Posted by Martin Brossman on April 21, 2011 at 10:20am

I shared with my best friend in Japan what we are doing here at inside919 with the Japan Relief event and this was his response:

“Hi Martin,

I am deeply impressed and pleased by the human empathy and generosity underlining this event, which I hope will be a big success — because Japan really needs your help.

The news agencies in the US, I suspect, are only picking up a fraction of what’s really going on here…

The initial destruction of lives and property caused by the first huge earthquake and tidal waves was terrible and tragic. But the subsequent (and continuing) problems at the Fukushima nuclear
power plant and the nationwide rash of earthquakes and aftershocks are hindering rescue and recovery efforts and prolonging the suffering.

To put this situation in a more understandable perspective, imagine if nearly half the U.S. population along with many active volcanoes and more than 50 nuclear power plants, was crammed into an
earthquake and typhoon prone area roughly the size of California. Then imagine that a disaster occurred — on a much larger scale than 3-Mile Island — at one of the nuclear power plants; a
catastrophe, in fact, that is still going on… Do you think that this scenario might cause some panic and despair…?

All of the Japanese adults I have spoken to are worried about the growing threat of radioactive contamination and infiltration of water and food supplies. Frankly, so am I.

So, I’d like to thank you all again.
God bless. And God speed.

Sincerely,
Richard Grassi ”

My comment: I hope of may of you as can may support and it is OK if you can not make it to still buy a Ticket to show your support.