Ever since the Haiti earthquake, it's been like there were news about moderate to strong quakes happening everywhere around the globe -- Chile, China, Japan, Indonesia, and of course here in the Philippines. It's like the earth has just suddenly decided to become seismically active and release probably whatever tension it has upon the surface of the planet. And then last week, there was that major volcanic explosion in Iceland, causing much transportation woes in Europe whose airspace has been blanketed by ash and other volcanic debris.
Mother Nature sure has been angry these past few months. And it is no wonder people nowadays are asking: is there something wrong? Are we partially responsible for these quakes? Has human activity really cause such an impact on the earth's surface geology? Should people be alarmed? Or are such tectonic events merely a part of the natural cycle of the earth? A report I saw in CNN some days ago said that the number of significant earthquakes which has happened in the first four months of this year alone equals the annual average of such quakes of the previous years. Pretty alarming data, isn't it? Hmm... maybe I should cash in on this and start myself a doomsday cult? Just imagine all the money one can rake in by preying on people's fears! But I'm just kidding, of course.
I suppose that just like everyone, my big fear at the moment is what if the Big One hits my area. Can my place withstand a strong quake? Where should I take cover? Will I survive? The sad truth is that we'll never know -- I'll never know the exact hour, the exact day, the exact time. All I could really do is hope that no matter what happens, things wouldn't turn out to be so bad.
So many questions.
Lots of unknowns.
Is the world ending? I personally don't believe that it is. Not yet anyway. The only one thing I'm sure of: Mama Nature sure knows how to rock our world.
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Doomsday cult - LOLz
End of the world - I don't think so either but I think it's sending us the message that we as a race should change our ways sooner rather than later. We will be responsible for our own demise, not Mother Nature.
Wanna join my cult? o_o I still need to think of a good name for it though.
And yes, we really need to change our ways not just sooner but asap. We don't really need to see such doomsday scenarios become reality, do we? I may not believe that the world will end, but it could still die. =(
Sad but true.
But...
"At the precipice, we change." ~The Day the Earth Stood Still
Yeah. We do need to reach the brink before we effect any changes, don't we?
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