West Coast TE Peeps....

[shootingstar]

My uncle and his wife lives about 60 miles south of Sendai up in the mountain. Only thing we can do is wait. One good thing for my mother is that my sister lives only 5-10 minutes from her and both of them are helping each other in this difficult time.

This would be very tough...to wait and hear of outcome.

[channlluv]

Total non-event here in San Diego. My heart goes out to the people affected north of us, though. I agree that the news media were really downplaying the danger. Our beaches weren't closed and while there was a police cruiser going up and down warning people, no one was required to get out of the water or off the beach or boardwalk. Duh.

My brother and his wife and five-year-old daughter moved from the earthquake zone a month ago to the D.C. area.

I just can't even fathom the amount of devastation the people of Japan are facing right now. All those agricultural facilities gone, buildings destroyed, transportation hubs demolished...it's going to be a long time recovering for them.

Roxy