Today's weather: High = 18 Low = 8
Sunny and gorgeous
There are untold numerous news articles about the earthquake situation in Japan, so no need to repeat them here. Disaster struck around 3pm yesterday with a magnitude 8.9 quake in the north-east part of the country, and it was the largest recorded earthquake in Japan's history.
Based on how the logarithmic scale works, this particular earthquake was 10 times higher in intensity than then 2008 quake that struck Sichuan province. The distance from Shanghai to the Japan quake was about 1600km so it could certainly be felt here. People have reported light shakings on ground floors, etc.
Interestingly enough, I was out riding a motorcycle down the Hu-Qing-Ping highway on a trip out to Luxu and Sino Canada where I used to work as a teacher a couple years ago. This fun little Friday afternoon ride on a bumpity-bump-bump concrete highway masked any effects of the earthquake shaking, as I would have certainly noticed it otherwise!
This is disaster in the works, will just see what happens next
Anyone else think that far too many severe earthquakes in diverse places have happened in the last several years?
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