A tribute to all the people who lost their lives in the Japan quake

Sawa has been in Hong Kong this past week touring, and just returned to Japan last night. She says that all her family is safe, although the nuclear mess is happening just in the next prefecture.

As for toyNN referencing the coastal cities of Sendai and Shirakawa, the soil itself will be a culprit, no matter how well-built the buildings are. Coastal areas are usually a mixture of sandy and silty soils, neither of which resist water well. With a sudden influx of water, the soil will often just melt away from beneath a building. (That's why so many traditional Coon_ss houses are built elevated upon pilings sunk deep into the soil, rather than upon a foundation resting atop the soil...)

[SoulArbiter]

It's simply awful what has happened. Unfortunately, my state of Queensland had its floods and all. I'd love to donate, but I did so during my country's own crisis. I might sound a tad selfish, but I'm just a student. All I can offer are my thoughts and prayers.