For one quake survivor, self-help in the face of seeming helplessnessReporting from Ishinomaki, Japan — — Most of the dozens of tsunami-battered towns along Japan’s northeastern coast remain mired in mud, but the situation in Ishinomaki is a bit different. Nearly a week after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit the city of 162,000, large portions remain underwater, an instant lake clearly visible on NASA satellite photographs. Amid the aqueous landscape l
