GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE MISSION
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FUKUSHIMA , JAPAN EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI AND NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DISASTER MISSION 2011
FOR THE JAPAN DISASTER OUR OFFICE AND CONTACTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
EHAT VMW
KONTO LODGE Room 2422 and 2424
Yokota , AB Japan
011-81 311 754 2422 Mobile/Cell: 090-6508-1527 and Masae Sullivan 090-6505-5680 country code 81 for Japan
LAST UPDATED ON May 31st at 10:00 From Tokyo , Japan.
RAIN AND FLOODING MAKES LIFE HARD IN AFFECTED ZONE!
ABOVE: Two school children trek through flooded streets of Ishinomaki, Japan.
ABOVE: A VMW teams displays the personal items that were found that day whilst clearing debris near Ishinomaki, Japan. These items are turned over to authorities to help idenify people who are missing and have not yet been confirmed dead.
ABOVE :Andrew, a VMW technician and interprturer shows our team's documents to police at a checkpoint near Obama , Japan and the Nuclear Exclusion Zone. Our teams make house calls and set up small screening clinics to provide direct aid to those in need in the affected areas.
ABOVE: This photo taken on May 13th near Minamisanriku speaks loudly. Many coastal villages had very strong protective sea walls to keep waves from destroying homes but they were simply not high or strong enough.
ABOVE: This photo taken on May 14th shows the complete obliteration of an entire town who's protective sea wall failed on March 11tost are still missing from this coastal area.
ABOVE: A village employee at Jomon Village counts our food donation items before distributing them to victims in the villages three active shelters for those without homes. Rice , is hard to come by for so many in the affected area.
ABOVE: The mayor and city of Minamisoma, Japan say the "Thank you" to VMW and support teams. The city was under lockdown by the Government of Japan as it is so close to The Fukushima Nuclear Powerplant which exploded in March of 2011.
ABOVE: New temporary housing unit are fabricated on property near Onagawa University.The Government of Japan is making great efforts to get people from city shelters to this new structures as soon as possible.
ABOVE: JOMON VILLAGE near Ishinomaki, Japan. Stephanie, a VMW volunteer takes a moment to chat with children that have had their world turned upside down since March 11th.
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REPORTS BEFORE 17 MAY 2011 In Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, Japan are listed below.
THIS DISASTER ZONE IS AN ACTIVE AND ONGOING SITUATION!!! IT IS NOT KNOWN YET JUST HOW MUCH LOST OF LIFE AND PROPERTY HAS COME TO PASS.
OUR TEAMS HAVE WORKED SUCH EVENTS IN THE PAST SUCH AS THE ASIAN TSUNAMI 2004 AND HAITI'S QUAKE IN 2010.
ABOVE:THE RADAR TOWER SEEMS TO STAND GUARD OVER SCORES OF DEAD AND THEIR VEHICLES WASHED INLAND FROM THE HIGHWAY ALONG SENDAI AIRPORT, JAPAN. SOME TSUNAMI WAVES ARE 30 FEET TALL AND MOVE 530 MILES PER HOUR.
JAPANESE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP DIAPERS, FOOD, MILK TO CARE FOR THEIR BABIES.
BELOW: HUMANITARIAN AID ARRIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AT NARITA AIRPORT TOKYO
BELOW: DOUG EXAMINES A VICTIM IN AKAI , JAPAN DURING A LONG NIGHT AT A CLINIC
BELOW: MASAE SULLIVAN AND A JAPANESE NGO VOLUNTEER TRANSFER PRECIOUS GASOLINE TO AN EMERGENCY USE VEHICLE IN ISHINOMAKI JAPAN. GASOLINE IS RATIONED AND IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY.
EHAT EFFORTS HAVE BROUGHT MILITARY,CIVILIAN AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TOGETHER TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN IN HUGE WAY!
ABOVE: A VOLUNTEER ASSIST WITH RUSHING WATER TO SURVIVORS NEAR ZONE 1
ABOVE: BLUE AND RED TEAM MEMBERS REMOVE DAMAGED ITEMS FROM A HOME IN ONO, HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, JAPAN
ABOVE: A JAPANESE EVACUEE IS EXAMINED AFTER HE BECAME FAINT IN THE FUKUSHIMA AIRPORT STAGING AREA.
