Do you think the worst is here?

scheng1 if you think World War II gave China a miss you need to read your history.

Japan invaded China before WW2 with great brutality and loss of life in the Chinese population. WW 2 was in reality two wars which merged after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. This brought the US into the war in Europe as well as the war against Japan. The European war started with the German invasion of Poland in 1939, but the war in the Far East began several years earlier than that in the mid 1930's. Offhand I don't know the exact date.

Hi Penrockerchic, actually those people in Japan expect earthquakes every year, since this small country has more than 20% of the total earthquakes in the world. It is just that the earthquake this time is so severe, and the Tsunami will affect other countries as well. Depending on the direction, it may even hit Hawaii, or the United States. That is the scary part about Tsunami. I just hope that all these trouble will blow over. The Libya and Middle East crisis is causing unnecessary deaths.

Hi Penrockerchic, the terrifying thing about Tsunami is that the further away it travels, the more powerful it is. Remember the Tsunami triggered by Indonesia earthquakes a few years ago? India and Sri Lanka got it badly. I think if the Tsunami travels to the other parts of the world, they are going to get a really big one. Fortunately it does not travel in the direction of New Zealand. Those people already suffer enough.

Yup. I know that in Japan, earthquakes are common but this time, it was really awful. As of the moment, here in the Philippines, tsunami alert has been raised to alert level 2 and evacuation were already being implemented. They said earlier on one of our local channels that the first wave of the tsunami was experienced on the northern part of the Philippines. I just hope that things won;t get worse.

Hi BabyEj, sorry to reply your response five months late. I did not notice until now. I think the world is getting into a very messy place. It is bad enough to worry about job security, and on top of that, the inflation that causes food price to go up. I think the days of iron rice bowl, and serenity of living in a countryside is over. No place is saved from the devastation of nature, and the mismanagement of many governments in handling economic problems.

Hi Sswallace, I just check the news at Reuters. It seems that the Tsunami is going to hit California. This is from a Reuter representative: "Water could reach 2 metres high when it hits parts of the northern Californian coast, and could force some evacuations, says California Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jordan Scott." That is why I think hardly anything can be worst than this. When something happens at one place, and the rest of the world suffers, then that is very bad. Now we have two events that can affect the rest of the world. One is Middle East and the impact on the oil price. Another is the Tsunami that is going to hit the rest of the world.

Wow!! What a mess. I can't image being in Japan right now. They've had several aftershocks. Compared to Japan California and Hawaii hardly received damage. Now we send out the troops to help with the clean. I believe that's the norm. How terrible. I sure wish these disaster would end.

Just hope not all disasters happen at the same time.

There won't be like in the movie. Maybe tha Jupiter will light up and will become our second sun and maybe in some places will be eartquakes some tsunamies and some people will just die because tey can't resist to the vibration.

Hi Aprilsong, actually all of us are affected in some ways. For example, the man-made disasters in Middle East is causing the oil price to increase. That will cost everything to increase in price too. The tsunami spreads from Japan to other countries, and causing deaths too. Just too bad that everything in the world is connected somehow. I do not know how serious the nuclear plant explosion in Japan is. Just hope that the fishes in the sea do not all die from nuclear leakage, otherwise the likelihood of fishermen all over the world would be affected. I agree with your points that all of us should work towards world peace. Even though we cannot prevent natural disasters from happening, we can reduce the impact by taking care of the earth better, and building better homes, so that earthquakes do not level everything.

Hi Rosdimy, if only the natural disasters are selective, and kill only the greedy and the corrupted, life will be better. Too bad corrupted people like Gaddafi are still enjoying luxury and power while so many poor and innocent people lose their lives in crossed fire. The ancient Chinese believe that disasters are warnings from the heaven, to show its unhappiness with the way the government runs things. I just hope that life returns to normal, and the people in Japan unite to rebuild the town.

Hi 1hopefulman, actually it is not a good thing to have diversity, but not in the sense of moral diversity. Some people who are greedy and corrupted even manage to convince themselves that they are good people. It is sad that people do not see themselves according to the standard of right and wrong. The bad people always think of themselves as good. The good people have a difference sense of standard, they feel that they are not good enough in many ways.

Hi Junrapmian, if the end comes, it probably is the best news ever. The end is supposedly a salvation, instead of disaster, except for the wicked and greedy. It is too bad that natural disasters and all kind of crisis affect the poor, more than the corrupted people. Those corrupted people have more houses and money to help them enjoy luxury in other parts of the world.

Hi Changjiangzhibin, I think when the newspaper shares with us about the ways we can help, instead of just reporting the bad news, we will feel much better. After all, there is much happiness in helping. We will not feel so helpless watching innocent people die. I really hope the crisis in Libya will end soon. It is a pity that such a rich country has such a corrupted dictator, and so many poor people. if everyone there shares in the profits from oil production, they will not try to overturn the government.

Hi Polaris, I agree that many problems are caused by humans. The way we live hurt the environment more than people in ancient times. The Middle East crisis is due to the greedy and corrupted rulers who do not care about others. I just pity those innocent people who suffer from the earthquakes and political crisis. Hopefully nothing worse happens in the coming week or month, we need to think about ways to help the victims now, not dealing with more and more bad news.

Hi Vannyt, if the end, as foretold by Bible, comes, that is very good news for most of us. After all, the end means salvation for the good. Much better than the political crisis and natural disasters that affect the poor more than the rich. The rich have more money to help them settle in other parts of the world, and still enjoy luxury. The poor lose practically everything.

Hi Piaoruo, I hope things will not get worse. It seems that everything just get worse and worse. After the earthquake and Tsunami, now the nuclear plant in Japan has an explosion. I just hope that nothing leaks out. If there is a nuclear leakage, the fishes in the ocean will die. Then the impact will be felt all over the world too. i also hope that the wicked people do not get too greedy. Most of the causes of problems are due to corrupted government officers and business people.

Hi Nykel88, after checking the performance of Dow Jones, I have to agree with you about it. It seems that the businesspeople and investors are still keen in making money even though so many people die in Japan. I expect the stock market to go down, instead the Dow Jones goes up. I do not what to think and say about it. I honestly do not think anyone would be in a mood to think of trading and buying shares.

Hi Anna, I honestly wish the end comes instead of facing all those disasters. At least the end means salvation for the good people. The political crisis and natural disasters mean everyone suffers, or more accurately, the poor suffers more than the rich, the greedy or the corrupted. Those corrupted and greedy people have more houses, and more assets to rely on. Once the poor people lose their homes and their lands, they have nothing.

Hi Kwylima, I am very sorry for those victims, both in Japan and Middle East. i think the natural disaster and the political crisis hit the common people more than those corrupt and greedy leaders. Just hope that life returns to normal, and no more disaster that kills so many people. I think we should be thankful that we are just dealing with the higher cost of living, instead of losing our homes, and lives.