I decided to post this since this is no longer a regular notification, but a WARNING:
The Northwestern areas (Alaska, Western Canada, and Western USA). yes, this includes Seattle, San Francisco, and western areas of SoCal:
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/01/webetalhvpd9-01.txt Current Stream in Japan:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/foxtokimekitonight Philippines:
http://abscbnnews.tumblr.com/post/3781167567/map-of-philippine-provinces-affected-by-phivolcs There's more information, but prayers and best wishes go out to all areas in Japan who first witnessed the whole disaster. Everyone else, best of luck on handling all what may happen. We can only hope things will be okay at this time.