#269 volcanic ash disrupt air traffic

The ash spewed from a volcanic eruption, which began as early as April 8th, from the southwestern part of the Iceland’s Eyjafjallajoekull glacier has disrupted air traffic according to news received yesterday. Experts have warned that the tiny particles of rock, glass and sand contained in the ash cloud could be sufficient to jam aircraft engines… “The [...]

#264 possible quake predicted 2 years ago

No one expected an earthquake to break out in Haiti even though she was warned 2 years ago by scientists a quake was possible. No one believed this could happen as there was no quake for the last 200 years in its natural history. No one was prepared for this tumultuous magnitude. The 7.1 magnitude [...]

#114 a 3-day national mourning

image from xinhua Wenchuan earthquake claimed 40,000 to date… The air was filled with ammonia and lime powder to prevent epidemic resulting from the decayed under the inaccessible rubbles. On 19th May at 2.28pm, China called for a national 3 minutes silence with sounds of air-raids, honks of cars and ships to observe those who [...]

#111 earthquake 3

I continue to follow the earthquake at Sichuan with great heaviness. Like BBC’s James Reynolds shared — one cannot fully understand the scale of disaster or even describe fully that seen on sight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jamesreynolds/ – on 16th & 18th May posts. Yesterday at 2.28pm — that was when the 7.9 richter scale earthquake struck on 12th May, [...]

#110 earthquake 2

Living in a virtually no natural disaster island except the sea level might be rising, I cannot really enter the pains of survivors of natural disasters. However, today’s modern technological advancements and accessible to video clips and blogs, I only get a glimpse of the truth. It takes great maturity to read and watch these to assess a situation or [...]