from npr on various aspects

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/06/135175611/in-wake-of-nuclear-crisis-tepcos-plans-questioned

Oh NPR you are wrong to say tsunami size could not have been predicted. Pooey..they are predicting way worse for the west coast of USA all the time..I have heard 70 feet, I have heard 20 to 30 feet..they told us on the phone call to evacuate that a tsunami here could be up to 10 feet..unclear whether it would have been a big rush, or as some people prefer to think, a gentle filling like a bathtub. That would be my preference and is often suggested as to what will happen here. But they don't know..Brookings OR got smashed in this tsunami, as did I think Redwood City CA..the harbors anyway and fishing fleets. Oh absolutely and positively anyone over here could have said expect a 40 foot tsunami at least with a 9 earthquake..

As to evacuees etc..I imagine things are way better now..but why keep elderly in those conditions that long? As I said about the second day..get them to a cruise ship and drive them around for a while if you have to..ask nursing homes or even shelters with heat and water farther away to take them. Get them to a city out of danger and arrange for family to take them if possible. Ask strangers, screened, churches etc. to take them into homes. Ask other countries..I said I could take two younger women as I live in a tiny cabin with an attic room they would have to climb into..lots of people would take in families with small children. Colleges could find room for college-age students...there was no excuse for some of the delays and suffering..when people are possibly pinned under a refrigerator with a broken back and mud in their nostrils you do not have the luxury of time. You have to move fast with everything you have and call for outside help and certainly not turn down trained help, as they did, on your doorstep, which they were. mg