At Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:07:46 -0600, Steve Thomas wrote:

Does anyone know if Yoshiki and his family are okay?

Oh, thank you. My direct family members are fine and they are only taking a bit of inconvenience. But given so many people are suffering and we have not seen the enclosure of the whole events, it is little comfort...

For engineers and scientists types, and even for educator types, unless you are going to the actual disaster site and help from there, trying to make the world better place by pressing on your daily business is one of the best things. (Of course some monetary donation to proper organization helps also^^;)

-- Yoshiki