Tips for earthquake safety, in view of recent events

Live far away for an nuclear reactors.

I saw a Japanese scientist talk on one of the late night comedy shows the other night.  I think Letterman.  He had left Japan years ago.  He said the government in Japan was leaving the job of fixing the nuclear plant to the power company and no company anywhere would be able to handle something of this magnitude.  Disasters require government resources, as in military aircraft, ships and manpower.  He said the power company was making it up as they went along and did not really have any idea what to do.  He said they were looking at their bottom line (see $$$).  That is why they are not even considering burying the reactors in cement.  The company is wanting to protect their investment so they can generate power (see $$$) from the reactors later on.  He said the company was not being honest in the information they were putting out and there is no telling what the real situation was.

I thought maybe he was being overly pessimistic, but since then, about last Wednesday, if you listen the story changes from one day to the next.  They almost have it under control... Whoops, another event and it is worse.  I think, from what little I know of Japan, that it is a real company country.  No telling what is really going on there.  Poor people, so many have died, and so many more are likely to die.