Nature bursts its bounds. People seethe and erupt.
Japan is among the safest countries in the world, but its headlines are terrifying. Can we send our children to school? Ride a train to work? Socialize on the Net? Set up house near a river, a mountain, a nuclear power plant?
Yes, of course. Normality overcomes tragedy, except when ¡ª very occasionally, statistically speaking ¡ª tragedy overwhelms normality.
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