Headlines in the News:
-Asia Quakes' Tsunamis Kill Nearly 10,000
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INDONESIA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME
-Reggie White dies of Massive Heart Attack
http://www.jsonline.com/packer/news/dec04/287433.asp
The first story really makes one think....almost an entire section of the world devestated by a natural disaster that no one knew was coming-or could control. Makes one think of how lucky we are to even be alive. And it makes me feel that it is all that more important to "live each day to the fullest", as one never knows when their number will be called........
An excerpt from the first story:
-The rush of tsunami waves brought sudden disaster to people carrying out their daily activities on the ocean's edge. Sunbathers on the beaches of the Thai resort of Phuket were washed away. A group of 32 Indians - including 15 children - were killed while taking a ritual Hindu bath to mark the full moon day. Fishing boats, with their owners clinging to their sides, were picked up by the waves and discarded.
"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation.
Can you imagine what all those people were thinking as they were going about their "daily business" and their lives were litterally and suddenly "washed away" without any notice except a giant tidal wave. Makes me think of the movie "Sudden Impact" where Tia Laone is standing at the seashore off Martha's Vinyard and that big wave comes across the shore. How terrible and how sad.......
On another note....hope everyone had a great christmas. Mine was very nice and I got my wish for a white christmas. There was snow flurries all the way up to my folk's house and the snow was the light and flaky kind-coming down and sitting gently on trees and objects. It was a "picture perfect day". I even made my first "snow angel" in years while I was out there. There must have been close to 4 inches of snow on the ground up there at their place.
The weather channel is calling for more snow today and that is fine....flurries. Its perfect..You dont have to shovel flurries (most of the time) and it is easy to brush off of your vehicle.
A week till New Years. I will blog my New Years Resolutions sometime in the near future.
Happy Sunday.......
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