The New York Times’ Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hp
I was able to locate the town where my friend Pia’s brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter’s camp friend’s family lives (quite a bit south of Tokyo, out of quake zone).
Coincidentally enough, Brett and I were attending a New York Red Cross breakfast the morning the tsunami was announced, and while the content of the morning’s presentation was focused on what the Red Cross does for New Yorkers, it certainly added some urgency to the obligatory donation appeal at the end of the breakfast. (Brett is a volunteer photographer for the Red Cross and my friend Sonia’s husband, Nick Malik, sits on the NYC board).
On a cheerier note, a friend pointed me to this T-shirt on Treadless.com combining Eisenlohr’s projection with an image of a radio broadcast signal. This is an entry for Oceanic Preservation Society T-shirt Challenge. Theme: Singing Planet. Really neat design.
