8.9 earth-quake hit japan at 2.46pm, created a 10-m tsunami sweeping into sendai, causing a lot of damage.
he saw the news from the on-line version of the straitstimes, at about 4pm.
one thing, japanese houses in the suburbs are low-rise and wooden ones, so damage by earthquake is not that heavy; but worse scenario did happen - the tsunami carried them away.
on 10 mar 2011, a fatal earthquake hit china-mynmar border town(5.8), yingjiang, on 22 feb 2011 christchurch was virtually flattened by a 6.3.
the japanese nuke plants are in danger of leaks and meltdowns. trains derailed and missing......
and stock markets in asia plunged but wall street went up.
like the tsunami waves, there's peaks and troughs, when they spread out.
and obama said u.s. would help its ALLY. well, looks like u.s. puts a lot weight on relations when it comes to who they are going to help in time of natural disasters - so much for humanity as a common basic value for all human.....
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