Sunday, March 13, 2011

"It was a nightmare, shaking lasted all night"

"Tonight has been a nightmare. We slept dressed, with a flashlight and a suitcase next to the basics to survive, if we were running." The shaking lasted all night, reports from Tsukada Dolça Fabregat (Ibaraki, north of Tokyo). "We could not sleep and now we are still the same. We have said all week we will be well." March 11 was a long day.

Fabregat soon returned home. Spent the whole afternoon in a park, feeling the terrible aftershocks and tsunami that devastated Japan and has left 1,000 dead in its wake. They got blankets and water. The food was more complicated. In a nearby shop that was still open there was no food. Finally, they were told they could return home, not without difficulties.

"It was dark and cold. We had no electricity, no water, nor could we use the phones, all networks were blocked." Could only access the information through a radio, which gave the news in Japanese, English, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean ... The story explains Ruben Freixas is very similar.

"It was to get home and turn on the TV and internet that we realized the magnitude of the tragedy." The news has shocked the entire world and there are numerous messages from friends and family, worried about their situation, they contacted him. It took four hours to answer each and reassure them.

We also note that the tremors and aftershocks have continued overnight, adding that this situation does not help to calm things down. " However, reports that the capital, Tokyo, is out of danger. The area has suffered more damage is to the north of the country "and that is where the help should go," he explains.

Yesterday was a sad day in Japan, "this morning does not look anything right." Fabregat expects the country to recover as soon as possible. Especially considering that the Japanese had been "a great shock" since the country was still very sensitive from the earthquake in New Zealand on Feb.

22, killing more than 20 Japanese. "Until it goes on street will not know what feelings are in the air, but today I'll take it easy. " For now, the official message is calm, and go to work and organize relief. "For a moment I thought it would not come out of this" Fabregat Dolça three years living in Japan.

He was at home when the earthquake started, "one more", he thought at first, "I did not even flinch." However, little by little began to gain strength, to level six of the Japanese scale (the maximum is seven). "It was terrible, it got serious and Dolça stood by the doorway, where he could agarrartse strong.

"Through the window I could see the buildings around us dangling. For a moment I thought it would not come out of this," he says. And the tremors continued. First dropped objects that were on the shelves, after which they were on the table: "I saw the TV falling, slipping the laptop on the desk, lamps, noise from the kitchen of the dishes down." Suddenly it was over and ran into the street, in socks and no coat.

Everyone was screaming and crying. "When I saw that the Japanese were also scared to death I realized the magnitude of the situation."

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