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Uh... it hasn't been a month since the earthquake yet. Hell, the Christchurch earthquake was out of the news within two weeks. So... what's your point?
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My poorly-illustrated point was that the world isn't falling apart, bad terrible things happen sometimes, the ones that survived are still here, and we should be aware that the media may hype up things rather than keep things in perspective.
I'm not saying that what's going on isn't
important at the moment, though. Obviously a radiation leak ontop of an earthquake is serious business for those involved - But why is the BBC giving its audience lots of info-graphics about how nuclear power plants work and what went wrong with Fukushima? A possible 10,000 people are dead because of the disaster, not because of radiation. Some of you were telling me earlier that it's not comparable to Chernobyl - People are aware of what's happening and are being directed to act accordingly to minimise the risk of being harmed. So what's the worst-case scenario with the power station? Low levels of radioactive material being spread about?
Eh, I'll stop digging my hole now.