I've just received news that the vast majority of JET participants in the area are safe and sound, with no injuries or fatalities reported. However, there are a small number of JETs that have not been heard from the Tohoku region. If you have thoughts and prayers to send to Japan, you can send them their way. I can't imagine what their families and friends must be going through right now.
It's a truly scary thought to be in a foreign country and uprooted from an otherwise secure job in an otherwise safe and wealthy nation. I can't help wondering: What if it had been me? After all, I was probably randomly placed in Japan. I very well could have ended up further north. Will these JETs even have a job after this? How many of them will be sent home? Relocated within Japan? Whole communities have been uprooted, and it seems like it will be a long time before they are able to recoop enough to reestablish schools and daily routines.
And still life goes on as usual around here. Japan continues to shock, embarrass, astound, and annoy, but more on that in a later entry.
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