This earthquake is huge and I'm honestly quite surprised that this is Japan's largest earthquake in recorded history. I always remember looking at little postcards of cartoon Asian villages being destroyed by earthquakes...might have been Godzilla now that I think about it. The good news is that it probably won't be as bad as the Indian Ocean tsunami from 2004 since most of the Pacific rim actually has tsunami warning systems installed.
I think what, 300 people have died so far? Even if that number escalates past a thousand, it won't be as close to the devastation from 2004 or even the Haiti earthquake which well surpassed 200,000; tragic nonetheless though. Who would know that Mother Nature would use her fury today? I feel terrible for those people who lost their lives thinking it was going to be an ordinary day...now that's tough. And hell, enough force to cross the few thousand mile frontier of the Pacific Ocean. Part of me worries what is to become of us in 2012.
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