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Massive earthquake in Japan
drventure:
--- Quote ---the devastation in Japan is actually not nearly as bad as they could have been.
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True enough, but I suspect a lot of that is due to the extra engineering they do in most of their building, precisely because they get so many quakes.
Still, it sounds like a pretty rough time there. My prayers go out to them...
polaris:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 11, 2011, 05:22:14 pm ---Its a volcanic island.
Earthquakes are part and parcel.
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just how desperate for attention are you?
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: polaris on March 11, 2011, 05:41:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 11, 2011, 05:22:14 pm ---Its a volcanic island.
Earthquakes are part and parcel.
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just how desperate for attention are you?
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Not enough to attract your kind of attention. ::)
Why don't you start a poll?
hypernova:
I'm not used to having to wonder whether a family member is over in volatile regions or whatever, so I was quite surprised to realize in an update from my mother that my sister-in-law is doing fine while on a trip with her employer (Xavier University). Totally forgot she was over there. Don't know how my brother is doing. Probably just fine, but a bit anxious. He's a bit like me.
Sometimes it's quite a blessing being ignorant about these types of things. I didn't know, so I couldn't worry about it. :)
Vigo:
--- Quote from: drventure on March 11, 2011, 05:31:39 pm ---
--- Quote ---the devastation in Japan is actually not nearly as bad as they could have been.
--- End quote ---
True enough, but I suspect a lot of that is due to the extra engineering they do in most of their building, precisely because they get so many quakes.
Still, it sounds like a pretty rough time there. My prayers go out to them...
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They do a lot of special engineering to their buildings, and that makes a huge difference. With something as massive as an 8.9 earthquake though, I don't think much would be still standing at ground zero. Luckily enough, ground zero was a few miles into the ocean. The downside of that is the horrible tsunamis, though.
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