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fanman · 03-28-2011, 10:51 PM

^That's an awesome idea you and your mother have hulkrogan. Big kudos to you guys! There are many people who need those kinds of things. The tempurature farther north has been about -1 lately, and no heat or power. I'm sure the people will love the quilts.

In many shelters they can only give people one onigiri(rice ball) and one candy per day, per person. Lots of children becoming sick from excessive stress too. Still crazy up there.

My area has calmed down quite a bit. Gasoline is still a little sparse, but the food stocks in stores is almost back to normal. All the businesses here have also been trying to help conserve power, and are leaving their lights off during daylight hours. They also aren't running any displays that use power. Most of the trains are running now, but most are operating with half of their scheduled times. At least people can get to work, and move around again.

I was just helping out in my city with a collection drive to send items up north. They collected clothing, towels, blankets, kid's toys, perishable food items, etc. I was just helping them sort all the stuff into piles so it can be trucked up north. There was a huge amount of stuff to sort through, they probably need at least 2 big trucks to send it all. We'll probably have another go at it in about a week, as people are still dropping stuff off too. I'm impressed with all the people stepping up here to donate money or clothing, or volunteer their time to help out in some way. So I couldn't pass up the chance to do something!

Here's a few videos from some news stations here in Japan. Sorry I don't know how to embed, and it's in Japanese. If anyone's interested:

This first one is a view of one of the tsunamis from inside the airport:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iD...eature=fvwkrel

These are various news clips and home videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgkXj...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKyhW...feature=relmfu

2 Part video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfLEK...feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJ-s...feature=relmfu

Hope everyone in Japan is doing alright now. Take care guys!

03-28-2011, 10:51 PM	#856
fanman First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sagami Bay, Japan Exp:	^That's an awesome idea you and your mother have hulkrogan. Big kudos to you guys! There are many people who need those kinds of things. The tempurature farther north has been about -1 lately, and no heat or power. I'm sure the people will love the quilts. In many shelters they can only give people one onigiri(rice ball) and one candy per day, per person. Lots of children becoming sick from excessive stress too. Still crazy up there. My area has calmed down quite a bit. Gasoline is still a little sparse, but the food stocks in stores is almost back to normal. All the businesses here have also been trying to help conserve power, and are leaving their lights off during daylight hours. They also aren't running any displays that use power. Most of the trains are running now, but most are operating with half of their scheduled times. At least people can get to work, and move around again. I was just helping out in my city with a collection drive to send items up north. They collected clothing, towels, blankets, kid's toys, perishable food items, etc. I was just helping them sort all the stuff into piles so it can be trucked up north. There was a huge amount of stuff to sort through, they probably need at least 2 big trucks to send it all. We'll probably have another go at it in about a week, as people are still dropping stuff off too. I'm impressed with all the people stepping up here to donate money or clothing, or volunteer their time to help out in some way. So I couldn't pass up the chance to do something! Here's a few videos from some news stations here in Japan. Sorry I don't know how to embed, and it's in Japanese. If anyone's interested: This first one is a view of one of the tsunamis from inside the airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iD...eature=fvwkrel These are various news clips and home videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgkXj...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKyhW...feature=relmfu 2 Part video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfLEK...feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJ-s...feature=relmfu Hope everyone in Japan is doing alright now. Take care guys!