Eyes on Sendai

What was a busy few weeks of significant blog absence has maybe become more busy with the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Sendai. June's family is, in large part, located in Sendai and Aomori in Northern Japan, directly at the epicenter of this Japanese disaster, and so people are busy trying to make contact via email, Facebook, etc...most of the Miyagi prefecture is without power but it seems as though some cell phone data transmissions are still working. Mihoko, June, and Anette are busy women trying to track down as much info as they can. Both June and Anette lived in Sendai while they were Japan, and of course, Mihoko grew up in Aomori.

I'm at work while June and Zo are at home, and of course, all of this occured very early in the morning in Vancouver so Netta awoke to the news. Mihoko is at home in Wallaceburg trying her best to find out any news. A world event has never quite reassured us of just what a small world it is as much as this.

We're hoping everyone is okay.

Update: Mihoko finally reached her sister, Saechan, and it seems everyone is okay. It's night there now and they are trying to keep warm with waterbottles in their beds, but the word is that everyone is safe and reasonably sound.