The weather is sunny from the Kanto northward to Tohoku, the area hit by the earthquake and tsunami. The power cables are being hooked up to at least one of the reactors in Fukushima, and NHK is saying at least some of the water from the helicopter dumps yesterday reached the targeted cooling pools, but to what extent is unknown. Also the water cannons are shooting water at the pools. I can't tell how effective this is either. I'll post more later this morning as I learn more.
North of Fukushima in the tsunami zone, some aid is trickling in, but most people are still cold, hungry, and have been unable to bathe since the tsunami almost one week ago.
Locally, Paul Bluestein, a journalist living in Kamakura, writes about the need for perspective and avoiding undue panic:
Why I’m not fleeing Japan (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-im-not-fleeing-japan/2011/03/16/ABQsdhk_story.html
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