Nature is a double-edged sword. Japanese incredible beauty is in large part to all the seismic activity, tsunami, and rainy season disasters. Yet... those same things that make nature so very beautiful here also make it deadly. Yin/yang, eh?

Yeah, I know, earthquake science is still in it's infancy and really can't do anything but look at historic trends and patterns. Hmm... kind of like all of us trying to predict the next bull market ;)