Re: [CSSWG] Minutes and Resolutions 2011-03-30

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Peter Moulder <peter.moulder@monash.edu> wrote:
> The Australian department of foreign affairs is a bit more specific
> about its concerns, which gives a bit more basis to make a decision:
>
>  Australians should not travel to Tokyo, areas surrounding Tokyo and
>  Honshu north of Tokyo due to limitations on essential services,
>  infrastructure damage, aftershocks and continuing uncertainty about
>  the status of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, unless their
>  presence in the area is essential. Australians in these areas should,
>  unless their presence is essential, make arrangements to leave –
>  either to Southern Japan or elsewhere.
>
> That sounds bad, but the question is what things will be like in two
> months from now.

That does sound like reasonable precautions right now; if our meeting
was next week I would definitely be in favor of cancelling/moving.  I
do not believe it should be relied on for decisions about travel two
months from now.

~TJ

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