As you may have already heard, a very major earthquake measuring 8.8-8.9 on   
   the Richter Scale struck the populous Japanese island of Honshu on Friday   
   afternoon, or late Thursday night USA EST. The quake originated 15-17 miles   
   underground in an induction zone that is located about eighty miles from the   
   Japanese east coast. Geological organizations are stating that it is one of   
   the worst earthquakes of the past century, as well as the biggest temblor   
   ever recorded in Japan. The quake was so strong, that it even caused   
   skyscrapers in Tokyo, 230 miles away, to sway.   
      
   Having lived through a 7.9-8.2 quake myself not quite twenty years ago, I   
   can't begin to imagine how much more powerful an 8.9 quake would be. That   
   would be about ten times stronger than the one that I went through, if you   
   understand how the Richter Scale works. At about the time that this latest   
   earthquake occurred, I had just laid down to take an afternoon nap, which is   
   probably why I don't recall feeling any movement here.   
      
   To make matters worse, the earthquake generated a powerful tsunami that was   
   over twelve feet high, which has caused major devastation in Japan. Living   
   near the ocean for many years, I am very familiar with the power of ocean   
   waves. I have seen their devastation here. A twelve-foot plus wave roaring   
   along like a freight train at over 500 MPH packs a lot of destructive power,   
   so I am not surprised by the reports that I have been reading.   
      
   Please keep God's children in that country in your thoughts and prayers. I   
   don't know how many of them there are now in Japan, but when I lived there   
   about twenty-five years ago, under one per cent of Japanese were Christian.   
   Hopefully, the number has increased since that time. Most Japanese are   
   Buddhists and Shintoists.   
      
   If you would like to see some images, below is a URL for a short slideshow   
   from the New York Times:   
      
   /www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/03/11/world/asia/20110311_japan.html?ref=   
   asia   
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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