Patio11's perspective on the Japan Earthquake
There is a bit of overlap here with my comments on HN the last couple of days.  I've had to explain it to 100+ friends, family, customers, clients, etc, so I figured I might as well polish it and put it somewhere public.At the risk of stating the obvious: I am not "HN's Japan Guy."  There are many, many HNers in Japan.  A few dozen of them make it out to the Tokyo meetups.  There are many, many perspectives on this disaster -- this is just my wee little contribution from a place well removed from most of the worst scenes.