We are all aware of the terrible event that was unleashed upon Japan Friday. I remember it Thursday while at a friend's house and we were just channel surfing.

As the days that followed the people have had to cope with one small disaster after the next. The loss of power in cold temperatures, the threat of their nuclear plants suffering damage and risking melt downs. And the supposed tide of bodies that washed ashore later.

While we are fascinated by Mother Nature's power when Discovery and Nat Geo shows them, its far different when it's truly unleashed upon the denizens of the planet. It goes to show that we have no control over the elements, not matter how hard we try and desire to manipulate them. It also shows that the earth's surface continiously moves and does not simply sit on one place.

Point given.
While browsing Yahoo, I came across an article that stunned me. We move little by little each year like inches or centimeters. The quake that shook Japan had managed to move them 13 feet. . .yes. 13 feet towards the US. It also sunk Japan by a depth of 2 ft as it goes, thus the following Tsunami after.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo.....-of-the-planet

for further details.

All I can say is. . .wow. That was one heck of a push.