Japan Earthquake

The more I see of the extent of the Japanese disaster the more I'm staggered by the enormity of it. The last great earthquake, and consequently a tidal wave, killed over 250,000 in Asia. The last ten years does seem to have had it's fair share of natural disaster with such a great loss of life.

If there's one country that knows it's living on borrowed time regarding earthquakes, it's Japan. It's also the only country that knows how to prepare for it. They have regular nationwide training sessions, they have control centers set up specifically for such an event, but the magnitude, savage brutality of this event is beyond any country's resources or preparations. The "ironical" thing is that Japan would not exist but for the upward movement of the plates in the earth's crust - it's a high price to pay.

According to the Japanese Scientists the last earthquake, tsunami, of the same magnitude happened 1000 years ago, so they knew it would happen soon but couldn't forecast it. Who could forecast the tragic pictures we saw of the complete destruction of wide areas and the inability of the population, in the path of the tsunami, to escape it?

The death toll seem to. inevitably, to keep going up and up with what appears to be complete towns wipeD out. While I don't think it will go as high as the Asian disaster it's going to be high. What a tragedy. and what a waste of life.