Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank heavens for all that. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:49 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > I got home from a photo lunch yesterday afternoon to an email from my son > in Tokyo with the title "I'm alive". > Checked the NY Times on line and saw the developing story about the > earthquake. Tried to call but the mobile phone network > was gone. Finally connected with skype. The office of my son's internet > bank in Central Tokyo had furniture and computers thrown around but > everyone > was fine. > The staff went out and bought beer, saki and snacks to celebrate. Believe > it or not a customer repaid his loan on line after the quake. > Everyone had to walk home - 8 km in my son's case. His wife and her family > are safe but no details yet about damage to their properties. > Howard (in Hong Kong where the tremors are usually very small) > > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:27:12 -0800 >> From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> Subject: [Leica] keep those leicas dry... >> To: Leica LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> I sincerely hope that all of our friends in Japan and the Pacific are >> safe, and stay safe, after the terrible earthquake in Japan, >> >> and its aftermath... >> >> re the tsunami that will hit the US west coast very shortly, >> >> don't go to the beach with your camera. >> >> If you can shoot a tsunami you are way too close... >> >> >> really.... >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >