The short answer is nothing. There is not one respected agency telling us anything to indicate there is an emergency or that there will be harm to health. I am pretty sure there is no worldwide cover up and I am a firm believer in conspiracies! The wind is blowing this way and there may be a small bit of radiation-but not enough to be harmful. Even if there were a harmful radiation cloud traveling to the West Coast there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. All the potassium iodide is flew off the shelves days ago so if you have a lot of nervous energy and feel like you must do something-think global and act local.

1. Check the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
2. In an emergency local telephone lines are often too busy to use. Designate a friend or relative living somewhere else for you and your family to report in with in case of emergency.
3. Make an escape

Earthquake Japan Update 1:00 PM PST: Next Stop South America Hawaii and greater North America seem to have emerged from today’s tsunami warnings relatively unscathed-so far a few broken boats here and there and minor shore front flooding. But the wave is still on the move and with little to slow it down combined with some very impoverished communities; it could mean the disaster continues. Industrialized nations such as Japan have engineers who design buildings with earthquakes in mind. Places like Hawaii and much of the coast of North America have early warning systems and evacuation routes, most of underprivileged South America does not. Coastal areas of Chile’s Easter Island have been evacuated and the people on the Galapagos Islands were ordered to take higher ground while tour ships moved toward deeper water. The waves generated by the tsunami are expected to reach Easter Island about 3:47 EST. Tour boats in the Galapagos have been instructed