Japanese Tsunami

I know we are not alone in saying I can’t believe how calm the Japanese people have been through all their trials and tribulations.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/new-footage-of-tsunami-engulfing-japanese-city/2gv28ij5

Truly remarkable how in spite of everything these workers are trying to protect displays and minimise damage in the store.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/japan-shopping-centre-shakes-during-earthquake/2gqkeyvn

What a lot us of did not realise is that it is snowing in some areas as seen in the following footage.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/snatched-from-the-tsunami/2g5qbnjg

The power of the wave is awesome as seen here.

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/extraordinary-new-footage-from-japan/2gqwkslz

Before and after
http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/satellite-images-from-japanese-quake/2g2tnll2

History will show them as a remarkable people – The Blitz Spirit lives on

If Only

If only we could see into the future. As a child I enjoyed history at school, but at the time I could never work out why we were learning about English/European history when we lived in Africa. I think the assumption was that as a less civilised country they had no history – How wrong can one be. My mother, an author, loved words consequently found it easy to be a “stringer “ for various news agencies around the world and Africa being somewhere that had been less effected by the war was a rich picking ground. The house was always full of guests from England and guests, in a child’s eyes equal pressies.


It is only in hind sight that the one that brought a box of Napoleonic Soldiers may have had a profound effect on my future. I have been smitten ever since. Was it, the order and discipline as the regiments went into battle, or the colourful uniforms. As can be seen http://www.hobbyandleisure.co.uk/hlstore/catalog/napoleonic-c-319_29_116_129.html?osCsid=cd19bb2be3ddd31ede4b4853f530296b
It seems to have been a particularly turbulent time in the affairs of man. A new world to be subjugated. From Cowboys to Maharajas Three countries – all neighbours trying to dominate. The Spanish South America, The French Europe and the Brits India, Australia and Canada. A rich picking ground for any child's imagination. A case of a toy becoming a hobby; becoming a carrier; becoming a business.