Brigham City, where many Thiokol workers lived, was hit hard by the disaster.
But Jason's offers a microcosm of this struggle and of the fears of workers at small businesses hit hard by the disaster.
Although the Irulas were hit hard by the disaster — at least six Irulas Kannan knew were killed — aid agencies and the government were quick to step in, providing food and shelter, buying boats and nets, and, eventually, building M.G.R. Nagar.
Before the earthquake, Golgotha was the dump for the adjacent neighborhood, which was hit hard by the disaster.
But everything changed late last month, when the floodwaters ravaged her village in the Kamber District of Sindh Province, bordering Balochistan, another province hit hard by the disaster.
While the areas hit hardest by the disaster account for only 7percentt of Japan's GDP, the rest of the country is suffering too, he said.
Yuzuru Hanyu, the 2010 world junior champion who was first alternate for the men's team here, lives in Sendai, the major city hit hardest by the disaster.
Those who live outside Tohoku, the area hit hardest by the disaster, praised the restraint of the survivors and encouraged them to endure, but it seems a bit cruel, I think.
Authorities have begun the urgent task of distributing food and water to survivors, but the relief effort is being held up by bad weather and landslides that have blocked access to remote areas that were hit hardest by the disaster.
In areas hit hard by the oil disaster in the bayous, there is evidence this is starting to happen.
The food banks don't usually travel as far down as Buras and Venice, towns hit hard by the BP oil disaster.
