Earthquakes in China add to a whole week of disasters
China estimates about 9,000 killed in the latest earthquake in the Sichuan province. Expect that death toll to climb as more buildings are uncovered.
If you feel like you're in overload on disasters lately, you're not imagining things. Here is a just a short list of events this past week:
Cyclone Nargis in Burma kills tens of thousands;
A volcano eruption in southern Chile prompts evacuations;
Tornadoes ravage Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri (close to 1000 so far this year), and killer storms in Georgia; with altogether at least 22 people killed.
Brushfires in Florida engulf 51 homes, prompting a state of emergency.
It's not deadly (yet), but the UK is experiencing some freak weather as well - including wildfires and floods.
A religious person might see some meaning in all these occurrences at once. Even an atheist would have to admit, it's been a pretty hard week.
1 comments:
I wouldn't get religious about it - there are such things as coincidences.
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