It's really odd that the Haiti earthquake which only registered a 7.0 was deemed terribly important, life shattering, all-encompassing enough to span to North America and create groups who donated money, time, effort, and all that jazz. It was all you heard about on the radio for days after, and you got live coverage of secretaries who didn't know what they would do now that the building that they had worked in was destroyed.
It's funny that the Feb. 27 quake in Chile which registered an 8.8 did not get that coverage. In fact, the rat forum I'm on is the first place I've heard about it, because it "may have shortened Earth's day by a few milliseconds".
Hm. Interesting that we have such high double standards. Was the reason that there were a hundred thousand people in Haiti who were injured? Maybe.
But, should Chile not get the same help? Unless, of course, Chile understands that they live on a fault line and will get earthquakes as the have for the last hundred thousand years and make plans for such an occurrence. Perhaps.
Anyway, my point is that I'm not living anywhere warm ever, for fear of these earthquakes and hurricanes and such. I'll stick to Canada, where I only have to worry about stampeding Polar Bears and freezing temperatures.
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