Lakeshore Advance, 2012-03-14, Page 13Local mom waits to
hear of son's safely
Fear in Japan
,reuniter O'Brien
.akeshore Advance
linable to sleep Stephanie Donaldson turned on the television
at 3 a.nt. Friday to a nightmare.
Breaking news, earthquake hits Japan.
Knowing her son is in Japan as team physician for the 1 I.S. Par-
alytnpic nu'n's sledge hockey team, Donalds m's heart dropped.
"1 was like 'oh, no; worried about he and the team," the
Grand Bend woman said Friday.
"The team, they are wonderful athletes, but they are more
vulnerable and if there was a problem, they'd have to evacu-
ate ... But they are fine"
Wide awake and worried, she only had to wait an hour before
her son, Peter Donaldson, sent this email:
Mom, There was an EARTHQUAKE I IQUAAli of f tlu' northern coast of
Japan. It was a big one -- the seismic re'nte'r u'as an 8.4, there
was a 351001 tsunami that wiped out about 100 miles of the
northern shore. ht Nagano it u'as •I.() -- u'e felt it -- it u'as dur-
ing the game!! felt like a 0'0l'e for (11)01415 seconds. 1 u'as on the
bench kinds felt like a ware hitting c4 boat -- the stands
creaked, the super -scoreboard over the ire' leas rocking for
about 15 minutes. We held the game for about 5 minutes then
played on. Rut no serious danger in Nagano.
So no tt'orrie's here. it was 5.0 in Tokyo where u'e flea' into --
a feu' fires and power outages, temporary closure oldie airport
and rail line's (13nmillion people in Tokyo) most take train so
that is (4 big deal.
So all is healthy with our swim'. Best, love, P
I lundreds of people were killed by the earthquake -- actu-
ally 8.9 in magnitude and the biggest on Japan's record --
which triggered a devastating 10 metre high tsunami along
the northeast coast.
Canada's foreign affairs department has set up a hotline for
Canadians worried about their loved ones in the quake -ravaged
country, The number is 613-943-1055, or toll-free within Canada
at 1-800-387-3124.
1'he department has said there are at least 1,512 Canadians
registered with the Canadian Embassy v in'lbkyo. So far, them have
been no reported Canadian injuries or fatalities, but the govern-
ment wants that could change.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most
seismically active areas. 'Ihe country accounts for about 20 per-
cent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
Peter later wrote hack to his mons, "1 am sleep deprived. 'There
was an aftershock closer to Nagano- about a 6,0 overnight ...
rocked the hotel and got everyone out of their rooms. As you
might have guessed knowing me, l slept through it but got a call
from our manager that everyone was going to the lobby (we were
in the lobby from 4a -6a as were some of the other teams). 'Ihe
locals were not too worried they get a couple small earthquakes a
year, and as 1 mentioned Nagano had no damage.
The team managers met and determined that we would
continue the tournament as there is not much else we can do
and we would be unlikely to be able to get an earlier fight
out. So game on.,.
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