1040: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev describes the situation at Japan's nuclear power plant as a "colossal national disaster" and catastrophe, Reuters report. He said he hopes it will not cause serious problems elsewhere.
Ya know, I try not to be a fear monger and I hope this doesn't come out like I am. But I gotta go with this one. Not on its face value, but from strictly an analytical perspective. All the attention that this nuke situation has drawn worldwide has drawn attention from their humanitarian crisis and help that might be offered because of that attention.
They apparently have next nothing, not even trained rescue dogs, to look for the dead and dying in all that rubble. I don't have any idea how long it's going to take to remove all that debris but it ain't gonna be anytime soon, let alone the rebuilding.