To Put Things In Perspective...

Well, people, the world just got a little bit smaller. And slightly faster! The recent earthquake in Asia forced two tectonic plates(I'm assuming the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate) to overlap up to 98 feet, and although an exact measure is not yet known, this will have an effect on the speed of the Earth's rotation. The earth is now spinning up to one-ten-thousandth of a second faster per day, or about 1 second every 28 years. It is also wobbling slightly more than usual, so if you get pulled over on New Years Eve, you can blame it on the Quake.

This thing was pretty major. There are some videos on the internet of the Tsunami hitting, and it is incredible. These people had no idea what was coming, as they don't usually experience tsunamis in those parts. Some of the videos are from tourists at resorts who see this huge mass of water coming to them, but have no idea how quickly things are about to change. It's hard to fathom, really. Imagine if that were to hit, say, the Atlantic coast of the Americas. where there is absolutely no warning system or emergency plan for tidal waves. You would be sitting on the balcony of your Holiday Inn SunSpree Beach Resort hotel room, dumbfounded by the 30 Foot wall of ocean coming your way. You would think to yourself "Wow, that's gonna make a big splash," and by the time it hits, and the water starts pounding the coast with enormous force, it's too late to get out. By the time your mind registers what's about to happen, you would be trapped. It could(would) happen.

My friend Dave says, "It didn't affect you. You don't know anyone who was killed. You have never been to any of these places. So why would you pay attention?" Note that Dave does not subscribe to this notion, he is making a point. The answer is simple, folks. You can choose to be ignorant, or you can choose to believe that this could(would) happen to you.

So, if you're ever on vacation at the beach, and you see a really fucking big wave, run. Run like you would if God were about to dump the ocean on your head, because that's pretty much what would happen.