I've been worrying about the Japanese earthquake since I heard about it.

Well, not worrying - the people I know in Japan seem to have all checked in already - but generally being concerned.

I spoke about it with the nieces today (our Doctors Without Borders map is really coming in handy, though I ought to go and buy a bigger map), but I'm kinda glad that when I did it I hadn't checked the news again yet. I had no idea the death toll was already so high - though it may help to consider that it's lower than it could've been, in no small part to their early warning system. (And for that matter, rapid communication allowed people in the tsunami zone to evacuate. Can you imagine how devastating that would have potentially been 200 years ago?)

The nieces were more upset than I am. Sometimes I feel slightly bad about that, but you can't actually start crying every time there is a natural disaster somewhere in the world. Or I can't, anyway. I care in a general sense, but... I don't know. It's not about me, anyway.

The usual people are collecting donations and information about survivors.