OMG! Who do we know in Japan?

LuckyGuy used to live there. I think he lived in Tokyo though?

*whom

I lived on Kyushu in Fukuoka city for 3 years. It’s just north of Kumamoto. I still have many friends there.

You can’t imagine—I went on a business trip the year after (1996) the Kobe earthquake, there were whole areas of the city that were flattened. They were still cleaning up a year after the earthquake. The land there is constantly moving. We would walk from our Hotel to where we doing business about one kilometer or over a half mile, the sidewalks in someplaces were impassable.

@Hawaii_Jake , you are in my heart. Let us know what you find out. The news footage I have seen is so frightening. You must be on pins and needles.

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits southern Japan; some reported trapped

Thanks for the link, @ibstubro . I didn’t even think of including one.

NP
Just keeping people on the same page.

There may be more earthquake to come, from the way it looks.

That’s what really upsets me. I seems to be getting more active not less.

I don’t have any particular friend in Japan, but I know this one man from an interpretation job some months ago. I was his interpreter for one day as he travel to my city on a business trip. He is a nice man and we still chat on Facebook sometimes. I don’t know if he was in Kyuushuu that day, but he has been traveling a lot lately and it’s hard to keep track of his location. I forgot to check on him. Will do now.

Just checked. He was active on Facebook an hour ago. Hope he’s ok.

After Powerful Quakes, An Even Stronger Temblor Strikes Southern Japan

Shaki Tremorkori my butler’s agent, be well

My man reaponded to my Facebook message. Tokyo wasn’t affected at all.

Japan earthquakes: Dozens killed, region ‘swaying every hour’

You were right, @Here2_4. Unlike Western media, the Japanese press seems to have downplayed the extent of the disaster.

I lived in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo and was there during the Kobe quake. I felt it and was disoriented a bit by the motion. By the time I turned on the TV they were showing pictures of Kobe about 250 miles away. Awful.

My uncle & aunt lie on Okinawa. They’re good.