I turned the news on for the kids at breakfast and we talked about it - they asked a lot of questions - and now they're fully knowledgable. My daughter is especially concerned about kids that were in school when it happened.
I think hiding life from kids leads them to believe the world is a pleasant, peaceful place - when it's not - and with my town experiencing small earthquakes lately they need to know the serious problems that some people face due to mother nature.
I've heard so many things that happened when I was a kid - and I knew none of it. I don't have a single recollection of any major world or national events: everything from political unrest to natural disasters. So I feel like I was robbed of reality and it bothers me that others have memories of a time and place - and none of my memories matter. There's nothing I can add into a discussion of my thoughts and feelings becaues I have none.
It's a void - and it bothers me a lot that my parents raised us that way.
Japan's quake toll set to exceed 1,000, world offers help
Yeah...they'll be needing help, developed country or not.
I guess we'll have to give Obama some credit for the US getting that coolant delivered to Japan.
Has anyone blamed Bush yet?
In this part of the world, we don't have a choice... we know that this can happen... this could just as easily happen to us as to Japan... our building codes are much higher than in most of the world because of these problems... no one does it better than Japan, however...
Your silly little partisan jokes aren't really all that appreciated here.
How are things in Taiwan?
Small tsunami, but no damage reported. Our government sent people home in at risk areas and made sure no one was in harms way. Fortunately, the Japanese island of Honshu is directly between us and the epicenter of the earthquake, so the effect was minimal...
Glad you were and are safe.
j-mac
Small tsunami, but no damage reported. Our government sent people home in at risk areas and made sure no one was in harms way. Fortunately, the Japanese island of Honshu is directly between us and the epicenter of the earthquake, so the effect was minimal...
| Moderator's Warning: |
Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the earth's axis shifted 25 cm as a result of the earthquake, and the U.S. Geological Survey said the main island of Japan had shifted 2.4 meters.
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Opps... time to update your maps and GPS devices...
Seriously, Honshu moved 2.4 meters!!! What would happen to the earth's axis if the earthquake was stronger??? perhaps one day we will have a superearthquake that will just send the earth tipping off its axis...
dang... I think a Martika song is in order.... "I feel the earth move, under my feet."
The tsunami is predicted to have a wave 1m (3ft) high. Those in the warning zone should move to high ground, Japanese TV said. BBC
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