...there quite likely will be or have already been deaths stemming from lack of electrical power. Last I heard the rolling blackouts were not needed because ev

...there quite likely will be or have already been deaths stemming from lack of electrical power. Last I heard the rolling blackouts were not needed because everyone voluntarily reduced power use. Also planed rolling blackout are designed to be as safe as possible. But people dying from illness from lack of clean water because their water treatment plant is offline and their hospital is out of emergency power.. This is Japan we're talking about, not Haiti. The tsunami hit, it was a huge tragedy, but it is over and people are recovering. The nuclear disaster on the other hand is happening as we speak. Naturally people are more interested in the ongoing danger with a great range of possible outcomes.