Messages for Japan

Songs for Japan

George Takei on the Japan Quake and Tsunami: Gaman

Authors for Japan

Prayer for Japan

Japan - Earthquake & Mega-Tsunami 11-03-2011.mp4

Actually, at approximately 2:30 am Pacific Time, the DJ broke into the song I had playing softly on my clock radio to announce the earthquake, and that tsunami warnings had been issued for Hawaii and the entire West Coast of the US, along with all the Pacific Islands. It was those poor souls along the shoreline nearest the epicenter that had the least amount of time to escape to higher ground --by some accounts, less than five minutes after the quake struck.

For more than a half century, as California's population doubled and development spread unchecked through low-lying wetlands and shorelines, there have been geologists and urban planners warning against building on much of this scenic California coastline. I know of at least one report, detailing the risks inherent in building mile-by-mile for the entire California coast, that was pooh-poohed by developers that put profit over people.

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We Can Build an Orphanage

Build homes for AIDS orphans in Haiti -- "brick by brick."

Aid for Haitian Earthquake Victims

These are but a few of the many relief organizations --most of whom already had people onsite in Haiti prior to the earthquake:

American Jewish World Service http://www.ajws.org/ 212-792-2900

Doctors Without Borders https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Haitian Education Project haitianeducationproject@saintleo.edu 1-800-334-5532 or 352-588-8331

Hope for Haiti http://www.hopeforhaiti.com/ 239-434-7183

Mercy Corps POB 2669 Portland, OR 97208 http://www.mercycorps.org/ 1-888-256-1900

Operation Helping Hands http://www.iwant2help.org/

Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) http://www.panamericanrelief.org/

Project Medishare http://www.projectmedishare.org/

International Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ or text the word HAITI to 90999 to make a $10 donation

Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ 1-800-SAL-ARMY

UNICEF http://www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake or call 1-800-UNICEF

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