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and during the horror of that day, my mind wondered to the thought of "I'm so glad I'm not in Japan right now". Mainly because moving back to America meant that I was surrounded by people who were experiencing the same emotions. The idea of being somewhere else when my country was enduring something so horrible seemed odd to me. I don't know why though.

I understand what you mean. There's an odd sense of solidarity with your country when your within its borders that you don't really have when you're somewhere else. It isn't logical though since you're getting the same news and updates that I'm getting (I'm in TX) but it just feels different. Hard to explain.