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[Zeuhl]

Just to follow on from our posts yesterday regarding your question about the japanese emperor appearing on TV – I spoke with my Japanese friend in Tokyo about an hour ago and the situation is pretty dire.

I asked her about the Emperor appearing on TV but she had hardly registered the fact.

Hardly surprising really, she has a second floor apartment and there is no running water, no heating (no gas), electricity for a few hours a day and no food in the shops except flour. There are constant aftershocks which make her building move.

The pharmacy she owns is in downtown Tokyo and can’t open because it relies on electricity. She can get water at the apartment building from a ground floor tap sporadically during the day and carry it upstairs in a variety of containers.

Her daughter is in bed with the flu. It’s very cold in the flat.

Now everyone is worried about the possibility of a radioactivity emergency affecting the city.

Her focus currently is on survival.
She was trying to sound positive but was clearly very upset and worried.
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[Bobbisox]

Oh dear, you could wish her well from all in the UK please Zeuhl

[tamborine]

Sounds dire Zeuhl; methinks Tokyo is far enuf out to not be affected by the reactors. Where is Yoko Ono when needed.....she could at least interpret the reports.

[LoftyLottie]

Yes, please let her know that we in the UK are thinking of them. It is so dreadful.

[Zeuhl]

Thanks all - you're lovely!

I told her as much. There wasn't much else I could say to be honest.

Re: Yoko Ono. I expect she's in bed in one of her multi million dollar apartments in The Dakota Buildings she shared with the other 'Working Class Hero' LOL
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[Bobbisox]

yes I am afraid she may well be
I saw two young Japanese student on the News have started to raise funds here in the UK
Good luck to them

[Zeuhl]

That's good.

My friend has a second daughter at York University.

She of course, is well out of it but very worried about her mother and sister.
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[Bobbisox]

why not put a special post up Zeuhl, where Abers can send their best wishes to those people in Japan, ask the ED?
then maybe print it off or email it your friend, this way the ED would deal with any negative comments
just a thought

[Zeuhl]

Bobbisox

thanks for your suggestion.

I've posted a question on ed's blog. assuming that's how you make contact - it's my first time!

And apologies for referring to you as Boxtops all the time (this thread question for a start!). I don't think I'm suddenly developing dyslexia. My excuse is I'm trying to multi-task this with about three projects at work and we all know how rubbish men are at that!
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[Bobbisox]

no worries Zeuhl
it would be a nice gesture for us to show this nation that we care

[albaqwerty]

Oh zeuhl, I'm hoping things will improve sooner for your friend.

As mentioned, please pass on regards from the UK

[Zeuhl]

Thanks Alba

[chelle7272]

hard to even imagine how hard things must be your friend and others zeuhl. Please include my regards and i hope bobbi's suggestion of a thread is possible, it would indded be a ncie gesture.

[Bobbisox]

EDs asked you to put a sticky up so we can send our best wishes Zeuhl

[Maydup]

There doesn't appear to be a disaster fund or a national appeal for money to assist the Japanese people, or have I missed it?

[Bobbisox]

They're a relatively prosperous nation maidup, the worlds third largest economy, not sure if this could be the reason

[dotty.]

there must be an appeal cos the staff in our local spar have a collection box for the japanese tsunami appeal on their counter