The 2-Belo <the2belo@removethiswave-net.or.jp> wrote:
> Ed and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:

>>Perhaps... I guess there is a certain pride to being accustomed to something
>>that most people freak out about. Look what happened in Kobe after the
>>earthquake. You had total anarchy for a while. 

> No one imagined there would be that much damage. It was the nature of the event.

It wasn't the damage per se; it was the total lack of response by the
Japanese authorities that resulted in over 50% of the deaths and about
60-70% of the damage.

Mike