The countermarch phenomenon of the Mingyong glacier of Meili Snow Mountain has taken place in Yunnan province.The change auspice also has taken place in Xishuangbanna district.
Some of the people there have been told to get off the island and given what happened in other parts of Australia last year at this time, residents are hoping Fraser Island isn't the sign of things to come.
And so as people across Southern California woke up Saturday morning grateful for being spared this time, there was the sense that Friday night's temblor could have been just a foretaste of something bigger.
But knowing what we know now, knowing how the war to end all wars was only the precursor to an even greater one, I can see how it does add extra weight to the story.
It's a harbinger for the coffee industry, and a sign of the seriousness of its adaptation challenge: climate change is happening now, and it is happening fast.