A message from the other side of Pacific
Dear AtLarge community, Thank you for all the care and warm messages. As you have seen/read, the earthquake and Tsunami hit North Eastern part of Japan on Friday so badly. As time goes, we are learning more damages and losses. Thousands of people are still missing mostly in the coastal areas. The nuclear stations have ongoing problems which is escalating. Afterquake became daily or hourly event even in Tokyo, but sending more uncertainty to already scared people in the severely affected areas, especially these people in the shelters. That is some half a million people with little food, oil, blankets and medicine. I was inside a subway train when it hit. It was a little scary. The train stopped, the announcement came - Large-scale earthquake is hitting us. etc. Then after 20 min, it moved slowly to reach the next station, Ginza, very center of Tokyo. It took some three hours to walk back home, by 7 pm. All of my family members, colleagues and friends around Tokyo are fine. A number of us are starting to discuss how to help and support the relief and recovery works to come, in terms of information gathering and sharing using the Internet (and other means as well). Members include local and also central government people, Cloud and SNS providers, software guys, etc. still informally yet. We feel sharing the information timely and effectively is one of the key elements for post-disaster activities. Not easy, though. I hope you guys are having fruitful meetings in San Francisco, or participate remotely at home. I also hope new gTLD introduction will make significant progress including the geographic TLDs. The City of Sendai's director for Information policy is one of the most active participants of our study group for geo-TLD. He is doing his best now to help support citizens. Anyway, I miss you all, but hope you also note what happened across the Pacific. best, izumi
Dear Izumi: We are indeed sad to see the devastation visited on Japan but relieved that you, your family and loved ones have escaped without injury. Please accept our heartfelt condolences for those who have suffered and yet unable to message. As you may know, there are quite a few Jamaican nationals in Japan on exchange programs, mostly teachers of English Language. The government of Jamaica has already offered what little we can and we are keeping track of what's happening. Hopefully, will be able to offer a little assistance from Jamaica. Kind regards, Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround ============================= On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
Dear AtLarge community,
Thank you for all the care and warm messages. As you have seen/read, the earthquake and Tsunami hit North Eastern part of Japan on Friday so badly.
As time goes, we are learning more damages and losses. Thousands of people are still missing mostly in the coastal areas. The nuclear stations have ongoing problems which is escalating. Afterquake became daily or hourly event even in Tokyo, but sending more uncertainty to already scared people in the severely affected areas, especially these people in the shelters. That is some half a million people with little food, oil, blankets and medicine.
I was inside a subway train when it hit. It was a little scary. The train stopped, the announcement came - Large-scale earthquake is hitting us. etc. Then after 20 min, it moved slowly to reach the next station, Ginza, very center of Tokyo. It took some three hours to walk back home, by 7 pm. All of my family members, colleagues and friends around Tokyo are fine.
A number of us are starting to discuss how to help and support the relief and recovery works to come, in terms of information gathering and sharing using the Internet (and other means as well). Members include local and also central government people, Cloud and SNS providers, software guys, etc. still informally yet. We feel sharing the information timely and effectively is one of the key elements for post-disaster activities. Not easy, though.
I hope you guys are having fruitful meetings in San Francisco, or participate remotely at home. I also hope new gTLD introduction will make significant progress including the geographic TLDs. The City of Sendai's director for Information policy is one of the most active participants of our study group for geo-TLD. He is doing his best now to help support citizens.
Anyway, I miss you all, but hope you also note what happened across the Pacific.
best,
izumi _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
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Dear Carlton, Many thanks so much for your quick and warm words, as usual. What I see now is the value of "moral support", in addition to, or maybe instead of financial or material support. Despite the positive reportings, and they are mostly true, people are now starting to show some degree of frustrations and discomforts, in Tokyo, at least. In the areas severely hit, short supply of food, oil, blankets, medicines, water, are all creating anxiety and sometimes angers. Yes, the government is slow, not able to catch up with the changing and wide-ranging demands for relief works. The nuclear stations are getting worse, not fatal, but people are all speculating the worst-case scenario - who can blame that if you are residents within 20 to 30 km from the site? Anyway, your words are sometimes a lot more powerful than the swords. izumi 2011/3/17 Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@gmail.com>:
Dear Izumi: We are indeed sad to see the devastation visited on Japan but relieved that you, your family and loved ones have escaped without injury. Please accept our heartfelt condolences for those who have suffered and yet unable to message. As you may know, there are quite a few Jamaican nationals in Japan on exchange programs, mostly teachers of English Language. The government of Jamaica has already offered what little we can and we are keeping track of what's happening. Hopefully, will be able to offer a little assistance from Jamaica. Kind regards, Carlton
Thanks Izumi to exchange with us the situation in Japan. It is good to see that you and yours are OK. All our wishes are with you. All the best Sébastien Bachollet sebastien@bachollet.com Member of the ICANN Board Blog: http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/ Mobile (France): +33 6 07 66 89 33 Skype: sebastien-bachollet Jabber: sbacholl@jabber.org
-----Message d'origine----- De : at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large- bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Izumi AIZU Envoyé : mercredi 16 mars 2011 08:57 À : At-Large Worldwide Objet : [At-Large] A message from the other side of Pacific
Dear AtLarge community,
Thank you for all the care and warm messages. As you have seen/read, the earthquake and Tsunami hit North Eastern part of Japan on Friday so badly.
