Daybreak

It's daylight, I woke Margaret a little early and told her the news. She's involved in the emergency planning for HSU and so was more precise about our location in terms of the tsunami inundation zone. We're high enough and far enough from the water to be safe, though if there are something like ten foot waves, we'll feel the effects indirectly. So she's taking a shower and then will fill up the bathtub. We have drinking water and even some grey water stored--at least we've gotten that far in earthquake prep.

We have exactly one local TV news operation, so-called, and they're awake now and broadcasting sporadic reports. The Red Cross is involved in setting up emergency centers, people are calling into radio talk shows to find out if where they are is safe. Meanwhile, death toll numbers from Japan are starting to mount in the hundreds.

We'll be monitoring news from Hawaii and later on, from farther down our coast, especially in the Bay and Peninsula area where Margaret's daughter lives. For us, we're about twenty minutes from when the first wave is supposed to show up.

The NBC guy is saying 8 foot wall expected in Crescent City. Electricity is already starting to go out in our area.