We did "dodge a bullet" here. We evacuated for the night from (Reply #76)

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Mon Mar 11, 2013, 05:53 PM

Cha (217,528 posts)

76. We did "dodge a bullet" here. We evacuated for the night from

where we lived in the Hanapepe Valley. I went with my landlady and her family up to a vacant house in the hills where we slept on mattresses for the night.

Thank you for the vids, Asahina. Tsunami Warnings are always scary because you don't know what will happen only that it could happen.

Here's to the strength of the People of Japan for everything that they actually have gone through.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
"Please, do NOT pray for Japan.." [View all]	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	OP
I remember the earthquake and tsunami as if it were yesterday	malaise	Mar 2013	#1
doumo arigatou gozaimasu!	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#4
Here's my original initial thread reporting it here:	Hissyspit	Mar 2013	#15
How I remember	malaise	Mar 2013	#16
Who could forget many of those images..	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#18
Look at posts #80 and #47.	Hissyspit	Mar 2013	#91
I second that. EXCELLENT post.	BeHereNow	Mar 2013	#2
doumo arigatou gozaimasu!	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#5
Japan	kardonb	Mar 2013	#41
My good friend	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#48
Wow. Awesome!	lexw	Mar 2013	#77
Oh dear, that made me start crying like a baby.	smirkymonkey	Mar 2013	#84
And..it was just	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#96
Two hands at work do a thousand clasped in prayer.	sakabatou	Mar 2013	#3
Excellent	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#6
.....	A HERETIC I AM	Mar 2013	#9
A rare example of man's Humanity to man...	ReRe	Mar 2013	#7
Thank you for your kind comments	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#8
Very well put	davidpdx	Mar 2013	#10
I was amazed to hear	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#13
Even though it's hard to say it when it comes to disasters	davidpdx	Mar 2013	#14
Well spoken!	Katashi_itto	Mar 2013	#11
Arigatou !	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#12
I watched the 2nd anniversary memorial service on NHK-TV today	Art_from_Ark	Mar 2013	#17
50,000 souls perished that day.	Bonobo	Mar 2013	#19
This was so lovely, and appropriate	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#20
A very famous poem.	Bonobo	Mar 2013	#21
Respectfully	RobertEarl	Mar 2013	#71
Respectfully	Bonobo	Mar 2013	#78
50,000 deaths? Are you sure?	RobertEarl	Mar 2013	#80
It's 25,000. You're right.	Bonobo	Mar 2013	#81
Our local PBS has been running the "NOVA" episode on the tsunami.	GoCubsGo	Mar 2013	#22
Found this photo in	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#26
That is a frightening picture	Marrah_G	Mar 2013	#28
It was.. the one I remember most though	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#66
OMG	Marrah_G	Mar 2013	#67
Just found this one in my files.	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#115
Whoa...	zappaman	Mar 2013	#70
Really...	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#73
They discussed Fukushima in the NOVA episode.	GoCubsGo	Mar 2013	#43
I remember this...	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#49
It turns out that, ultimately, the tsunami was irrelevant to the meltdown.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#45
I am so sorry.	Fire Walk With Me	Mar 2013	#23
Rec.	progressoid	Mar 2013	#24
A well deserved K & R.	davidthegnome	Mar 2013	#25
Today I just got an email from GlobalGiving	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#27
I was going to ask where I might best give at this point	tavalon	Mar 2013	#82
You are welcome..	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#98
Made me cry too...Thanks for posting	BlueCollar	Mar 2013	#29
The Light Before We Land (The Delgados)	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#112
Prayer: An excellent way to sit on your ass and still feel like you helped. [nt]	Jester Messiah	Mar 2013	#30
Dear AsahinaKimi tomodachi	tblue	Mar 2013	#31
I just posted this in Video and Multimedia	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#33
Thanks AsahinaKimi	Generic Other	Mar 2013	#93
I had forgotten about this one..so	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#95
Arigatou	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#34
K&R n/t	whatchamacallit	Mar 2013	#32
BBC News Panorama Documentary: Japan Tsunami: The Survivors' Stories	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#35
Thanks, I'll watch it this afternoon	whatchamacallit	Mar 2013	#37
Kick and Rec! n/t	zappaman	Mar 2013	#36
Japan M9.0 earthquake and tsunami: How it happened on 11 March 2011.	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#38
This was very good	catchnrelease	Mar 2013	#55
I have found a few other videos	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#56
EVERY nation's life involves me... for I am involved in humanity	TygrBright	Mar 2013	#39
Lovely, TygrBright!	babylonsister	Mar 2013	#88
You know what I usually tell people who will pray regardless	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2013	#40
not only religious but	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#47
Yup, and I usually go biblical on them as well	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2013	#50
Japan means the world to me.	Octafish	Mar 2013	#42
Prayer does fuckall.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#44
Thanks, I am so sick of people thinking that prayer makes any real difference.	RoccoR5955	Mar 2013	#46
Two years ago	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#99
K&R	midnight	Mar 2013	#51
Surviving the Tsunami (NOVA)	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#52
Each story is an amazing example of not giving up.....	midnight	Mar 2013	#86
k&r	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#53
I didn't pray for them but I 'liked' the recovery efforts on Facebook	Bay Boy	Mar 2013	#54
Where are the best places to donate?	LongTomH	Mar 2013	#57
see message #27	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#58
OK, I missed that. I did Google up some links!	LongTomH	Mar 2013	#59
GREAT post, Kimi!!!!	gateley	Mar 2013	#60
Aw thanks..	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#62
k&r...	spanone	Mar 2013	#61
thanks for the	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#63
thank you, asahinaKimi for all your wonderful	bbgrunt	Mar 2013	#64
Thank you for your kind	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#65
NPR today	locks	Mar 2013	#68
Thank you for posting that video	Lifelong Protester	Mar 2013	#69
Some of the	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#72
Thank you for your beautiful, commemorative post on Japan's Earthquake	Cha	Mar 2013	#74
That is awesome.	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#75
We did "dodge a bullet" here. We evacuated for the night from	Cha	Mar 2013	#76
Excellent post, Kimi...	opiate69	Mar 2013	#79
Believe me I know how you feel.	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#97
Prayer	RedCappedBandit	Mar 2013	#83
There are none more ignorant and useless	Codeine	Mar 2013	#85
check this out...	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#102
I am just a mess after reading through this post.	smirkymonkey	Mar 2013	#87
Not only that but we	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#104
Recommend with thanks!	babylonsister	Mar 2013	#89
awww	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#103
"Well first of all, do not tell me you want to Pray for (insert place here)."	Lady Freedom Returns	Mar 2013	#90
check out my recent post..	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#101
Sadly, I can't watch. PTSD issues.	Lady Freedom Returns	Mar 2013	#108
it wasn't referring to the video	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#109
Sorry, link for some reason sent me to post 52 not 99 the first time around.	Lady Freedom Returns	Mar 2013	#110
its okay	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#111
K&R	awoke_in_2003	Mar 2013	#92
all I remember about the quake was Japan stole $50 million in donations	PatrynXX	Mar 2013	#94
I don't think you can blame this entirely on	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#105
"All I remember"	Bonobo	Mar 2013	#116
I donated	Skittles	Mar 2013	#100
Most Honored	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#106
awwwww	Skittles	Mar 2013	#107
I had never seen that video!	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#113
You are not alone	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#114

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