A huge 8.9 earthquake hit Japan this morning (their afternoon) off the northeast coast. The quake was followed by a tsunami, reported to be 30 feet. The NYT is liveblogging and putting up videos as they get them. So far I’ve heard 60 fatalities and 56 missing, but that could change. The most worrying problem is a loss of cooling on a nuclear reactor. Our thoughts are with the people of Japan right now.