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ICE: In Case of Emergency

2011/03/23

The recent events in Japan have many teachers wondering what they would do if disaster struck their adopted hometowns in Japan.

1. Register with your embassy. Often the embassy will be able to contact your family, so registering with them is a good first step.

2. Make sure your contact information is available and up to date, both at home and abroad. Give your family members several ways to get in touch with you in Japan and vice versa. Save your home information in your keitai under "home" or "mom and dad"- something someone would be able to recognize as an emergency contact instead of just "Sally Smith", and have a paper copy of the same details in your wallet.

3. Use social media. After the big earthquake and tsunami, electricity was down but many places still had wireless internet, allowing people to access sites such as Twitter or Facebook to update their whereabouts via cell phone and get news about what was happening. Even if you aren't a regular user of social media, in an emergency situation it can be a valuable source of information so it might be worthwhile to make an account to use just in case.

If you have health problems that may require attention in an emergency it is advisable to carry a description and instructions for any medication in English and Japanese on you, and many people have also started carrying bottles of water with them just in case.

Hopefully precautions remain just that, and everyone stays safe!

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