I must be losing my memory, or did the author forget a few things from last year?
In addition to the Japan earthquake, the centre cited the floods in Brazil in January, the quake that hit New Zealand in February, and Hurricane Irene in the United States in August and Septembe
I remember Irene, and I suppose some others who suffered do also. But, more than Irene, I remember of month of destruction from Tornadoes that we have never seen. From April 27 to May 24 destruction blew across Tornado Alley. Joplin was decimated. It was most unusual and very destructive. Maybe it is just because I followed it so closely. But, I don't think so.