8.9 Quake + tsunamis strike Japan

[AGDee]

I'm in the place where I can't tear myself away from the coverage of this disaster but I can't hardly comprehend how these people are functioning at all. Japan is, by all accounts, the MOST prepared country for disasters but the magnitude of this is just more than can be dealt with. The pictures of the wreckage, reports that 9500 people from one town alone are reported as missing, nuclear meltdown... it's just not even possible to meet people's needs in those circumstances.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'm in the place where I can't tear myself away from the coverage of this disaster but I can't hardly comprehend how these people are functioning at all. Japan is, by all accounts, the MOST prepared country for disasters but the magnitude of this is just more than can be dealt with. The pictures of the wreckage, reports that 9500 people from one town alone are reported as missing, nuclear meltdown... it's just not even possible to meet people's needs in those circumstances.

I haven't been following the coverage today. I thought they were able to stop the plant from melting down?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I haven't been following the coverage today. I thought they were able to stop the plant from melting down?

They just announced that one may be in full meltdown now.

I am going to have to make myself stop watching it. I get so overwhelmed.. then when I stop watching, I feel guilty because these people living this can't just change the channel.