“Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. “- Anne M. Mulcah

World Tsunami Awareness Day – November 5

November 5th was chosen as World Tsunami Awareness Day to commemorate the Japanese story of “Inamura-no-hi” or “burning of the rice sheaves.” In 1858 a Japanese farmer saw the tide recede and knew a tsunami was about to hit. 

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