BE OKAY, JAPAN.

[whynot]

Japan earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter, TSUNAMI, approx 300 dead. It has hit North America. Watch it live on BBC.

- The American Red Cross is taking donations.
- If you are in the US, texting 90999 to REDCROSS donates $10.
- Person Finder: Japan Earthquake 2011. If you are looking for or have information about people in Japan affected by the earthquake, try here. It's currently tracking 7200 records.
- help_japan. ETA: help_japan, not a DW mirror.

What is the deal with the increased frequency of geological disaster in recent years? What causes that? I'm looking at this list of killer quakes in the past century, and while I am irritated that last October's Indonesia double whammy has been left out, the list still shows a worrying trend. Why is our planet going tectonically insane? What the hell is going on?

Hang in there, Japan.

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[puckling]

What is the deal with the increased frequency of geological disaster in recent years? What causes that?

This last year or so has made me seriously think of this SV fic by astolat, which worries me because look, we do not have a Lex Luthor with attending super heroes lying around to solve our global climate problems, okay?

[whynot]

We need Superman to spin the planet back in time. Though I'm not sure what point in the past we'd want to spin it too, it's all pretty stressful.