Help! Japan situation; worried for friends and family

[Live Aloha]

I slept in my car last night in my high school's parking lot since it's one of the evacuation zones.
Kauai luckily only had a small surge with minimal damage. My uncle's house in Maui had pretty heavy damage, but a lot of houses there and the Big Island did.

What I'm most worried about right now is my friends and family in Japan. We can't get through to any of them right now.

My best friend was in Sendai for spring break when it happened. Right now the city is completely underwater for the most part, and I read an article this morning 'atleast 300 bodies found in Sendai'. My family is from Fukushima city which is where the nuclear power plant they're talking about is located. Another one of my friends is in Tokyo on a foreign exchange program. I haven't heard from ANYONE in Japan.

I want to talk to my friend, but I can't get through to him. So I don't know if he's okay or anything, and I'm getting super freaked out.

What should I do?

[Brandon]

I think it's important to do things within your power and to not focus on the things that you can't. It's okay to feel worried given the circumstances, but you can only do so much. It's important to remain calm and be concerned about you and the family around you. Do what you gotta do survive, fend for yourself, and let your friends and family members from affected areas worry about themselves. When they're able to get into contact with people, I'm sure they will let you know that they are okay. Just focus on the present moment and try to stay away from any possibilities because thinking about that will only bring you down more.

[✖Ice✖]

http://www.usa.gov/ go here for info

[AmazonQueen]

Originally Posted by Brandon

I think it's important to do things within your power and to not focus on the things that you can't. It's okay to feel worried given the circumstances, but you can only do so much. It's important to remain calm and be concerned about you and the family around you. Do what you gotta do survive, fend for yourself, and let your friends and family members from affected areas worry about themselves. When they're able to get into contact with people, I'm sure they will let you know that they are okay. Just focus on the present moment and try to stay away from any possibilities because thinking about that will only bring you down more.

I agreed fully with Brandon here. Stay calm and worried about what you can control. Clear your head and do what you need to do to survive.

That being said, I don't know if your spiritual or anything but if it's any help I'll pray for you, your family and friends. Glad your okay though. Be strong you can do it.

[bitesize]

Oh love, I'm so sorry that you're in this situation, my thoughts are with you right now. This may sound heartless, but please try not to spend energy on worrying, just focus on what you are able to do. If your friends&family use facebook or other social sites you could try and ask around for information on their networks?? As soon as you are able to make contact witht hese people you will. Just try and stay calm and focused. I'm really sorry if this was a very unhelpful post but I'm thinking of you.xxxx

[dr2005]

As Brandon has quite rightly said, you need to keep in perspective what you can actually achieve on this front. With large parts of the infrastructure around Sendai, Fukushima and north-east Japan generally, it may well be the case that they cannot get in contact at the moment. Mutual contacts on Facebook etc. may be able to help to some extent, and if news has come in about them then Google's Person Finder may be worth looking at as well, but again you need to try and stay calm and not focus on the "what if" questions. It is difficult and I fully appreciate that, but right now you need to focus on your own welfare and staying safe, and then make contact as the situation improves.

Take care.

[Casey.]

Firstly, calm down. I agree with Brandon here and there really isn't anything you can do right now besides taking care of yourself. From what I have heard, phones are down in much of Japan and cell service isn't working. It may be a while before you can get in contact with anyone, but worrying yourself sick doesn't help anyone. So try to just focus on staying safe and taking care of yourself right now. I'm so sorry you have to go through this. Take care.

[FlyingTrue]

Originally Posted by Casey.

Firstly, calm down. I agree with Brandon here and there really isn't anything you can do right now besides taking care of yourself. From what I have heard, phones are down in much of Japan and cell service isn't working. It may be a while before you can get in contact with anyone, but worrying yourself sick doesn't help anyone. So try to just focus on staying safe and taking care of yourself right now. I'm so sorry you have to go through this. Take care.

News reports state that even though the cellular voice networks are down, SMS text messaging is still functional, so if they have cell phones I suggest you attempt a text message.

My thoughts are with you, I also hope they are alright.

[Live Aloha]

Thank you everyone. No word from anyone yet except a friend in Tokyo who is trying to leave the country as soon as she can.

As far as my family in Fukushima, no word. No word from my friend in Sendai either.
Posted on google person finder, yet to receive a response.

[Cosmo]

Have a look at this:

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...quake2011.html

There are plenty of resource to get info, call centres, help, donations etc.!

Hope they're okay.

[Live Aloha]

I'm so happy.
My friend was finally able to contact me.
He's alive and well.

[Freakshow]

That's awesome! I'm so happy that he's okay :'D

[Unicorn ♥✿]

That's great! My thoughts are with you, Japan and Christchurch.

[dr2005]

That's really good to hear. Fingers crossed for the others.

[bitesize]

That's really great x

[MegaMadness]

I'm so happy for you. <3 Thinking of Japan, <3