Category: natural disaster

It’s bracket Monday, and, while I’d love to execute my first ever NCAA tournament song, including a rant about Florida at a 2 seed and jokes about Va Tech’s perpetually burst bubble, this site is committed to nonsense delayed (or maybe epitomized). The death toll in Japan has exceeded 10,000 but that figure likely has […]

I’m happy to offer a third entry this week but not happy for the circumstances that prompted it. As you are likely aware, Japan’s east coast was hit by a devastating tsunami yesterday, propelled from the epicenter of an 8.9 earthquake some 230 miles offshore. Tens of thousands have been evacuated and hundreds are already […]

Horrific flash flooding in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia.  The river has risen above its banks to an extent not seen since 1974.  It is anticipated that as many as 20,000 homes might be destroyed. I have family in Western Australia.  Perth, specifically.  They are nowhere near the disaster.  But for them and the […]