Originally posted by rhawkins
Ok so we've talked about the cluster of earthquakes happening in the west coast and Nevada region. The wave of tornadoes that touched down recently
and now the cyclone that hit Burma with what could be over TEN THOUSAND dead. Um...what gives... seems to me the earth is trying to shake us all off
of its back like the annoying little pests we are.
Oh and now lets add this...
10,000 year old volcano comes to life
[edit on 5-5-2008 by rhawkins]
That's... pretty normal. This # happens ALL THE TIME. Do you realize how big the world is? Somebody somewhere is bound to be getting screwed over by
some unlikely disaster, be it a tsunami in the Indian ocean, a massive earthquake in Iran or Java or Naples, a hurricane in Honduras, an earthquake in
Tangshan or Shaanxi China. The hurricanes aren't even any more impressive or frequent than those we had in the 60s. More intense than those we had in
the 70s-80s though. They might come in waves.
Basically, you're just being myopic. Things like this have been going on for as long as mankind has been around. the death toll is also not
particularly high considering that we've got about six times as many people as we did at the start of WWI.
As for the increased earthquakes on the west coast, that's where I live, and I haven't felt any yet. Maybe they happen at night, and I'm a sound
sleeper, but nobody I know has mentioned any, and they're certainly done nothing of consequence over here. There are unreinforced masonry buildings
in my town still (bars), so if one hits, people are gonna die.
