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Being ready for an earthquake – and the lessons learned Dennis Stanworth shares some painful memories and the benefit of experience The Japan Times of 12 March 2016 reported as follows:
‘At 2:46 pm Friday, millions of people observed a moment of silence across Japan as the country marked the fifth anniversary of the March 2011 quake and tsunami that devastated coastal areas of the Tohoku region, killing at least 19,304 and leaving an additional 2,561 still unaccounted for. The anniversary comes as around 174,000 evacuees from disaster-hit areas are still living outside their damaged hometowns’. Spring
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The Yokohama International School (YIS) community also paid its respects. Many, including myself, still have indelible memories of that day. There were a number of outcomes from this tragic event that affected our school, notably the development of ongoing service projects to support the victims and, importantly for our community, a complete review of all procedures for responding to events of such magnitude should they ever happen again. Emergency procedures to cope with fire, earthquake, lockdown, intruders and pandemics have always been of a high priority at YIS, with regular drills practised and reviews of
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