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How lovely! My daughter was in a town a few km inland of Sendai (ps. she was born in Canada and has lived here all 26 of her years) where she is an English teacher with the JET program. She was one of the few Canadians actually registered in that area... Our Foreign Affairs department, when I appealed for help said that as there were commercial flights out of the country, it was up to her to make her way to an airport, regardless of them having been informed that there was no power, no heat, no gas and banks closed (so little cash) where she was b) little or no information about what was happening outside the area concerning state of roads etc. therefore didn't even know if she could get anywhere c) the nearest airport (Sendai) was under water and the closest international airport is Tokyo (about 300 km away). She had managed to make a short call to me on a friend's Iphone.
7 F# r) Q! V N7 ^& [Her cel phone service came back early yesterday morning and after calling me and learning of the nuclear meltdown she arranged to leave with 4 other ALTs yesterday morning, pooling their resources for gas, money, food and water. They managed to find a taxi with enough gas to get them to Sendai. They then were able to take a bus to Yagamata about 6 hours later and are now on an overnight train to Osaka since Tokyo is overwhelmed with persons trying to leave Japan. Thanks for all your help Foreign Affairs! Too little, too late. Like usual. |
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