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My Mum watched the Japanese news this morning, she said she was horrified with what she saw :(

@Cheryl- No worries :) It's meant to be very good. It's annoyingly banned in Australia..grrr!

Carmel wrote: "Please excuse my ignorance, but can someone please explain to me why a nuclear plant is situated in the most earthquake prone region in the world. I understand the so called "clean energy" that it'..."
Yeah...I just read a horrible report a few minutes ago about nuclear plant in Japan.

It seems just dumb to have one there...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japa...

Carmel wrote: "Please excuse my ignorance, but can someone please explain to me why a nuclear plant is situated in the most earthquake prone region in the world. I understand the so called "clean energy" that it'..."

You're definitely right there Carmel!! There are obviously reasons, and they are mostly prepared for earthquakes, but this one, with the resulting tsunami, defied belief.

They have also just announced an American person has been killed by the tsunami wave which hit the coast of the USA!

Japan has actually shifted...Coast of Japan moved about 8 feet!! What is that going to do to the rest of the world?

Laura wrote: "Japan has actually shifted...Coast of Japan moved about 8 feet!! What is that going to do to the rest of the world?"

OMG!!! That's terrible!! Who knows what will be next..:(

"(CNN) -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf...

Wow...I mean no words can really discribe it...but bloody hell.

Brenda wrote: "Laura wrote: "Japan has actually shifted...Coast of Japan moved about 8 feet!! What is that going to do to the rest of the world?"

OMG!!! That's terrible!! Who knows what will be next..:("
I really hate to think of what is next :(

Yes, this problem with the nuclear plant scares me quite a bit. Cause particals can travel through the air and such...Not to mention what type of problems it will bring to Japan as a whole.

we should be ok from any radiation fall out as the air doesn't move easily from northern hemisphere to southern. But is still serious - but for the poor Japanese people who live in the area rather than the world as a whole. I understand everyone has been evacuated within a 20 km vicinity anyway.

They are expecting more tsunami's though they are on alert right now. i have heard from my online booky friends from Japan and they are all ok - just badly shaken

Haven't dropped in for a while. Hi to everyone. Big hugs for Tracey, keep us posted with your progress.
This tsunami makes you realise that earthquakes are not the biggest problem, the tsunami is even worse. One town of 17 thousand people has ten thousand missing. This is very difficult for our brains to comprehend.
These things make you realise that life is too short to waste it getting angry over little things. Make sure all the important people know how much you love them, and be thankful for every day you have. It is a gift.

Jan wrote: "Haven't dropped in for a while. Hi to everyone. Big hugs for Tracey, keep us posted with your progress.
This tsunami makes you realise that earthquakes are not the biggest problem, the tsunami is ..."

Very very true Jan...it's tragic, and it does bring home your mortality, doesn't it..

I'm banning myself from the PC until i finish my novel that I am reading for Autumn/Aussie challenge.

Around 80 pages to go but still :P

Laura wrote: "I'm banning myself from the PC until i finish my novel that I am reading for Autumn/Aussie challenge.

Around 80 pages to go but still :P"

Bye bye Laura..*cries silently in the corner* we'll miss you...;)

Enjoy your reading Laura. I finished my Autumn Reading challenge book today. I refused to get out of bed this morning until I finished it. Tee hee.

OMG Carmel, they are amazing photos, so hard to believe anything could possibly do that..it's like a moonscape! So terrible for the country and it's people!

Tracey wrote: "Sorry I haven't been around lately - despite the hospital's so called 'sterile' environment I still managed to get a nasty chest infection. I still have three more weeks to go before they release ..."

Sorry about your chest infection, Tracey. I hope you are on the mend now. I'm glad you can see a date when you can live back in the world again. You have had a time. Laurel aussieauthorsatwork.blogspot.com

Laura wrote: "I'm banning myself from the PC until i finish my novel that I am reading for Autumn/Aussie challenge.

Around 80 pages to go but still :P"

I may or may not have skipped uni today to finish my novel :D
I feel I was totally justified in my choice and my tutors should understand! :)

Melanie wrote: "I may or may not have skipped uni today to finish my novel :D..."

We won't tell!!!;)

WEHHHHEEEE~! *unbans self* Just finished the book and I couldn't be happier about it..lol

Those satellite photos, my sister showed them to me..my gosh :(

There are also these ones: http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/jap...


Speaking of Japan..I heard back from my friend :) She and her family live on the west side of Japan so they are safe.

Laura wrote: "WEHHHHEEEE~! *unbans self* Just finished the book and I couldn't be happier about it..lol

Those satellite photos, my sister showed them to me..my gosh :(

There are also these ones: http://www.abc..."

Oh, that is so good Laura..there are sooo many still missing, it's horrific!

Yes :( If you use the google search that they set up to find people..it's rather sad when you find someone has passed away :( Then people go and spam it with crap which makes me mad.

Carmel wrote: "Yeah it's tragic, the power of the Earth is unquestionable!.."

