Japan
I am sure that almost everyone has been following the ongoing disaster in Japan with sympathy and horror. The magnitude of the disaster is quite astonishing. Thoughts and prayers are with all the people affected by the disaster.
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the...
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However, i must add that were it not for this type of event we would not be here.
let me explain (know a bit about this stuff as my passion is astrnomy)
The earth is geologically active, it replenishes its crust in the atlantic and disposes of the old in the pacific. This causes horrific earth quakes on pacific countries, or parts of countries, ie japan california etc.
it is this very activity that causes the earths core to create a magnetic field. The magnetic field shields the earth from the solar wind from the sun, lots of nasties there, any way were it not for the earths magnetic field the solar wind would have stripped the planet of its atmosphere, or at least the best part of it, long before the dinosaurs were here.
I am not in any way celebrating the earthquake, and I think the loss of life is horrific, however, that is the way the earth works, understanding this is key to anything I think