[PPRAANet] Fw: Update

[DickT-W0RAA]

I just received the following e-mail from my good friend, Mac Maekawa in 
Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan.  As you can see there are still problems, but 
fortunately for Mac & Kay (not so fortunately for hundreds of thousands of 
their countrymen) they have been spared a lot of the hardship that is so 
prevalent in Japan of late.  But simply by their location south of the 
quake/tsunami area.

I hope you find his first hand account interesting.  I wish I could 
speak/write Japanese as well as Mac does with English.

Dick
W0RAA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mac S. Maekawa" <jk1toj...>
To: "DickT-W0RAA" <dickt at w0raa.com>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:48 AM
Subject: Up Date


> Hi Dick and Mary,
>
> How are both of you? We're all fine.
> Thank you very much for your e-mail.
> We really pleased to get it.
>
> Yes, it still continued very terrible nightmare yet.
> 10,000 and more people are killed and 13,000 and more people are missing 
> by Tsunami.
> There are off limit areas within 20 miles of nuclear plants, and the 
> rescue teams can't go to there,
> and never check there, there is fear of them goes on increasing.
> About 210,000 victims take refuge in the evacuation area without the 
> foods, drinks, fuel and more
> in the cold and aftershock.
> Fortunately, a railroad company have recovered their railroad, some 
> harbors are recovered also.
> we're sending the every things which is needed by them now.
> The local government are building the temporary houses for them.
> This is the very sad happenings anyway, but we'll be able to sure 
> reconstruct there.
>
> However, we don't know when we'll be cleared the nuclear plants problems.
> It seems to be going to more worse, the nuclear radiation are spreading 
> form the plants,
> Yes, many brave men are working hard to recover the nuclear reactors safe 
> in the very dangerous
> place, but nobody know how it will be done.
> It begins the nuclear leaking  have effect on the surrounding place, the 
> vegetables, milk and water
> have spoiled little bit. The nuclear radiation have no serious effect on 
> the environment yet.
> We hope it will be calmed down as soon as possible.
>
> Our life is coming back to the normal, in a week after the quake,  every 
> goods were shorted,
> we found the many empty racks in the every store, we couldn't refill the 
> fuel for the car and
> oil heater, many gas-station were closed, I could find only few 
> gas-station but I had to wait
> for long time for refueling.
> It is not so inconvenient for our life recently, but the consumer's mind 
> is sluggish.
> Nobody pay much money for the every goods or their delight now.
> You know, we used to go to play golf one or two times in a day, but we 
> didn't do that in
> last two weeks, because we had a guilty conscience about our own delight 
> when
> many people are there in the seriously situation.
> We went to play golf on last Thursday and this Monday, there were quit few 
> players on
> each golf courses, one of theme had no damaged by this quake, but another 
> one had
> very bad damaged at their club-house facilities, they open only the golf 
> course for the players.
>
> Many events will be canceled either, for example JLPGA golf tournament, 
> flower festivals and
> more, Spring has come now, all kind of the flowers and blossoms are 
> blooming now.
> This is one of the beautiful season here in Japan, but I feel nobody 
> should be pleased.
> I think we have to work more and spend the money more, it will help a 
> revival the stricken area
> by good economy activities.
>
> Our electric power company is doing the scheduled electric current cut off 
> to prevent the whole
> black out, because they lost their some power plants including the nuclear 
> power plants,
> then it makes electricity shortage.
> We don't know when and where it will be happed until come on time.
> It is very inconvenient for us, we can't plan to do until we'll know that.
>
> Fortunately, they exclude a region where we are from this cut off, but it 
> will be happed where
> I'll go there for my  work, if it cut off the electric power I won't fix 
> any equipment.
> We hope every thing will be better soon.
> We are deeply appreciated for your consolation and your concern for 
> Japan's crisis.
> Please take good care of you.  I will continue to keep you updates on 
> happenings in Japan.
> yours,
> Mac and Kay
>
>