I was just listening to a reporter who was broadcasting from a (formerly modern) Japanese coastal town of 17,000 people, most of whom are missing. He said the town looked flattened and the silence was eerie. Then he said, "The empires of men, upturned in moments". I thought that was very true and eloquently said.

Carmel wrote: "It's truly unimaginable, so terribly sad and in addition it's the long term psychological affects as a result of the trauma that worries me so much for these people:(..."

They are interviewing some of the people who survived but live close to the damaged nuclear reactors. When they ask these people if they are trying to leave the area, they say no we are with our family, that's all that matters. We don't care if we die here. Just makes me cry. They seem so shellshocked. I want to send a plane over there and bring them all to Australia.

http://gizmodo.com/#!5781566/this-is-...

I have just been given this link...it's a first person video of the tsunami as it was happening...so awful!!

http://www.kpho.com/news/27193706/det...
BEER CRIME -__-

Our 31st wedding anniversary today...we went to the movies and saw The King's Speech'...excellent movie. Colin Firth played the part magnificantly. Geoffrey Rush should have received an award for his amazing performance, and Churchill, and many others were fabulous!

Then we had lunch out, and concluded with coffee (at a different place). And tonight I'll enjoy Markus Zusak while hubby sleeps..lol

Laura wrote: "http://www.kpho.com/news/27193706/det...
BEER CRIME -__-"

Ha!!! Must have been desperate for a beer!! :D

Thanks all for the kind thoughts but I have to admit that seeing the world news lately makes my troubles look so petty. I lived in Christchurch for a while and have a cousin in Japan so seeing the devastation was just heartbreaking. As an historian though I have to say that the world has seen these kinds of disasters before and it usually leads to enormous changes politically, socially etc etc. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected.

Brenda wrote: "Our 31st wedding anniversary today...we went to the movies and saw The King's Speech'...excellent movie. Colin Firth played the part magnificantly. Geoffrey Rush should have received an award for h..."
Awe cool, sounds like a great day!! Congrats on the 31st anni!!! :D!!

Congrats on your 31st wedding anniversary :) Sounds like a great day!

Im yet to see The Kings Speech, but ive seen 'The Social Network' and 'Inception' , which are some of the other 'big movies' of 2010, and loved them both. If 'Kings Speech' beat them for best picture, it must be amazing :D

Speaking of which, has anyone seen 'Black Swan'?
What did they think. I am desperate to see it on DVD...

Thanks Laura :D

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Congrats on your 31st wedding anniversary :) Sounds like a great day!

Im yet to see The Kings Speech, but ive seen 'The Social Network' and 'Inception' , which are some of the other 'big movies' ..."

Thanks Jessica :) Was a wonderful movie...

No haven't seen Black Swan...

Congratulations Brenda on your 31st wedding anniversary!

Tracey wrote: "Congratulations Brenda on your 31st wedding anniversary!"

Thanks Tracey..:)

Brenda wrote: "Our 31st wedding anniversary today...we went to the movies and saw The King's Speech'...excellent movie. Colin Firth played the part magnificantly. Geoffrey Rush should have received an award for h..."

Congratulations Brenda. It is my 20th wedding anniversary today. I'm not sure whether to celebrate or ask for my release.

Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Our 31st wedding anniversary today...we went to the movies and saw The King's Speech'...excellent movie. Colin Firth played the part magnificantly. Geoffrey Rush should have received..."

Thanks Gail...congratulations on your 20th. I think you should celebrate...though I did say to hubby yesterday at lunch...'31 years..you get less for murder!' He agreed..lol

Congrats Gail :D!

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Came home to the kitchen a mess...Sister didn't empty the dishwasher before going to work as per usual or even find time to do it last time (she had time to). GAH! It looks like someone hit the kitchen with a storm.

I think your sister's been to my place too Laura!!!!


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Oh no wait... That's my mess!;)

lol..Have you been giving my sisters tricks on how to keep the place messy? :p

maaaybe...

Wehehehe..Just hit up the beer shop for some goodies :3 And had a nice chat to one of the owners :)

Cute?

Cute? The woman...Uhm...I guess she was alright looking.

It was a great visit..learnt one of my favorite beers is no longer $11+ for one bottle :D!

Tonight I am sampling "Mad Brewers- Scribbly Gum lager" and it'll be the only beer tonight..640ml and it's 6.5%! Not a light beer by any standards.

Brenda. Was it you changing our nick names? You might give people the wrong impression of me. Tee hee.

Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "Brenda. Was it you changing our nick names? You might give people the wrong impression of me. Tee hee."

*Guilty grin* :D

Well, you said somewhere else that your job was to make trouble (or words to that effect) so I had no choice ;)

Hahaha if I was really concerned I would change it. :)

Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "Hahaha if I was really concerned I would change it. :)"

Ha..that would be fun..we could just keep changing it back and forward..:)

Carmel wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "Hahaha if I was really concerned I would change it. :)"

Ha..that would be fun..we could just keep changing it back and forward..:)"

Whilst the cat's away ..."

I didn't do anything, really!!! ;D

Lol...I noticed the name changes again xD

Top of the mornin' to ya!