With all of the tragedies that have occurred in the past few days, I would like to take a moment and do a post on Japan. From the Earthquake to the Tsunami, and now the Nuclear Power Plant, things are not looking good for Japan at the moment. Thanks to Twitter, Facebook, etc., the Japanese skaters seem to be fine, so that's one less thing to worry about. But I don't know if holding worlds in about ONE week is enough time or the best idea for Japan. They just got hit by three huge disasters, and the effects of each one has led to another disaster. The ISU seems to have reconsidered their position on proceeding with worlds as scheduled, due to possible radiation, which is an excellent idea. Either postponing worlds or moving it to a different location may be the best options for now, unless Japan cleans everything up, there are not more aftershocks, and all transportation is back to normal in the next week. This is a very difficult task, so I believe it would be smarter just to postpone to April for now.
Until then, we can only pray for the people of Japan, and especially the skaters and their families.
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