I don't really mention current news events as much as I used to...  My hardcopy journal is full of the news, via clippings I put in from newspapers I sometimes get.  I am very interested in the events around the world... but don't often find time to mention them much in this Livejournal.  I think maybe I'll have more time during my train holiday to ( Read more... )

Another for my list of 600 something songs...  My Song Hall of Fame....    "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

It's a song about impending doom.  Armageddon.  I've always been interested in disasters... earthquakes, floods, fires tsunamis...

Excerpts from my journal in May 2001....

May 9, 2001  - "... we got two hamsters this past weekend"... named Honey and Fudge.  "That brings the total pet count to 15.  Two cats, two rabbits, three guinea pigs, five fish, two hamsters and a horse."

May 10, 2001 - "I'm house-sitting for my B&B landlady and her husband while they're down in London for ( Read more... )

Japan nuclear plant: Just 48 hours to avoid 'another Chernobyl'

Gordon Rayner and Martin Evans
Last Updated: 11:10PM GMT 16/03/2011

Japan has 48 hours to bring its rapidly escalating nuclear crisis under control before it faces a catastrophe “worse than Chernobyl”, it was claimed last night.

Nuclear safety officials in France said they were “ ( Read more... )

Still catching up on this.... Here are some things going on in my journal about 5 years ago...

October 2005

- Irene is in the hospital still (since early July) and has taken a turn for the worse, despite an operation. She dies in late October.

- I go on a course in Manchester for work

- aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

- Earthquake in Pakistan

From the Beeb:

Minor earthquake strikes Dumfries

An earthquake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale has hit parts of Dumfries and Galloway.

The tremor was recorded early on Monday evening, with the epicentre on farmland near Newbridge.

According to the British Geological Survey the earthquake had an intensity rating of three, which is described as a ( Read more... )

I have this USGS Seismic thingamajig on my iPhone which is pretty cool. It tells you the locations and sizes of all the recent earthquakes in the world over the past day or so... sort of a continuous rolling list. You'd be surprised how many earthquakes there are every day. Usually 5.0 or below... but quite a few of them.

Here is what was happening in my hardcopy journal 15 years ago ( Read more... )

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Pat Robertson says:

"You know ... something happened a long time ago in Haiti. … They got together and swore a pact to the Devil,"

"They said, 'We will serve you if you get us free from the French.' True story."

That's right: Robertson seems to suggest the Haitians brought the earthquake on themselves, in a deal with Satan.

"And so, the Devil said ( Read more... )