My heart truly breaks for the people of Japan. Being a night owl, I was up when the news came on about the massive 8.9 earthquake there. Living where we have a lot of seismic activity ourselves, I CAN imagine how scary that quake was. The neverending shaking, the uncertainy and fear. Thank God they are such a prepared country. I wish California had the strict training that Japan does.
Then, the wave came..... watching, with absolutely nothing I could do about it, the massive wave came ashore. It washed over farmlands, houses and cars. Some parked and empty, and some trying desperately to drive away. A 30 foot wall of water moving over 500 mph. Can you even imagine? Those poor people. This morning I read the news of over 9,500 people missing from one town alone. Unbelievable. We waited at home yesterday, under the advisement of the local fire department, for our own tsunami. They did come, but we were lucky that they were small, and did not to do any damage here. We got to school at noon, and it was rather eerie having only 1/3 of the kids there.
I hope Japan has a swift recovery, I pray for the lives that were lost, and hope it's not our turn next. Mother Nature is indeed, awesome.
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