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Collapsed House and Road, Japan What words are there for something like this?  The power of the earthquake that struck Japan, the chaos i...

Via Callan Bentley and many others , Christchurch moments after the earthquake struck: That's the dust of a city shaking apart.  Incr...

I'd meant to get the next Oregon Geology post up, but instead have spent the past several days watching in bemusement, sometimes in horr...

I'm sure most of you have seen this on Pharyngula , but for the one or two folks who don't hang on PZ's every word, here's t...

When you've had a major earthquake in a poor country, getting aid to the survivors in the disaster zone is a nightmare .  And while the ...

What a horrific situation.  Three days after the quake, relief is having a hard time finding its way into the country.  The port's destr...

I've got CNN on right now.  The Big Dog's speaking, and it's strangely calming.  I know why: he's got a firm handle on what ...

I spent a huge, depressing portion of today reading about the devastation in Haiti.  It's not quite 2004 tsunami-level destruction, b...

Please take any and all steps necessary to avoid burning to death or drowning. It doesn't look pretty Down Under at all . That would be...

Fighting the terrorists over there so that the terrorists here gain valuable experience in killing brown people and blowing things up : Two ...

I'm sitting here watching the numbers of customers without power in Houston tick up: 1.3 million, 1.6 million, 1.8 million... I'm r...