A time to weep - 40,000 bodies

People expected thousands, maybe upwards of 10,000 dead.  The mortuaries have just been told to expect 40,000 bodies.

http://www.t-g.com/story/1116806.html

"DMort is telling us to expect up to 40,000 bodies," Dan Buckner said, quoting officials with the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, a volunteer arm of Homeland Security.

No wonder the press is being excluded from picture taking.  How does one accurately capture the impact of 40,000 dead?

Will a Viet Nam type of memorial be needed?  

How does one commemorate 40,000 dead resulting from one single disasterous event?  I suppose the Japanese might know.