Massive 8.8-magnitude quake strikes Japan

Best wishes to the people who are going to be suffering due to this disaster. Stay strong and do your best to keep your heads.

My thoughts go out to all those affected by the quake. I hope all are well.

Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by the earthquake and tsunamis.

All my best wishes go to Japan. I had the TV set on as background noise when this was first announced last night, and watching the tsunami inparticular was horrifying, especially when you KNEW there were live people somewhere (such as driving in the cars) that were trying to get away, and the water was coming up to them so fast. And it was absolutely heartbreaking when they were showing video of people trapped on the top floor of their houses, trying to wave for help.

This morning I've already heard that hundreds of bodies have washed ashore... I hope plenty of help gets sent to Japan as soon as possible. I live in California so we know earthquakes pretty well, and hearing "8.8" (now upgraded even higher than that) was just shocking. That's just incredibly huge. Even for a place like Japan, where they're very prepared for earthquakes (probably far more than we even are), I'm not sure it's possible to protect yourself from something that big.
Let's hope as many people got to safety as possible, especially people in those small villages that have been completely washed away.

Best wishes to everyone out there.

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Naoki_Yoshida
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We r its Okay! thanks!

However, please acknowledge thinking that the delay goes out to urgent correspondence a little about the respect.


"This is post over at "http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/2505-Hope-you-re-ok-Yoshi-P-and-FFXIV-staff!"

He fine i hope everyone else also.

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From what I have heard and seen this is a bad earthquake the 5th worst on record, Hope all is ok with XIV team and families. If there is a delay so be it, RL before game hope to hear more from Yoshi when the situation calms down.

A magnitude 8.8 is one of the worst possible earthquakes Japan could experience, the highest being around 9.0. This isn't some ridiculous sign that the world is ending or that humanity is paying for their sins. It is the earth relieving huge amounts of accumulated stress along plate boundaries.

Most of all, though, this is a tragedy for Japan. We need to do what we can to lend our help and support. I'm just thankful that Japan at least has some infrastructure to withstand such a massive quake because they have known what the subduction boundary would be capable of. I hope everyone is doing well, they have my best.

My thoughts are with you and your country today Japan. A tragedy to be sure.