the email from a friend in Tokyo I have been waiting for all day.

[MrsBrady]

I sent him an email this morning as soon as I heard. I have been very worried.
I was not so much worried about their death, but I had worried he would get stuck on the train, or whatever hardship, etc...
They are ok for now. I've emailed him back, and will post a 2nd response when I get it. This is a mass email he sent out.
He is Japanese. We were college buddies. He dated another Japanese student and she was my roommate.
At the same time, he lived with a childhood friend that is like a brother to me.
At one point, we were all in the same co-ed dorm. very fun.
He is married with 3 young children, and one is 5 months old.
:cry: I must have checked my email on my iphone 500 times today.


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Hi to all,

Thanks for caring me.
As you know, we have a big earthquake yesterday. It was the biggest in Japan history. I was in western Tokyo area and had business meeting with my customer.
We, Japanese, are used to have earthquake, but this one was totally different. The biggest of my life. All the tall building were really shaking and could not stand up. And you cannot recognize you become suddenly dizzy from earthquake.
Every train sopped. So I had to walk to my home. And it took about 4.5 hours with suit and leather shoes. But I was lucky. Other people were pushing carts, caring babies, walking hi-heels, and walked more than 6 hours...

And the desperate area is east northern part of Japan. Some town were hit by tsunami. And all people in that town was just swallowed by tsunami. the news source says 200 to 300 dead bodies on the ground, but we cannot reach there....

Hope those people are safe and OK.

Anyway, myself and my family, all are OK.

Thank you for all to send email to me. This is just heart warm things to us.

We all know worst news are coming more and the future is dark now. But It is our turn to get strong and show our real spirits.

Some day I would like to talk about this incident with some jokes, my friend!!
Hope you all are well.

[dhill926]

1. Great!

I also JUST heard from a friend of mine just outside Tokyo. What a coincidence! All ok for now.

[MrsBrady]

4. i know...

what a relief. glad for you too. :hi:

[EFerrari]

2. I'm so glad you heard from your friend.

:grouphug:

[MrsBrady]

3. thank you for the hugs

my husband had "cry shoulder duty" the moment he got home...
and he opened a bottle of wine. so I'm feeling better.

[EFerrari]

14. My whole family was at the Giants' game during Loma Prieta.

I couldn't get anyone for hours. The waiting is awful.

[bigwillq]

5. What great news.

At least they're ok. :hug:

[MrsBrady]

6. yes....

thanks :)

[Kali]

7. I teared up, thanks for sharing that.

I spent a couple of weeks in Tokyo when I was young. Some good memories.

[MrsBrady]

8. he keeps inviting me...well, now me and my husband...

he's been inviting me to come and sleep at their home and visit Japan.
i would love to, but we just don't have the money. Aggravating.
:hi:

[Solly Mack]

9. Thank you for sharing this!

Good thoughts to your friends and to you!

[MrsBrady]

10. thank you

:)

[Lady President]

11. Received similar email from my cousin

The family has been waiting on pins and needles all day, but we received the "alls well" email from my cousin in Toyko a couple hours ago. He didn't completely understand how bad things were until he left for the day and figured out that he was going to need to walk home. He's on the 5th floor of a huge office complex designed to withstand earthquakes and the building shook for several minutes.

Coincidentally, another of my cousins was in Indonesia for the tsunami in 2004. She was fine, but there was no communication in or out for several days after the quake.

[MrsBrady]

13. glad all is well

:)

[Hannah Bell]

12. kr

[otohara]

15. Just recieved email from sister-in-law

they are safe.

It was so weird last night, my husband came home around 10:30PM from work and said, "let's go to Japan in May" - his mom was recently in the hospital and we need to go see her. I was all excited, it's been years since I've been to Japan. Then we turned on the tube and got the bad news...

It's making me crazy hearing the talking heads say over and over - The Japanese are use to this.