Thursday, April 7, 2011

Japan Hit Again By 7.4 Earthquake


Facts

Shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time (10:30 a.m. ET), a 7.4 earthquake rattled Japan yet again. As you can see in the picture, the map highlights the 9.0 quake which struck off the coast of Japan back in March, and it shows the one which hit today.

My Take

At this point, I don't really know what to think. I mean, has this truly been happening for years, but now that we have more media than ever - we're now privy to finding things out within seconds of anything happening? Is this just "mother nature" at its best or is this all part of God's master plan - whatever that may be?

I don't know, but I feel sad for Japan and at the same time, I remain worried about those of us who live in California. So much activity going on in the "ring of fire", it's a constant reminder that those of us who do live on the West Coast - we truly need to be ready.  It's all very ominous. 

(Image found at cnn.com)

1 comments:

Chub Johnson said...

All very good points. I remember debating about this in school a couple years ago. Evil and tragedy has existed since the beginning of time. But, back in the day without technology no one would really find out about things that happened on the other side of the world. So, is it that worse things are happening now, or is it that with technology we all now are informed of every single event. No se. Consequently it doesn't help that most media outlets in the U.S. thrive on the SHOCK factor. They like to scare the shit out of people.

I'm a lot more inland now, so hopefully I'm not at work if a quake does happen here in Cali.

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