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Is the earthquake in South Asia being avoided as a topic?

post #1 of 11
10/10/05 at 12:00pm
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...sia/index.html I've been following the story closely, but find it difficult to actually start a thread about it, because it's another horror. Mankind believes it is in control, and has been proved wrong in recent weeks by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Stan, and the earthquake that has devastated parts of Pakistan and/or India (I prefer not to assign Kashmir to either country). Not to mention the Asian typhoons whose names I can't recall. And famines, as well as epidemics like AIDS and avian flu.
There are wars, injustices, terrorist attacks, and so on, all over the globe, but somehow I feel that Mother Nature/Earth is sending all of us a message: Your priorities are all wrong, and this is what you're really up against.
If we don't get that message, will we go the way of the dinosaurs?
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post #2 of 11
10/10/05 at 12:05pm
I have to agree Trish, man thinks he can do anything he wants to the planet and get away with it, but Mother Nature has a series of checks and balances for all that is under her, and when man gets in the way (as he is doing now) she puts him in his place.

I watched a special the other night about the decimation of the rain forests and all the creatures never studied or understood that are now gone. They explored the role these massive tress have on controlling the climate and how the ocean waters are warming up in small degrees each year. It's pretty scary when you think about it-

The earthquake was devastating, and my thoughts are it is only the beginning.
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post #3 of 11
10/10/05 at 1:34pm
I wondered this too. I don't know about anyone else, but I feel so "disastered out" right now. That sounds terribly shallow, I know. I do care, I just can't dwell on it too much right now.
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post #4 of 11
10/10/05 at 1:37pm
sorry to be relegious but anyone say revelations???
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post #5 of 11
10/10/05 at 1:48pm
I agree with you jcat and hissy.

We mess with things so much in nature without even a basic understanding of how it is all connected, we think we are 'stewards' over the earth without understanding it, and we put profit above the health of our envioronment.

Even simple things like the non-native grass species that are now in CA and are part of the reason for the wildfires we've been having here lately. I mean, we think it's just grass, but it's evolved this way for a reason.

I try to focus on doing my best to help though, and not get too depressed.
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post #6 of 11
10/10/05 at 5:33pm
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Originally Posted by sharky
sorry to be relegious but anyone say revelations???

You can't help but at least wonder, can you?
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post #7 of 11
10/10/05 at 6:11pm
Too true. Mother Nature is not amused, and her patience is wearing thin. I've felt for a long time that we are living in "end times" -- you and I may not live to see the "end", but it won't be many more generations, and they will be increasingly uncomfortable times.
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post #8 of 11
10/10/05 at 7:30pm
I think it hits closer to home knowing that so many of "our" people have gone through a similar large scale tragedy. And so many are still suffering. To me, it reminds me that although the world seems big, and we seem to be far away from these countries, we are all in the same condition in many cases.

Moms still cry for their children, sons need their Dads, neighbors help neighbors. People are basically the same the world over. I did not see the lady I work with from Pakistan today. I hope her family is well!
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post #9 of 11
10/15/05 at 7:45pm
Earthquakes don't have any correlation with what mankind is doing to the biosphere. There is no activity mankind is engaged in that could possibly have any effect on the tremendous forces at work. It's another devastating natural disaster in a year of many natural disasters. But don't blame earthquakes on mankind's misuse of the earth's resources. Tectonic plates couldn't care less about what happens on the surface of the earth.
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post #10 of 11
10/15/05 at 11:23pm
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Originally Posted by coaster
Earthquakes don't have any correlation with what mankind is doing to the biosphere. There is no activity mankind is engaged in that could possibly have any effect on the tremendous forces at work. It's another devastating natural disaster in a year of many natural disasters. But don't blame earthquakes on mankind's misuse of the earth's resources. Tectonic plates couldn't care less about what happens on the surface of the earth.
Actually, I did a little digging and found that this is not entirely true. If we cause enough global warming to melt a large glacier, then it is possible for the land which was formerly under the glacier to relax and uplift upwards. The loss of the weight of the glacier drives this process. Such uplifting processes can create small localized earthquakes, usually magnitude 1 -3 in size. There are sources out there if you want links.
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post #11 of 11
10/16/05 at 6:22am
It's OK, I'll take your word for it. Sounds logical. Good to learn something new. But still can't be compared to the Pakistan earthquake. Or the Indian Ocean tsunami. Or any other major quake I can think of at the moment. Whose causes were unrelated to mankind messing with "Ma Nature."

To respond to the OP in this thread: I don't believe that "Ma Nature" is an entity that can send a message, not in the sense that the recent spate of natural disasters is an intentional effort to communicate. Yet, a message can be received, at least in the sense of gaining understanding from them. All these natural disasters enlighten us about where we stand in relation to the Earth. We're pretty small and weak. We're subject to forces beyond our control. We should have more respect and be more humble about our place here.
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