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In reply to the discussion: "Please, do NOT pray for Japan.." [View all]Cha
(295,522 posts)76. We did "dodge a bullet" here. We evacuated for the night from
where we lived in the Hanapepe Valley. I went with my landlady and her family up to a vacant house in the hills where we slept on mattresses for the night.
Thank you for the vids, Asahina. Tsunami Warnings are always scary because you don't know what will happen only that it could happen.
Here's to the strength of the People of Japan for everything that they actually have gone through.
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It turns out that, ultimately, the tsunami was irrelevant to the meltdown.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#45
Prayer: An excellent way to sit on your ass and still feel like you helped. [nt]
Jester Messiah
Mar 2013
#30
Thanks, I am so sick of people thinking that prayer makes any real difference.
RoccoR5955
Mar 2013
#46
"Well first of all, do not tell me you want to Pray for (insert place here)."
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2013
#90
Sorry, link for some reason sent me to post 52 not 99 the first time around.
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2013
#110