What has happened in Haiti is appalling. The suffering that we are seeing on a minute by minute basis from the rolling news channels makes one realise how fragile the structure of civilisation is, and how quickly it can be removed by a natural tragedy. Haiti is a poor country, the poorest, we are told, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'earthquake'
Who Is My Neighbour?
January 17th, 2010 1 Comment
Tags: aid · earthquake · GOP · Gospel · Haiti · neighbor · neighbour · Obama · St Luke · UN · US
Earthquake in Italy
April 6th, 2009 1 Comment
I was really shocked to see on the news that there had been another earthquake in Italy and, not only many casualties, but another medieval town destroyed. My knowledge of the geography of Italy seems very lacking. I thought it was a relatively stable geographical area apart from the volcanic area around the Bay of [...]
Tags: earthquake · Italia · Italy · L'Aquila · terremoto
