The real reason why relief supplies aren't reaching Japan evacuation centers -->

[ClarkUSA]

Relief workers are so scared of radiation exposure that goods and fuel aren’t reaching even the safe, tsunami-hit areas of the region, Katsuhiro Kiko, a spokesman for the prefecture’s disaster center, said in a phone interview yesterday.

Kesennuma and Sanriku, two devastated towns north of Sendai where thousands are missing, are in desperate need of food and other supplies, NHK Television reported yesterday.

Towns were pummeled by the quake, tsunami and more than 530 aftershocks from Hakodate in the northernmost island of Hokkaido to Fuji, 760 kilometers to the south, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

Doctors in Sendai said lessons learned from the 1995 Kobe earthquake were ineffective because it was the tsunami that did the most damage this time, and the scale of the destruction meant supply disruptions were going on longer than anticipated... The preparations centered on surviving for the first 48 hours rule, after which water, gas and electricity supplies are restored and supplies from the government start arriving, he said. This time, “nothing came.”

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-19/japan-quake-toll-eclipses-kobe-as-tokyo-struggles-to-move-on.html

Damn. :(

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. That will be a concern not just for right now

but for exports...

One cargo container has ANY hit beyond normal on a rad monitor at any port... I fear that is all she wrote.

Right now, that is a huge issue for the people who need help.

[masmdu]

2. I am hearing differently...my brother-in-law is in the JSDF delivering aid in the affected areas...

Last we talked with him he was only about 60 km from Fukushima delivering needed supplies to evacuation centers.