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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Japan tsunami: Nothing to do but run - Yahoo! News

Japan tsunami: Nothing to do but run - Yahoo! News: "SHIZUGAWA, Japan – Growing up in this small fishing town on Japan's northeastern coast, 16-year-old Minami Sato never took the annual tsunami drills seriously.

She thought the town's thick, two-story-high harbor walls would protect against any big wave. Besides, her home was perched on a hilltop more than a mile (about two kilometers) from the water's edge. It was also just below a designated 'tsunami refuge' — an elevated patch of grass that looked safely down across the town's highest four-story buildings.

But the colossal wave that slammed into Shizugawa last week 'was beyond imagination,' the high-school student said. 'There was nothing we could do, but run.'"

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