TOKYO, Japan -- KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Richard Thompson has joined morning news anchor Chris Egert in Japan to cover how families, businesses and aid organizations from Western Washington are affected by the disaster.Thompson and his photographer, Jay Johnson, arrived in Japan overnight with some aid workers from Western Washington who, like Thompson, were planning to head to some of the hardest-hit areas.Since there is no food, water, power or shelter in the Sendai area, Thompson brought supplies to sustain the two for at least a week that include a sleeping bag, camping gear, first aid kit, camp stove, water, backpack, water filter, freeze-dried food and a solar power battery charger.WATCH IT: Thompson Packs For Disaster Conditions But once they arrived in Tokyo, the concerns about radiation changed those plans.Thompson spoke to two women from Impact Disaster Response Northwest who were also planning on heading to the Sendai area, where people are in desperate need of help.“The radiation precautions have increased and our organization put a 90-kilometer radius around Sendai where we’re not supposed to go,” said Therese Alvarez with Impact Disaster Response Northwest.
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