Concierge Cavalry
Michael Romei, the Chef Concierge at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, offers help.
Sendai-Honolulu Journal - March 2011
Saturday, March 19 - On, Off
Here we go again. The electricity is out.
Saturday, March 19 - A Sendai Report
Yasue reports first-hand on what it is like living in a disaster zone.
Friday, March 18 - Afternoon Update
Relief obstacles in Sendai—there is food, but no gas to transport it.
Friday, March 18, 11:22 a.m. - Reunions
Old Friends Reunite through Earthquake News
Friday, March 18 - Tangerines, flashlights and more
Inventory of a Sendai aid box and nuclear concerns.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - Food and Water, The Last Mile Problem Fades
The Schumakers have their longest Sendai-to-Honolulu phone call yet—10 minutes. Clean-up begins.
Wednesday, March 16 - Taiyaki and Aftershocks
A concierge connection, and Honolulu effort, pays off in boxes of food for Sendai. Plus, a confection is found among 400 aftershocks.
Tuesday March 15 – A Journey Home
For the first time, Yasue Schumaker is able to check in on her home in Sendai.
Monday, March 14 – Food, Friends from the Outside World
Outside help begins to trickle into Sendai, while the Honolulu side of the Schumaker family works every connection to get supplies to Yasue Schumaker.
Sunday, March 13 - Help on the Way?
How to find food in stricken Sendai? Walk. And walk. And walk.
Saturday, March 12 - CNN
After Yasue Schumaker's CNN interview, a new deluge: media inquires and calls from friends and strangers alike, nationwide
Thursday, March 10 - Huge Earthquake. I’m OK.
"Oh, no. That's Sendai airport." News of the earthquake and tsunami reach Hawaii.
Friday, March 11 - Yes
One word from Sendai starts an agonizingly slow text exchange between husband and wife, from Japan to Honolulu.
