I have been reading a blog from my tea-drinking friend in Tokyo. She will forgive me if I paraphrase it. She is an amazing lady. She reports calmly what it was like to be with a friend in a teashop in Tokyo when the earthquake struck. They decided to move outside away from the glass windows where she said the pavements rolled under her feet and made her feel seasick. They went back inside to finish their tea when a second and then a third quake struck
At that point they decided to go home. On the way home they stopped a few times to do some shopping !!! There were no trains so the friend stayed the night. At the flat there was no gas but a phone call from a good Japanese friend told her how to put that right. Nothing surprising there? Except that the phone call was from Hong Kong !
An update says they were woken at 5.15 by the paper boy after a restless night with several aftershocks..The friend managed to get home the next day when the trains were running again.
The north of Japan took the brunt of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. The devastation looks truly dreadful. My friend says she feels very lucky.
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Tea-drinking earthquake-surviving friend in Tokyo here! My friend Caroline and I had planned to have tea-and-cakes not tea-and-quakes, but that's life -- full of new adventures. We've now got power blackouts, train stoppages, food shortages, and shop closures, but the atmosphere is calm and things are well organized. The sense of worldwide support and encouragement is terrific. Thanks to everyone!
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