my mother is leaving for Japan on Monday for a 3 months, she bought the ticket in January. Both my brother and I have asked her to postpone leaving for a couple of weeks, but she's very fatalistic saying she can't live her life in fear. Still...

My co-worker was speaking to her friend in Tokyo. She's house bound, as they are telling people to stay indoors. I was saying I'd be leaving, but those people are stuck - stores are closed, trains aren't running, and people are lining up for hours to get gas and they're only allowed 10L.

And that footage of the dogs is just heartbreaking.

God, the tsunami was bad enough, it's just getting worse and worse.