JAPANESE CHILDREN ARE PREPARED FOR FLIGHTS OUT OF THE DANGER AREA.
ABOVE: NEAR SENDAI AIRPORT THE SCENE IS ONE OF MASSIVE DESTRUCTION WITH VEHICLES,AIRCRAFT AND HANGER PARTS IN HUGE PILES!
SENDAI, JAPAN: WATER HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN TO EASE BACK AS SCORES HAVE DIED AND ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR HERE.
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CREWS FROM RICHMOND RAFB, AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN FLYING VOLMEDICS AND OTHER TEAM'S MATERIALS,GEAR AND STAFF DIRECTLY INTO THE WORST OF THE AFFECTED AREAS IN NORTHERN JAPAN.
RICHMOND , AUSTRALIAN WING COMMANDER ,DAVID HOWARD AND AID DIRECTOR GERALD FLINT TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THIS LOAD AND WHAT IT MEANS THE VICTIMS OF THIS DISASTER.
ABOVE: AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT CREWS GO OVER LAST MINUTE DETAILS FOR THIS HUMANITARIAN FLIGHT INTO SENDAI, JAPAN.
ABOVE: SERGEANT DUNCAN WOODWARD LEADS HIS TEAM WITH PROPER LOADING OF A 600 LBS PALLET OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
ABOVE: THE FISHING VILLAGE OF HACENOHAE JAPAN NEAR MISAWA AB. MANY OF THE FISHING FLEET BOATS HAVE BEEN BADLY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
ABOVE: VOLUNTEERS FROM INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, US MILITARY AND LOCAL JAPANESE TOWNS CLEAR FISHING NETS FROM BEACH AND TREE LINE NEAR HACENOHOE, JAPAN
ABOVE: A LARGE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TAKES A LUNCH BREAK ON THE BEACH NEAR MISAWA AB JAPAN. THE TEAMS WORKED LONG HOURS TO CLEAR REMAINS OF ALL TYPES AS WELL AS FISH NETS FROM THIS AREA.
ABOVE: A BADLY DAMAGED FISHING BOAT IS ALL BUT READY TO RETURN TO THE WATERS NEAR HACENOHOE JAPAN. THE MUSSEL AND SHELL FISHERMEN WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME OF IT FOR A WHILE TO COME AS THE BEDS HAVE BEEN GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE TSUNAMI!
ABOVE: MASAE OVERSEES DISTRIBUTION OF ITEMS AT A SHELTER NEAR SENDAI, JAPAN
ABOVE: THE SCENE AT SENDAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS VERY HARD HIT WITH MASSIVE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
ABOVE: THE VIEW FROM OUR U60 AS WE RETURN SOUTH FROM SENDAI , JAPAN. 26,000 PEOPLE ARE MISSING, DEAD OR FEARED DEAD FOLLOWING THIS DISASTER.
ABOVE:VOLUNTEER MEDICS MEMBERS MEET WITH JAPANESE COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD TO TALK OVER AID DISTRIBUTION TO ISHINOMAKI , JAPAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
ABOVE: SENDAI AIRPORT WHICH WAS SO BADLY DAMAGED BY THE TSUNAMI WILL BE OPEN FOR SOME COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS AROUND APRIL 15th IF THE REPAIR PROGRESS GOES AS PLANNED.
BELOW: a man has sand removed from his eyes IN HigashiMatsushima, Japan.
BELOW: SOMA AND MINAMISOMA BLUE AND RED CREWS DEBRIEF AFTER ANOTHER 27 HOURS.
BELOW: Our view from the air shows the mass destruction of Miyagi Pref near the sea.
Below: VMW crews assist Japanese authorities with search for human remains in vehicle which were carried more that 3 Kilometers by the Tsunami. This was cemetery where many cars came to rest after crashing into tombstones.
BELOW: Masae Sullivan screens a victims vision at a shelter in Ono Base Miyagi Pref.
BELOW: Carl , a American VMW volunteer runs loads of muddy debris from an official residence in Soma Japan.
