But he later revised his forecast and said he no longer expected a serious earthquake to strike the region.

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He says the teachers didn't realize how serious the earthquake was.

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Much like earlier campaigns that benefited Haiti and other areas hit by serious natural disasters, donations for the Japanese earthquake victims can be sent via cellphone text messages.

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Witt's team clearly was also successful with the sixth step, Produce Short-Term Wins, and at least to some extent the seventh, Don't Let Up--as evidenced by FEMA's successful response to hundreds of disasters, including the most costly flood and earthquake in the nation's history to that time as well as multiple serious hurricanes.

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It is the first serious eruption of the volcano chain since 1960, when the area was hit by a massive earthquake.

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