Coalition of the Confused
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Confused malcontents swilling Chardonnay while awaiting the Zombie Apocalypse.
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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/15/20
First, there's the quake alarm. Then comes the fear: Is this Day X?
Three piercing blasts of an alarm, and then a woman's calm voice repeats one word: "Earthquake." Will it be just a rumble? Or the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale: Shindo 7?
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: bml00
6/16/20
If earthquakes are part and parcel of the Japanese pysche then they are ready to react with no fear or panic they know inherently what to do , it is borne and bred into them .
I have lived through two (both minor ) and found them deeply disturbing as there is absolutely nothing I could do
BM
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/16/20
I have a vague memory of an earthquake when I was a young child.
Never known one since.
From: bml00
6/16/20
Both happened when I was on leave and both happened early morning I was very frighthened .
There is a sense in these events that it is way - way out of your control
BM
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/5/20
Heavy rain floods southern Japan, leaving many presumed dead, several missing
Unprecedented torrential rain pounds Japan's southern island of Kyushu, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead and many stranded on rooftops.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/6/20
Death toll rises to 20 in Japan, more rain and landslides expected
Rescue efforts continue as people in the Kumamoto prefecture prepare for further heavy rains and landslides, with authorities urging residents to remain vigilant.
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