Japan gets earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, super-sized thunderstorms, and occasional "lake effect" snow.
They have reason to be stoic.
Indeed they do, but they acquit themselves well. No looting, no panicking, media hysteria (that I know of).
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They have reason to be stoic.
Did you see the people on the bridge when the tsunami was coming in? There were screams and crying, they acted like normal people would when they see their homes, businesses and probably people being being harmed by the tsunami. Gotta admit, I thought they'd be more stoic but no, trauma of that great of a dimension brought a normal human response. I could not imagine what they were going through.