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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Miyakonojo, Kyusyu, 2009.12.30

I was woken this morning at 07:30 by another volcanic boom that rattled the house.

No one else seemed impressed. But then again, not everybody even noticed the soundwave from yesterday's eruption, so I shouldn't be surprised.

But I'm impressed with that volcano. As shown in this map, the mountain (which forms a round island in the lower left of the map) is 35km from Miyakonojo and 65km from Nichinan. That strikes me as a goodly distance for a soundwave to travel and still be strong enough to shake houses.

No matter. We headed for the home of Mari's uncle and (Danish!) aunt and made mochi.

rand()m quote

When the world is in accord with the Dao, fast horses are left to fertilize fields. When the world is not in accord with the Dao, war horses are bred in the countryside.

— Lao Tsu