Japan.

I can't believe the news, so sad to see the footage of the tsunami's destruction in Japan.  I can't imagine what those people must be going through, what they must have been thinking, how freaked out they were. 

We were so worried about my sister in law, as she's a Jet student teaching English in Japan.  The department of home affairs phoned my mom in law to tell her they had a call from the Japanese government, they know where she is and she's fine. 

Relief.  Still, I can't help but think about it.  Later when we actually heard back from her, she said she's perfectly ok and it's business as usual in Fukui.  Her only real concern is the nuclear reactors.  She gave us a link to read the news, you can check it out here if you'd like - it's an English version of the Japanese news.

What's scary is seeing the before and after satellite photos.  Some places are just a smudge now, where things used to be, where people used to live.