If there was ever a country prepared for earthquakes, it is Japan. Knowing this provides some comfort as I think of the impact on people there...
Initial reports are also indicating that Japan's quake-conscious building codes paid off – there was little of the sort of house-of-cards collapsing seen after quakes in places like Iran or Turkey.
There's a tsunami watch out for basically the entire Pacific Basin. Estimates for the tsunami's arrival at Hawai'i are shortly after 3 am local time (5 am PST). Fingers crossed and thumbs pressed. The estimates even list San Diego arrival (around 8:40 am PST), but with much smaller (and most likely insignificant) magnitude.
Just when you think mankind's problems are big and significant, along comes Mother Nature with a little hiccup to remind us all that we are but insignficant nothings, granted our meager existence at her whim...
