Unless you have been living under a rock recently you would know that there has been a few notable natural disasters of late. The volcano in Chile, the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China. All indeed are disastrous for the people affected.
I was especially taken aback by the mayor of a little town in China who was being interviewed on telly this morning. His wife, two children, mother and father, everything this man loved, were all killed in the earthquake. And yet, his main focus was ensuring that his villagers were safe and looked after.
However, what I find disturbing are people who believe that suddenly this is Armegeddon, the apocolypse, that it's all over red rover. Quite frankly it's just dumb coincidence. I think I remember a while ago there were like a spate of earthquakes in Russia, a cyclone and a couple of volcanoes all going off at the same time too. Again people thought it was the end of time. Oh, but wait, let's see...WE'RE STILL HERE! These natural disasters have been occurring for millions of years...some at the same time, some not.
The difference this time around is that we're here to see it.
Don't you think there were earthquakes in China back in the 1300's?? Volcanoes erupting in Chile in the 1200s? Cyclones in Burma in the 1500s?? More than likely, but we didn't hear about it so I guess they never happened. If a tree falls in a forest.....
As a scientist yes, I could explain away these events by pointing out that there is likely to be some sort of sudden tectonic shift in the Pacific Plate, but it could just be coincidence. But Apocolpyse? Man, if it were I want the four horseman, the white horses, the locusts, the rivers of blood, bring it on....but until then, I'll rest easy. |
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