As time goes, we are learning more damages and losses. Thousands of people are still missing mostly in the coastal areas. The nuclear stations have ongoing problems which is escalating. Afterquake became daily or hourly event even in Tokyo, but sending more uncertainty to already scared people in the severely affected areas, especially these people in the shelters. That is some half a million people with little food, oil, blankets and medicine.
I was inside a subway train when it hit. It was a little scary. The train stopped, the announcement came - Large-scale earthquake is hitting us. etc. Then after 20 min, it moved slowly to reach the next station, Ginza, very center of Tokyo. It took some three hours to walk back home, by 7 pm. All of my family members, colleagues and friends around Tokyo are fine.
A number of us are starting to discuss how to help and support the relief and recovery works to come, in terms of information gathering and sharing using the Internet (and other means as well). Members include local and also central government people, Cloud and SNS providers, software guys, etc. still informally yet. We feel sharing the information timely and effectively is one of the key elements for post-disaster activities. Not easy, though.
I hope you guys are having fruitful meetings in San Francisco, or participate remotely at home. I also hope new gTLD introduction will make significant progress including the geographic TLDs. The City of Sendai's director for Information policy is one of the most active participants of our study group for geo-TLD. He is doing his best now to help support citizens.
Anyway, I miss you all, but hope you also note what happened across the Pacific.
best,
izumi _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
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Dear Izumi, All APRALO colleagues are firmly with you and Japanese ALSes. It has never been so vividly felt that we love our neighbors. We want to do whatever we could to help. We are so touched that you are still following ICANN meeting in your busy relief works. Do take good care of yourself. Let us know what we could do for you. Cordially Hong On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
Dear AtLarge community,
Thank you for all the care and warm messages. As you have seen/read, the earthquake and Tsunami hit North Eastern part of Japan on Friday so badly.
As time goes, we are learning more damages and losses. Thousands of people are still missing mostly in the coastal areas. The nuclear stations have ongoing problems which is escalating. Afterquake became daily or hourly event even in Tokyo, but sending more uncertainty to already scared people in the severely affected areas, especially these people in the shelters. That is some half a million people with little food, oil, blankets and medicine.
I was inside a subway train when it hit. It was a little scary. The train stopped, the announcement came - Large-scale earthquake is hitting us. etc. Then after 20 min, it moved slowly to reach the next station, Ginza, very center of Tokyo. It took some three hours to walk back home, by 7 pm. All of my family members, colleagues and friends around Tokyo are fine.
A number of us are starting to discuss how to help and support the relief and recovery works to come, in terms of information gathering and sharing using the Internet (and other means as well). Members include local and also central government people, Cloud and SNS providers, software guys, etc. still informally yet. We feel sharing the information timely and effectively is one of the key elements for post-disaster activities. Not easy, though.
I hope you guys are having fruitful meetings in San Francisco, or participate remotely at home. I also hope new gTLD introduction will make significant progress including the geographic TLDs. The City of Sendai's director for Information policy is one of the most active participants of our study group for geo-TLD. He is doing his best now to help support citizens.
Anyway, I miss you all, but hope you also note what happened across the Pacific.
best,
izumi _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
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-- Dr. Hong Xue Professor of Law Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL) Beijing Normal University http://www.iipl.org.cn/ <http://iipl.org.cn/> 19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street Beijing 100875 China
Dear Izumi We are so very happy to hear that you and yours are safe. Being stuck in a subway car like that must have indeed been scary. Our thoughts are with all the people in Japan at this time. Gareth On 2011-03-16, at 9:46 AM, Hong Xue wrote:
Dear Izumi,
All APRALO colleagues are firmly with you and Japanese ALSes. It has never been so vividly felt that we love our neighbors. We want to do whatever we could to help. We are so touched that you are still following ICANN meeting in your busy relief works. Do take good care of yourself. Let us know what we could do for you.
Cordially
Hong
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
Dear AtLarge community,
Thank you for all the care and warm messages. As you have seen/read, the earthquake and Tsunami hit North Eastern part of Japan on Friday so badly.
