To our readers:<br><br>Our sincere thanks to those many people who have emailed to let us here in Japan know that they are concerned about the Magnitude 8.8 earthquake here earlier this afternoon.<br><br>Thankfully Tokyo was spared the worst and apart from a fuel depot fire, some fallen masonry, some flooding, and limited injuries, the worst that happened was shaking and rolling as the quake hit. Certainly very scary and a big wake up call about how Tokyo has not yet had the "big one" that is predicted sometime in the near future. <br>
<br>Our thoughts and wishes go out to the people caught up in the devastation following the tsunami to hit Sendai about 300km further to the North. <br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Editors at Terrie's Take.<br><br>