Michael McNeil wrote:

> "Ryan Ginstrom" <ryang@gol.com> wrote in message news:<2q1im9Fq64hlU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> 
>>We don't get many earthquakes down in Okinawa -- didn't feel this one at
>>all. All we have are these pesky typhoons to deal with.
> 
> I am reading this in English in England. I don't know if Google are
> going to translate it into Japanese for you. My apologies if not.

Google is brilliant innit? Not only did it translate Ryan's post into 
English, but it also translated your reply into Japanese, so that I 
could then reply to it and after google translates it back into English 
for you all is cool. If only I could afford to buy some more stock.

> I was suprised to find few references to earthquakes or typhoons on
> Japanese boards. Why is that?

For the same reasons that on English boards there are quite as many 
references to rain as we here in Japan would expect. Though of course 
there are a lot more earthquakes here each year than there are rainy 
days in Old Blighty. (Those last two words are supposed to mean England, 
not sure if google can translate them).