MG, you need to start listening to legitimate news organizations. Whoever you are using as a source of information is wildly inaccurate and completely out of touch with reality.

Have you actually looked at the pictures of the areas that were hit? Have you noticed the piles of splintered wood that used to be homes and businesses? Did you realize the paths through the rubble had been painstakingly cleared by desperate people trying to get through to those who need help?

I think your basic mistake is comparing the government of the USA with that of Japan. Martial law is not an option because the people are not prone to looting, rioting, or mayhem of any sort. It's the Americans who do that.

As for nuclear power, I agree with anyone who says it's too dangerous and the waste lasts too long. The problem is that we lost that argument years ago and now live in a technological society that needs power. Lizzie, you may be willing to live by candle light but you are in the minority. Nuclear power is here and all we can do is try to limit future plants and push our governments to push businesses to develop clean energy. That means we cannot yell NIMBY when they want to put a wind farm or solar facility near our houses.