Hope for Japan

I'll bet that by now, almost everyone's heard about the massive earthquake that hit Japan this weekend. 8.9! And afterschocks are still occurring. I saw some footage on the news, and boy, it's pretty bad. Cracks as wide as people have appeared on roads and sidewalks, highways have split and made wall-like barriers, stores are complete messes, books and electrical appliances were shaken off shelves, and where the tsunami hit, it's awful. Masses of cars have piled up in parking lots, and boats and ships have been overturned. Part of a bridge fell into the water, along with a few cars. A boat full of prechool children was rescued, and many others are being rescued at this moment. People in their neighbourhoods go around picking up corpses and lay them all out in one area to be buried later.

I found it admirable that no one stole anything from the unattended stores or went completely hysterical. These people were quite calm and practical. For instance, a sky train full of passengers was stopped and a warning was broadcasted. They were told to not leave the train until the shaking stopped, and they did exactly that; no one screamed crazily or anything. They just all waited until someone came up into the train and let them off. I guess a lot of them would be used to it, since Japan is in the Ring of Fire, where earthquakes are rather frequent.

But what's really scary is that (I think) 4 nuclear power plants are in danger of full/partial meltdown and thus leaking radioactivity. Their cooling systems didn't function properly. I believe one of them have already started to leak. Now THAT'S scary, because it has many terrible aftereffects that not only include cancer but birth defects and such. People are also saying it may reach Canada as well.

I'm just really worried about an aunt I have who lives in Japan with her two sons. As of now, they seem alright, but I really want to send over a package or something. Do you think it would reach them in time though?

Let's just all take a moment to pray for the Japanese...it doesn't matter if you're religious or not, just send your thoughts to them because I believe that at least one person will hear you.