There are disasters. There are megadisasters. And now there are complex megadisasters. From The Christian Science Monitor: Mega-quakes and mega-disasters: Will US heed wake-up call in Japan? The crisis in Japan could be considered the first "complex megadisaster" the world has ever seen — a potent combination of natural and technological calamities that might become …
Tag: Earthquakes
Earthquake theology
With today's massive earthquake in Chile, and last month's deadly tremor in Haiti, I have a few questions for your theological pondering: Are earthquakes part of God's good creation, or did they commence with the human fall into sin? Are earthquakes good or evil? (or neutral?) Is God glorified in any way by earthquakes? Are …
Lessons from Haiti
Christian geologist Charles Carrigan has written an article about the earthquake in Haiti on the Olivet Nazarene University's blog: Guest Feature: Tragedy and geology in the recent Haiti earthquake. Some of my thoughts after reading this (not all directly related to what Carrigan wrote about): Earthquakes do not have to kill. The 2010 Haiti earthquake …
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Earthquake and tsunami news from the Onion News Network: HT: Geographic travels with Catholicgauze Grace and Peace
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