I was tossing a turning a bit last night and so wound up channel surfing just about the time the quake hit – it was terrible watching it develope from bad to worse to horrific.
There is not much any of us can do at the moment except pray for those who are lost and those who are still suffering…but I have to say that there seems to be a curse on the world these days; that God really cannot be mocked forever without consequences…a world which has enjoyed an unprecedented amount of prosperity and, for most people, exceptionally long and secure peace, may be about to enter a time of storms. Perhaps, in the end, we should have stayed more sane, moral and just?
UPDATE: It just keeps getting worse:
Huge earthquakes rocked northeastern Japan on Saturday, a day after a giant temblor set off a powerful tsunami that killed hundreds of people, turned the coast into a swampy wasteland and left two nuclear reactors dangerously close to meltdown.
The United States Geological Survey said a strong earthquake struck just before noon in the sea in virtually the same place where the magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday unleashed one of the greatest disasters Japan has witnessed — a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami that washed far inland over fields and smashed towns.
Saturday’s magnitude 6.8 quake was followed by a series of temblors originating from the same area, the USGS said. It was not immediately known whether the new quakes caused any more damage. All were part of the more than 125 aftershocks since Friday’s massive quake, the strongest to hit Japan since officials began keeping records in the late 1800s…
No one really knows how much damage has been done, or how many people have died. I’ve read that an entire train is missing, along with a cruise ship. Volcanoes are erupting in Russia and Indonesia and at least one nuclear plant is in serious danger. This is going to be a real tough even to deal with and I don’t think anyone really sees the magnitude of the crisis.
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