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Earthquake Hit Eastern Congo Yesterday

December 6th, 2005 by Laura Moncur in News
You think Nature is some Disney movie? Nature is a killer. Nature is a bitch. It’s feeding time out there 24 hours a day, every step that you take is a gamble with death. If it isn’t getting hit with lightning today, it’s an earthquake tomorrow or some deer tick carrying Lime disease. Either way, you’re ending up on the wrong end of the food chain.
Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Bolt from the Blue, 1994

Visit CNN for the full storyYesterday a earthquake measuring approximately 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit the lake between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It toppled homes and the hospitals are filled with injured children. This is an area that is also struggling with war and volcanic activity.

Considering how much Nature has done this year in her war against humanity, it seems silly that we are fighting with ourselves. At any moment, the world can turn upside down on us. Shouldn’t we be preparing for the next natural disaster instead of trying to beat each other into submission?

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
E. B. White

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