1,000 Bodies Washed Ashore; 2nd Tsunami Warning Turned Out To Be A False Alarm

[Cheryl Nelson]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

"The pulverized coast has been hit by hundreds of aftershocks since Friday, the latest one a 6.2 magnitude quake that was followed by a new tsunami scare Monday. As sirens wailed, soldiers abandoned their search operations and told residents of the devastated shoreline in Soma, the worst hit town in Fukushima prefecture, to run to higher ground.

"They barked out orders: "Find high ground! Get out of here!" Several soldiers were seen leading an old woman up a muddy hillside. The warning turned out to be a false alarm.

 

History repeats itself (remember Haiti?):  "People are surviving on little food and water. Things are simply not coming," said Hajime Sato, a government official in Iwate prefecture, one of the three hardest hit.  He said authorities were receiving just 10 percent of the food and other supplies they need."

 

 

[Cheryl Nelson]

I already heard it was up to 2,000.  And many communities along the coast have lost a large proportion of their citizens.  The death toll will be high.

[Rosemary S]

How sad for these people. I hope something positive comes out of this.