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Tsunami Camera Found
Yu Muroga was doing his job making deliveries when the 11 March 2011 earthquake hit in Japan. Unaware, like many people in the area, of how far inland the Tsunami would travel, he continued to drive and do his job.
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The HD camera mounted on his dashboard…..captured not only the earthquake, but also the moment he and several other drivers were suddenly engulfed in the Tsunami.
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Muroga escaped from the vehicle seconds before it was crushed by other debris and sunk underwater. His car and the camera have only recently been recovered by the police. The camera was heavily damaged but a video expert was able to retrieve this footage.
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I saw the first Swallow of Summer on 10th April 2014
I saw the first swallow of summer today,
It was flying above me, enjoying the day,
Tears welled in my eyes on spotting this treat,
It made me so happy my heart skipped a beat.
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The Owls are coming
The Owls are coming
to The Crazymad Writer’s blog
(watch this space)…
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Where are those Owls hiding, out there in space?
I am The Crazymad Writer
Some people say I am crazy…
I tell them I am crazy – and mad
I don’t care WHAT you call me as long as you enjoy reading my stories.
DUSN
Oh my God, what happened?
DUSN is in my eye,
This terrible thing has happened,
And I don’t know why,
A worm entered my poor little eye,
Blow my nose and bye, bye eye.
Popeye Village, Malta
Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village, is a group of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings located at Anchor Bay in the north-west corner of the Mediterranean island of Malta, two miles from the village of Mellieħa.
It was built as a film set for the production of the 1980 live-action musical feature film Popeye, produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions and starring Robin Williams. Today it is open to the public as an open-air museum and family entertainment complex.
The construction of the film set started in June 1979. A construction crew of 165 working over seven months was needed to build the village, which consists of nineteen authentic wooden buildings. Hundreds of logs and several thousand wooden planks were imported from the Netherlands, while wood shingles used in the construction of the roof tops were imported from Canada. Eight tons of nails and two thousand gallons of paint were also used in construction.
In addition, a 200–250 foot breakwater was built around Anchor Bay’s mouth to protect the set from high seas during the shooting.
The set was completed in seven months, and filming commenced on January 23, 1980. The film, based on the comic strips by E.C. Segar, is set around the fictional village of Sweethaven where the sailor Popeye arrives in an attempt to find his long lost father.
Although the film had mixed reviews, Popeye Village remains a popular tourist attraction.
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