As time goes, we are learning more damages and losses. Thousands of people are still missing mostly in the coastal areas. The nuclear stations have ongoing problems which is escalating. Afterquake became daily or hourly event even in Tokyo, but sending more uncertainty to already scared people in the severely affected areas, especially these people in the shelters. That is some half a million people with little food, oil, blankets and medicine.
I was inside a subway train when it hit. It was a little scary. The train stopped, the announcement came - Large-scale earthquake is hitting us. etc. Then after 20 min, it moved slowly to reach the next station, Ginza, very center of Tokyo. It took some three hours to walk back home, by 7 pm. All of my family members, colleagues and friends around Tokyo are fine.
A number of us are starting to discuss how to help and support the relief and recovery works to come, in terms of information gathering and sharing using the Internet (and other means as well). Members include local and also central government people, Cloud and SNS providers, software guys, etc. still informally yet. We feel sharing the information timely and effectively is one of the key elements for post-disaster activities. Not easy, though.
I hope you guys are having fruitful meetings in San Francisco, or participate remotely at home. I also hope new gTLD introduction will make significant progress including the geographic TLDs. The City of Sendai's director for Information policy is one of the most active participants of our study group for geo-TLD. He is doing his best now to help support citizens.
Anyway, I miss you all, but hope you also note what happened across the Pacific.
best,
izumi _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
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-- Dr. Hong Xue Professor of Law Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL) Beijing Normal University http://www.iipl.org.cn/ <http://iipl.org.cn/> 19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street Beijing 100875 China _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
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Dear Izumi, as we continue our discussions in our ICANN Ivory Tower, we are well aware of the tragic events which took place and are still taking place in Japan. Our heartfelt condolences for your losses. Our Best Wishes for your future. Warmest regards, Olivier Le 16/03/2011 08:57, Izumi AIZU a écrit :
Dear AtLarge community,
Thank you for all the care and warm messages. As you have seen/read, the earthquake and Tsunami hit North Eastern part of Japan on Friday so badly.
As time goes, we are learning more damages and losses. Thousands of people are still missing mostly in the coastal areas. The nuclear stations have ongoing problems which is escalating. Afterquake became daily or hourly event even in Tokyo, but sending more uncertainty to already scared people in the severely affected areas, especially these people in the shelters. That is some half a million people with little food, oil, blankets and medicine.
I was inside a subway train when it hit. It was a little scary. The train stopped, the announcement came - Large-scale earthquake is hitting us. etc. Then after 20 min, it moved slowly to reach the next station, Ginza, very center of Tokyo. It took some three hours to walk back home, by 7 pm. All of my family members, colleagues and friends around Tokyo are fine.
A number of us are starting to discuss how to help and support the relief and recovery works to come, in terms of information gathering and sharing using the Internet (and other means as well). Members include local and also central government people, Cloud and SNS providers, software guys, etc. still informally yet. We feel sharing the information timely and effectively is one of the key elements for post-disaster activities. Not easy, though.
I hope you guys are having fruitful meetings in San Francisco, or participate remotely at home. I also hope new gTLD introduction will make significant progress including the geographic TLDs. The City of Sendai's director for Information policy is one of the most active participants of our study group for geo-TLD. He is doing his best now to help support citizens.
Anyway, I miss you all, but hope you also note what happened across the Pacific.
best,
izumi _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org
-- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
Izumi san, I am relieved to either that you and your dear ones are safe. We indeed follow through the media what is happening in your country and do sympathize with you. Japan has proven in the past that it could rebuild a strong country on the ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and become one of the top three economies in the world and a flagship of democracy in the region. I had the honour to meet some of your fellow nationals, as well as yourself, and they were all brilliant people. Hence, I feel reassured Japan will be able to overcome the difficult times it is going through. If there is anything we can do to help, just ask. We will be honoured of your trust. Take care, Patrick Vande Walle
Thank you all who responded and also who quietly supported us. The nuclear power reactors are still facing critical situation, very primitive water pouring operation from helicopter and special vehicle is underway, but doesn't seem that effective. Extra power line is being extended to rebuild the pump and cooling system. All are done under high radiation environment. Victims of the Tsunami reached more than 10,000, perhaps, more than 20,000 as many are still just missing. I have contacted a city government official there, spoken with him. The area not hit by Tsunami is getting better in general. The Tsunami destroyed almost everything there, some cities or towns are simply "gone" so to speak. We need total rebuilding works similar to post-war situation. The power supply in Tokyo metropolitan area is facing severe shortage. The government just announced that there might be a sudden large-scale black-out tonight beyond the "planned partial power cut" since the whether is getting very cold and people are using much more power than estimated. That's the summary of current situation. We remain calm, concerned, trying to anticipate things ahead, find out what should be done and how. izumi
participants (7)
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Carlton Samuels -
Gareth Shearman -
Hong Xue -
Izumi AIZU -
Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond -
Patrick Vande Walle -
Sébastien Bachollet