missing After Quake (2,000 Wash Up on Beaches in One Town)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Kyodo

5,000 Dead or Missing After Quake

Three days after Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, more than 5,000 people are dead or missing—and The New York Times says, police officials are “certain” that more than 10,000 people have died. On Monday, 2,000 bodies washed up on two separate beaches in Miyagi. The number of actual missing is also much higher than the official number: In the town of Minamisanriku, for example, the local government has been unable to contact 10,000 people, which is half the local population.

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/5000-dead-or-missing-after-quake/death-toll/?cid=cs:headline2

[Overseas]

1. Sad K&R.

They have been coping really well. Japanese TV has been giving very detailed updates about what has been happening and why. Lots of facts from all over the country.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. I am very grateful for the Japan online tv station.

Here is link for anyone who wants it:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[Overseas]

7. Me too.

And TV stations broadcasting in Japanese too, are full of details and designed to keep people as calm as possible when facing enormous struggles. It helps me cope to watch them.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Nature's fire sale--with a little human help.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Did you see

the news item about the old boy who was found alive 9 miles out at sea clinging to the roof of a house.
He'd been at sea for two days.

[SemperEadem]

5. how horribly heartbreaking

all of those poor families affected by this disaster. Very, very sad.

[fascisthunter]

6. o.m.g.

if there are any readers here who happen to be from Japan or have relatives, friends, etc, please accept my condolences. Most Americans are with you... do NOT think the ugliness represents us all, it doesn't.