Nature’s Warning: Earthquake Rocks East Coast
By Nomar Knight
An ungodly rumbling caused more than the east coast to
tremble. The recent earthquake, which
originated in Virginia, did more than disrupt everyone’s routine. The blast of nature assisted in shedding
light on the possibility of an extreme change for life as we know it. What most people hate to admit, lies inside
them, rose to the surface as many grew terrified of the possibility that the
end of the world, or perhaps a catastrophic terrorist attack was at play.
Moments after the event, I received a call from a loved
one. I heard the fear in her voice. The older a person gets, the more aware they
become of their mortality. At that
moment, I was at a loss to find the words that would comfort her.
My mind wandered with the images she described, first
of how she visited her brother and sat with her husband in a loveseat. Their familiar encounter literally shaken as
the building swayed, and their loveseat trembled. Shock quickly transformed to sheer panic, and
instead of looking to position over a doorway, or dive under solid furniture,
they said their goodbyes and headed to the same place the majority went to, the
crowded streets.
Images of concrete breaking open and swallowing people
as they danced for their lives, doing their best to negotiate each new crater,
popped in my mind. As I listened to her
tormented account, I envisioned skyscrapers collapsing all around them. I felt hopeless when the best advice I could
offer was for them to remain outside, away from buildings for at least an
hour.
Perhaps my advice would have been useless if the
situation were worse, but the one thing I do know from personal experience is
that when our number is up, there’s nothing we could do to change the outcome. Death waits for no one and eventually, will
meet us all.
Nevertheless, I’m pleased that as of this writing, the
situation did not get worse and that no one got hurt. Yet I can’t help but wonder what the
underlying purpose of the event could be.
Was the seismic event that got everyone’s attention just a prelude to
the end of the world?
While the scientists look for answers, I’ll chalk it up
to nature’s way of providing us with a wakeup call. My advice, live life as if each moment is
your last.
Catch you on the dark side
Nomar Knight
© Copyright Nomar Knight 2011. All rights reserved.
When your number's up, it's up!You are right about the elderly worrying more about these things: except for me because I'm too old to worry. It amazes me, too, how churches increase their pull on them.
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Residents of the East coast are far less accustomed to the rumbling and shaking ... land mass, and has stiffer rocks, making earthquakes highly unusual there.
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