On earthquakes

[snood4m4]

When I arrived to my city in Japan we were promptly given an earthquake preparedness training session. It consisted of our boss telling us that our area was overdue for the massive tokai earthquake, which could come tomorrow or could come far in the future, and for which there was basically no point in preparing much since it would be improbable

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[jadeilyn]

I sent off $54 to the Red Cross a couple of days ago. This is the first time a while that I've had some extra money, and like you, I figured that you can't assume that enough support will come if you don't contribute yourself. I hope that they stabilize the power plants soon, so people will get power again more quickly, and so that the nuclear bogeyman hysteria can be dispelled.

[jadeilyn]

Also, here are a couple pictures I've seen that are actually pretty heartwarming.