there is a difference between being vigilant and being paranoid. being paranoid is seeing something that looks bad and making it out to be worse than it really is. living a life of vigilance is looking at something and doing deeper research on it, to get a better understanding of what is going on. i choose the life of vigilance. i see what is going on, i understand what is going on, but im not going to base my life around all the bad things that are happening. in my honest opinion, the reason i try to downplay this situation is not because i believe it isn't a big deal, i KNOW its a big deal. it is because i think its hard to draw any conclusions on anything that happens because nobody has been through a crisis of this magnitude. we should all just stay tuned, and not worry until we have to. that doesn't mean you have to wait til the last minute, but remember that it is going to get worse if nobody acts now in japan. the japanese have proven they cant do anything about this. its bad now, yes, but it is going to get worse. be ready, mentally, but dont fear. be vigilant, observant, just stay tuned. nothing wrong with being informed, just don't use that information to create panic when panicking is never the answer.