"Bay Area hard rock band HIGH ON FIRE was on tour and set to perform in Tokyo, Japan on Friday when the powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the island nation's shore, collapsing buildings, touching off widespread fires and unleashing walls of water up to 30 feet high. The US group was unharmed, but shaken after surviving its second natural disaster in sixteen days;
the band was also abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand during the 6.3-magnitude earthquake of February 22, the country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years.
"Our thoughts go out to all the people of the world who have already been through such agony during these tragedies and are now going through much worse," said the band in a statement. "To all those who have lost loved ones in particular, you have our deepest sympathies."
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An important thing to ask those of you who live near the west coast in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, & Canada (from Cape Mendocino all the way to Vancouver):
Are YOU prepared for the rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone--whose magnitude & tsunami generation would be very closely equivalent to this Japanese event?
Are YOU prepared?
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I'm in Oklahoma, and only 20 miles from the Meers Fault, So I am prepared for it:
http://www.meersstore.com/observatory.html
http://texomashomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=104566