Our prayers are answered. Helen is back, in touch and moderately safe. 5000 aftershocks mean nearly hourly fear. I have lived in the zone and never experienced anything greater than a four. I am old enough, though not involved, my husband and brother in law were, and remember well both the scare and the worry atomic/hydrogen power can be. I won't po=po it but media does have a strong tendency to make it more dramatic than it is. One must deal with it calmly and with knowledge not news. If you noticed, in my opinion, those releases did not go very high thus most of the high radiation will be nearby and (opinion) ocean winds, not atmosphere winds. It will be a long and devastating restoration and that portion of Japan Is very COLD. Bud. the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message