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What's on YOUR mind?
What's on YOUR mind?
At times it is fairly difficult to even moderately grasp what is going on across the world; for instance: the happenings in Japan right now. We know that an 8.9 earthquake struck and caused a tsunami that has devastated the country. Still, it is far away and if we personally haven’t experienced either it is even harder to imagine the devastation. The danger is that we can become indifferent as a result. Here are two links that have aided me visually and have painted much more perspective on the dire situation.
The first requires you to have a Facebook account (unfortunately). It is a six minute HD video showing the destructive power of the waters wiping out everything in its path.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1605260179420&comments
The second is a number of aerial photographs that you can scroll over to see the before and after shots.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm
Obviously, unless you live there, the severity will never be understood. However, this helps (at least it did for me).
Also worth noting again, as I did on Twitter, is the great service Google provided by developing a Person Finder site for Japan; what an awesome thing.
