None of the Japan earthquake and tsunami videos that I have   
   watched to date really convey the true impact of, or   
   demonstrate the full power of, a large tsunami; the reason   
   being that, for obvious reasons, none of them could be shot   
   right at eye level, and right in front of, the approaching   
   tsunami, unless the camera person wanted to die.   
      
   Some news sources are now saying that the Sendai tsunami may   
   have been up to ten meters in height. At thirty-nine inches   
   per meter, that is a surging wall of water 32.5 feet in   
   height, which is taller than a three-story building. If we   
   consider that a tsunami moves at over 500 m.p.h. in the open   
   ocean -- although they slow down considerably by the time   
   that they reach shallow water and land -- that is an   
   extremely powerful force to contend with.   
      
   Yahoo news is now reporting the following:   
      
   It ranked as the fifth-largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and was   
   nearly 8,000 times stronger than one that devastated Christchurch, New   
   Zealand, last month, scientists said.   
      
   The official death toll stood at 413, while 784 people were missing and   
   1,128 injured. In addition, police said between 200 and 300 bodies were   
   found along the coast in Sendai, the biggest city in the area of the quake's   
   epicenter. An untold number of bodies were also believed to be lying in the   
   rubble and debris. Rescue workers had yet to reach the hardest-hit areas.   
      
   As I write this, strong aftershocks measuring over 6.0 on the Richter Scale   
   -- some of them originating in the same area as the original earthquake --   
   are continuing to rock the region.   
      
   If you'd like to learn more about tsunamis, here is a link from the   
   Wikipedia website:   
      
   /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami   
      
   Finally, below is a link for a Japan tsunami video from NHK that I am now   
   temporarily hosting on our web server. I am not going to keep it there too   
   long, as I don't want to overburden our server. As you watch it, you will   
   see dozens and dozens of two-story homes and buildings just being bulldozed   
   over by the tsunami. Mind you, most of the buildings are probably wooden,   
   and are not made out of concrete blocks, like we do here. In the latter part   
   of the video, you will also see dozens of cars and other vehicles just being   
   pulled along by the massive wave.   
      
   /www.endtimeprophecy.net/Files/Japan-Tsunami-03-11-11.zip   
      
   As I told my daughter, if that earthquake had occurred inland, and not   
   eighty miles out in the Pacific Ocean, it would have resulted in   
   considerably more destructive damage. If the epicenter had been closer to   
   Tokyo, no doubt the entire city would have ceased to exist at all. As I   
   mentioned before, we had a 7.9-8.2 quake here not quite two decades ago. If   
   I understand things correctly, the one that just hit Japan was at least one   
   hundred times stronger, maybe more. I don't fully understand the math behind   
   the Richter Scale insofar as magnitude is concerned. It's been a while since   
   I looked into the subject. At any rate, I wouldn't even be writing this now   
   if the Japan earthquake had struck here. I'd probably be standing in line   
   waiting to be measured for my wings.  :)   
      
      
      
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