Earthquake damage leaves homes, cities, and livelihoods destroyed
Earthquake damage in Haiti 2010
On January 27, 2010, just days after the earthquake in Haiti, there were flooding rains in Peru at the site of Machu Picchu. Because of the heavy rains, helicopters didn’t have access to tourists stranded on the mountainside. At the end of February, the storm “Xynthia” swept across Europe leaving 55 people dead. In March, the world witnessed the catastrophic earthquake in Chile. Since the initial earthquake, there have been several movements of the Earth and a tsunami that have left 1.5 million people homeless. A 5.9 earthquake in Turkey left dozens dead according to a CNN report on March 8, 2010. Toward the end of March, sand storms clouded the air of China. The sand storms in Northern China were especially bad this year because of desertification which is the rapid ruin of plant life that will turn an area into a desert. The Northeast of America has also experienced incredible flooding that temporarily suspended public transit in Rhode Island. Historically, the Northeast has never experienced flooding to the degree that it did recently.
Sandstorms in Northern China in March of 2010
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wow — you’d think the world was going haywire…MALfunctioning.
Since your post– record floods in Rio. 7.7 quake in Indonesia…and yeah another $5 billion arms purchase pending by Venezuela from Russia, Iran centrifuge 3rd generation announcement — man what is up? Greece default
Check my website…thanks for your post. GOod summary.
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I did notice the floods in Rio, the oil tanker that almost hit the Great Barrier Reef, & I just wrote an article on the world water crisis which requires immediate response from the global community. Will check your website. Thanks for commenting!
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Oh yeah…North Korea blowing up South Korean navy ship? protests around the world over DEMONcracy….did I just type DEMON?
Kyrgyzstan, Thailand….economic protests around the world…more Iraq violence….revelations over the Pope and sex abuse cover up reaching another level…but hey the Dow Jones is near ELEVEN thousand….maybe it’s the ELEVENTH hour….maybe it has been since 2001 + 11 =
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Wow, every little natural disaster always has to be apocalyptic. I read the bible 2 or 3 times a week, and these disasters aren’t apocalyptic signs. And if they were who cares. I kinda want the world to end. I would go to heaven.:)
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You read the entire bible 2 to 3 times every week?
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Also just because you supposedly read the bible 2 to 3 every week does not mean you are going to heaven, it means you need a life.
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Wow. Lets just ignore the fact that there are disasters leaving many dead and many more homless and focus on how great we are and that the world should end because if it did we would go to heaven.
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But i want to go to heaven…
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Whats the point of reading bible 2 to 3 times a week? Maybe people should start getting life. Lets just stop talking about bible or heaven and start thinking about real life.
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This article is simply to draw connections and parallels to global events that are effecting citizens world wide. Your interpretation is completely subjective.
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the world is not coming to an end. you peeps are sycotic.
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I think this is a weird thing that is going on. The sand part is really scary!!
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Did you ever think about 2 years ago. we had like 20 tornadoes in 2 months. now look. its the earthquakes now. maybe earth is just making the changes it needs that we cant provide.
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Or perhaps these things just happen. This doesnt have to be anything about the end of the world. We need to focus more on dealing with the reprecussions than worring what the causes are, because even if we knew the causes they would be far beyond our control.
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Brittany, please let me know if you have any further questions regarding this information or other questions you may have.
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Dachor, I agree. There is a global response on the part of the many that is required now.
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WHAT ARE YU TALKIN BOUT!?!?!?!?!?!?
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[...] Connecting the Dots Between Natural Disasters Around the World [...]
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