Aberdeen is still here. No issues on the coast.

We had Japanese exchange students every so often at our house while I was growing up. We still stay in touch with a few. Dad is part of the Olympia Sister City program with Kato (Yashiro), so he is trying to contact the folks he knows. I'll let him know about texting. Kato is right on the east coast about 180 miles south of Sendai.