Rather than taking the Lazy way out, and just skipping a day in the A to Z Challenge, I decided to still post. About taking Leave for ‘L’, rather than being a complete Loafer.
My leave is timely, as I woke up to news about a strong earthquake in Japan. It’s always been a scary thing to me. I even held a fundraiser event for tsunami relief the last time something huge happened in Japan. It has more of an epic effect now that I’ve visited the country myself. I was intrigued by maps available in Japan that show which parts of the country are still off limits after the 2011 tsunami and earthquake damage. It felt surreal that parts of the land were still prohibited to humans. People used to live there! Japan is a tiny country with a large population. Losing a portion of your continent has major effects.
This 6.7 is predicted to cause aftershocks for as long as a week. That’s pretty crazy. In any case, I shall leave you with a link to the CNN report and use this day to reflect rather than editing photos and blogging extensively.
bustrainboatwalk 
You’re being mobbed by the #azchat! Congrats!
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Haha I’m not quite sure what that’s about but okay and thanks! 😀
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Oh wow! Sorry to hear about that. I remember the last eq moved the whole island about 6 inches. Is that right? #atozchat
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That might very well be true! I’m not sure.
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amazing the different world disasters we face everywhere from Japan to LA to Kuwait.
Joy @ The Joyous Living
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We are comment mobbing you, from the #azchat! Hope this will inspire more comments in the future. 🙂
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Ha! Thank you! I don’t really know how this works and kinda sad I missed the fun
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There’s a Twitter chat every Thursday evening with the hashtag #azchat if you want to join in! Here’s the schedule for the remaining chats:
Thursday 3-17-2016 – 9pm EST
Saturday 3-19-2016 – 8am EST
Thursday 3-24-2016 – 9pm EST
Saturday 3-26-2016 – 8am EST
Thursday 3-31-2016 – 9pm EST
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And how do the chats get from Twitter to the blogosphere?
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MOB VISIT! from #azchat
Heather told me where to go
PamLovesBooks told me what to say
SLR
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Japan has had some crazy bad luck with natural disasters over the last several years. It definitely is crazy to think about.
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The country is just prone to it, but for sure there’s been a lot more seismic activity lately 😦
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J here, of the #atozchallenge Arlee Bird’s A to Z Ambassador Team.
How has the challenge been going for you so far? Are you meeting your goals of posting and hopping to other blogs? M= 1/2 way point!
My blog’s giveaways are still going! I’m encouraging everyone to visit more stops.
http://jlennidornerblog.what-are-they.com
#FlashMob giving you extra love from #azchat #AtoZChallenge!
Yikes. I hope that it turns out okay. Japan has been having way too many quakes!!
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Thanks for stopping by! Looks like Japan is still shaking
I guess I passed the halfway mark today, yay!
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Wow – I’ve been to places that had suffered a hurricane and still were tore up a year later. I can only imagine the destruction from a tsunami!
Lisa at Tales from the Love Shaque
A #azchat mobster 🙂
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And such a large scale of tsunami especially!
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