As the world knows, Japan was struck with a newly measured 9.0 magnitude earthquake, this comes just a few months after the 7.1 magnitude Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. Being from California, I lived through many earthquakes, including the big Quake of ’89, also known as The Loma Prieta Earthquake or the World Series Earthquake. On October 17, 1989 at 5:04pm, just 5 days after my 11th birthday, a 6.9 earthquake shook the grounds underneath me as I was waiting for Chinese school to start. It felt like someone pulled the carpet from underneath, as the ground shook and rolled for about 15 seconds. Most of the students like myself were young and never experienced an earthquake nor were taught anything about it. So we all ran for the door. Lucky I lived only a mile from school and was able to get to home quick. I can’t even imagine what the people of Christchurch, NZ and Sendai, Japan are going through right now. I can only pray and hope for them to overcome these tragic times. I donated to the Red Cross, and I hope you will too. www.redcross.org