Japanese Earthquake and Tsnumani

It is absolutely tragic. Unbelievable. The footage on the news is heartwrenching, especially now withthe trouble with the nuclear plants too, I think we are only just seeing and hearing the lowest figures of fatalities and injuries and the numbers will continue to rise. It is absolutely devastating.

I have watched the events in Japan with disbelief. It just shows how we as humans are not in control despite efforts to tame the forces, the elements. Nature, which most times we are appreciative of, can hit with a vengeance when we least expect it. Obliterate human activity. A sobering thought....

I once had the pleasure to know a Japanese Police Officer from the Sendai region and I hope he and his family were survivors. My deepest sympathy goes out to the families, and there are many thousands, who have lost loved ones, friends, and homes.

It is a terrible tragedy and I sort of feel wrong and guilty at watching some of the footage, its so heartbreaking and yet it has to be reported, especially the situation re the nuclear plant dangers . I would imagine it will take Japan a very long time to reccover from this, poor people x

The tv coverage showing events unfolding in Japan have been truly shocking and deeply upsetting.

Nigel

I too knew a japnese person from my work, and he was in England for 3 years before having to retrun to Japan. We swopped a pair of his shoes that I loved for a commemorative mug of some description that was in those days 60 years old. My thoughts are constantly thinking of him and his family at the moment and hoping and praying that they are safe. I hope that the news may improve in the next few days, but I fear not. My friend desperately wanted to stay in the UK, as he was able to enjoy a lovely house and garden and good golf!!!! aqnd he would be returning to a very compact housing arrangement with Japanese working regimes which were a lot tougher than ours. How I wish he could have remained, now I await news from him. How I feel for all everybody out there, and it does make me feel so utterly helpless.