yes i saw the NOAA advisory ... but local weather conditions can make one or another region more or less safe. i shall have to look for local information, i have not had much luck. waah.

tsunamis, even tho they "predict" them in such cases, are rather unpredictable.

i hope your colleagues and students' families are ok.

these things really suck.

i have a sick feeling in my stomach. all the people i went to school with, plus some family friends, plus people i worked with when i went back for a year at one point... that's a lot of people. and they all live on one small island. with a lot of low coastline.

and the island itself... i am rather personally attached to.

~ waves ~ from the islands