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We just saw some of the video footage trickling in from the epic disaster that hit Japan last night.
Unbelievable. Gut-wrenching. Scary as hell.
Nice to be safe here in the deep desert.
Just called a friend who lives near Half Moon Bay — he says they’ve reported an eight-inch rise there. Nothing to worry about. But the school district called this morning — school’s canceled. Tsunami Warning Day.
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CNN reports that a nuclear plant has been affected, but is “under control.”
Reports seem to indicate this won’t be as deadly as the 2004 Indonesia tsunami — but that sounds like wishful thinking, looking at the pictures.