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.

Comments

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

I think population density is part of it, definitely. Disasters mean that a *lot* more people get affected, and I think also there's more damage. And also, with global media, we're hearing about things more now than, say, a hundred years ago.

Some of the storms--hurricanes, shit like that--are probably not helped by global warming, but volcanoes and earthquakes are just the earth being shitty. Although I think they can cause each other?

But yeah, I don't know if there actually are more disasters lately, but it feels like it. This is just so horrifying.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

AND NOW THE NUCLEAR PLANTS

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

NOT TO MENTION A VOLCANO. WTF.