By the way - a 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan 175 miles from the Fukushima

[malaise]

nuclear plant

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-struck-181500254.html

[rockfordfile]

1. another quake

[ecstatic]

2. Is anyone else starting to worry

that the Earth is unraveling at an accelerated pace?

[CentralMass]

3. Damn. It's the end of the world as we know it.

[KT2000]

4. Yes.

As one who lives atop the Juan de Fuca plate, predicted 9.0 quake, I am thinking about putting together my survival pack.

[ecstatic]

6. You definitely should! I understand the hesitation though

as someone who worries that thinking and planning for a disaster could make it more likely. I'm not near the ocean, tornado alleys, or any major fault lines, but the last power outage was alarming as it took down the cell towers. For 10 to 20 minutes, I had no internet and barely had a cell signal.

[malaise]

5. Not yet

Remember 2004

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I am past worry.

Have moved on to acceptance.

[MFM008]

8. Like the planet is having

some sort of seizure...........

[WinkyDink]

10. The arrival of Planet X, aka Nibiru.

[DesertRat]

9. I'm waiting for the locusts and plagues of frogs

[longship]

11. Just wait! Ice Nine is just around the corner.

Cat's Cradle

It's one of Kurt Vonnegut's best novels.

With the end of the world and Bokanonism and all that lot, it's got to be great, and it is.