Tsunami - In Pure Spirit

Hundreds of these centuries-old Tsunami warning stones can be found on the Japanese coastline. The carvings warn readers to head up hills and move to the high ground after any earthquake because of the risk of Tsunami. Some of the carved warning stones have been placed at the high water marks to write down how bad it could be.

As important as these carved stones are I can’t but help to pause and note their beauty too. They look like something you might find in Middle Earth.

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Can you think of any other examples where ancient wisdom – like these stones – are as relevant today as they were hundreds of years ago?

I suppose one example might be those herbs which scientists now back as helpful? Sites like HerbsPro in the States, or Home Herbs in the UK along with the cooking centric Pukka Herbs come to mind.

(Via Austin Brown.)

It’s not usual to see Ribbonfish washed up on shore because they’re a deep water fish. When one was captured off teh coast of north west Taiwan and taken ashore, it sent locals running for higher ground. As Xie Lu, a fisherman on the scene explained to journalists;

“People started packing up to leave. They thought some kind of terrible earthquake was coming and they began to flee.”

Sound silly? Turns out that the locals were right to be concerned. Experts do believe the fish left its natural habitat because of the recent earthquakes in the area. Wikipedia notes that the fish is sometimes known as the Earthquake fish because they appear after an earthquake.

In other words, fear of a Tsunami was not entirely misplaced at all. A good example of ancient wisdom still being meaningful today.

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What do you make of that 12 foot fish? How many “sea serpent” sightings do you think Ribbonfish like this one might be responsible for over the years?

600 year old Japanese Tsunami warning stone

Sea serpent sends locals running

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