We can whine about high gas prices and economic downturns. We can surely complain about the fits and starts of the Obama administration on Libya. And we inevitably grumble about what a wretched winter this has been. And then . . .
And then along comes a natural disaster to put all our whining and grumbling into perspective, to humble us and remind us that for all our technology we are not always in control of our fate.
Japan, after all, has done as much as any nation can — knowing it sits within the deadly earthquake prone Ring of Fire — to assure that buildings are constructed to be as earthquake proof as technology permits. It has spent decades trying to get it right only to have Mother Nature up the ante — again. Hundreds are known dead, hundreds more missing, and countless people injured.
In a country known for its efficiency and order, trains were shut down, leaving thousands stranded, phone service and power disrupted. And even as one of the largest earthquakes in history began to subside (although aftershocks could be felt for weeks), a tsunami followed in its wake, sweeping homes and cars and trains out to sea. The very real images resembled the fantasy of every apocalyptic Hollywood movie — but worse
"There are evil powers, My child, being set up to enslave your world! I have begged you, I have asked you through countless years to pray much for the conversion of Our adversaries. One nation, Russia, My children, shall be your scourge. As they shall go across the world, ravenous in appetite, destruction as their means for enslaving the world!" Our Lady (9-13-75)
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