3/10/11 Hawaii Tsunami Warning - RC-Monster Forums

BrianG · 03.18.2011, 10:40 AM

Please, don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to sound insensitive to their plight by any means. Just sitting there waiting for the gov't to take care of them (like many US citizens would) doesn't sound like something they want to do. I understand not wanting to leave the only life you knew, but it doesn't sound like there is anything resembling that old life there anymore. Ultimately, it's everyone's choice, but base survival has to take over at some point. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Misato is your wife I assume? Can't you convince her family to leave for just a little while - just until things settle down? Call it a vacation, call it protecting family, whatever. There's nothing saying they can't go back once the imminent danger is gone.

JERRY2KONE · **See through their eyes. -** 03.18.2011, 11:03 AM

BG you have to see things through their eyes. Most of these people left behind were in their 70's and over, so they would not get very far in the freezing weather on their own anyway. Plus after being cut off from the rest of the world by the Tsunami they have no idea how bad things really are. As far as they knew the whole island was hit and destroyed to the same level as their village. No power, no food, no water, no nothing. Where should they have gone. Put yourself in thier shoes. Everyone knows that when things are that bad that the rest of the world comes in to help.

On the second note: Tell them you want to take them to Vegas for vacation or to disney to have some fun. Tell them your wife is sick and needs her help. I know that would not be the truth(or maybe it is now), but this is to get them out of danger that they obviously do not understand how bad it is or could get. I get it though. There is an honor satus there that most people outside of Japan have never understood the depth of that integrity. We hope it all works out for the best one way or another.

pinkpanda3310 · 03.18.2011, 11:51 AM

Yes Misato is my wife. I have made the suggestion for the family to come here on a temporary basis like you said. We can only be persistent with our wishes and hope they eventually come away from there. My fear is for them to wait and then decide they want out when everyone else does at the same time. Even if they made plans now who knows what might happen tomorrow.

I didn't think your comment was insensitive Brian, sometimes other cultures are hard to understand.