Ok not quite, more like an earthquake in Virginia, but we sure felt it here in Toronto yesterday! Having experienced the big quake and many aftershocks in Japan in March, I knew right away what was making my desk sway but I didn't want to believe it. I mean, I've been feeling "phantom quakes" since March, believing that every rumble and tremor is the beginnings of an earthquake... but it is always just the train going by or someone running down the hallway. To feel a quake that evidently from 1000km away... those poor people closer to the epicentre, they must've been terrified!
In light of this year's events though, I feel like I need to take this opportunity to remind everyone that Japan isn't out of the woods yet. They're still getting aftershocks 5 months later, they're still picking up the pieces from the twin disasters back in March, and they will continue to do so for many years to come. So next time you think about how that earthquake felt to you, I am asking you to remember what it would've been like for the Japanese people (and those in Virginia, NZ, etc, all the other areas affected by earthquakes and natural disasters this year), and continue to keep them in your hopes and prayers.
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