Please read patio11's article again! The nuclear power plant is 160mi from Tokyo. You'd think that there's some difference in the conditions across that distan

Please read patio11's article again! The nuclear power plant is 160mi from Tokyo. You'd think that there's some difference in the conditions across that distance? When the 2004 tsunami happened in South India, a town on the coast would be devastated, while a village 2km inland would be completely unaffected. From this Google Maps link to driving between http://bit.ly/g4hfPm http://bit.ly/g4hfPm Tokyo & Okuma you can see that the road runs along the coast and might have been hit by the Tsunami, causing lack of supplies. So most likely explanation 1. On the coast, esp. in the Miyagi province, a lot of things are screwed. It could have been much worse if there was not the Japanese emergency training/response. 2. 5km inside the coast-line, there will be earthquake damage, no tsunami damage, and life will be near normal by now. [edited for grammar/formatting]