Earthquake halts operations at two of Toshiba's chip factories

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwestern Japan around 1:00 AM last Saturday has led to the closing of Toshiba’s Oita semiconductor plant. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said the 'quake may have caused significant shaking, making it difficult to walk unassisted and causing items on shelves to fall. The agency …

[pavel.petrman]

Fire, snow, plague, trade war and an earthquake

I expect frogs by the end of this quarter.

[KittenHuffer]

Re: Fire, snow, plague, trade war and an earthquake

So you're predicting that the French will invade? And their great military victories will cause the closure of more chip factories?

Does that means that when they reopen that the product will have been rebranded as Fries?

[Chris G]

Re: Fire, snow, plague, trade war and an earthquake

"rebranded as Fries?"

No. Pommes frites!

Re the title, there are a lot of god botherers who do seem to be expecting not only frogs but locusts and a small cavalry charge.

[lglethal]

Re: Fire, snow, plague, trade war and an earthquake

Come come, we still have plenty of Natural disasters available to us:

Flood, Tsunami, Cyclone/Hurricane, Meteorite, Animal Plague, Zombie Apocalypse, Bull in a Chip shop...

[Arthur the cat]

Re: Fire, snow, plague, trade war and an earthquake

England Test Cricket Teams …

[John Brown (no body)]

Re: Fire, snow, plague, trade war and an earthquake

Apparently, in Oz, a joke did the rounds along the lines of "if you think you have covid and want a rapid test, call the English Cricket Team" :-)