On the first day I heard an unconfirmed report of up to 80,000+ Japanese people unaccounted-for. Then the reporting got swallowed up in a serious but not zOMG EVERYBODY PANIC-serious set of problems at a nuclear electric station.
Well, those people are still missing. The only thing between the 4500 dead of today and 10,000 dead or 20,000 on the official body count is the official finding of the bodies. The finding, by the way, may never happen. Entire villages are gone, wiped off the map and the bodies lost. Hundreds of thousands are dependent on charity and government assistance for their daily bread, and the supplies are running low.
Click here for before/after shots of some of the destruction, including the power plant in question. Slide your mouse over the images to reveal the after shots. These people need help. Fortunately for them, the Japanese government is as on top of disaster preparedness as any, but still . . . it sucks to die of dehydration stuck in the ruin of what used to be your house because rescuers ran out of gas before they could get to your town.
Hat tip: Uncle (I think)
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