In Solidarity with JAPAN

#JAPAN
#TSUNAMI
#EARTHQUAKE

These 3 words accompanied by #Hash-tags dominated the Twitter-verse and News Stations today. Japan was hit with a POWERFUL 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake that shook Northern Japan and was felt down in Tokyo as it rippled through the Pacific Ocean all the way back home to SF. I wanted to use my space here on the web to bring attention to this natural disaster. I wanted to share my own prayers in solidarity with all those people and families affected by this and wishing for a recovery underway as they face the challenge of rebuilding and looking for lost loved ones as well as any future aftershocks as a result of this.

News Bits:
"This quake is being reported as the 5th largest in the World since record keeping was started in the 1800's."

"At least 398 people are dead and 805 are missing after the massive earthquake in Japan, the Kyodo News Agency reported Saturday. Earlier, the news agency said the death toll from the massive earthquake would likely surpass 1,000."
--CNN News Coverage

"The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis."

--CNN News Coverage

"Japan earthquake ruptured a patch of the earth's crust that is 240km long and 80km wide, US Geological Survey says."
--Associated Press


From CNN.com

This photo taken from Emeryville, CA across the Bay Bridge of the Tsunami waves hitting the Bay. Courtesy of the SFIST.