Japan Uses Satellites to Track Disasters

[Jessterw]

For our furry mate in the land of Nihon this looks like good news:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_ALERT?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Hopefully they can get it completely rolled out to all the prefectures and islands soon.

[Sasq]

Most promising.
Anything that increases my ability to know the difference between
'oh quake - whistles while continuing to make his coffee'
to
'of fack, its the big one, under the desk'
is appreciated.