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Last night's dream. (12/8/2024)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 12 Aug 24

In last night's dream I was going shopping again. I think it was supposed to be The Three Spires Shopping centre in Lichfield where I was shopping, and I was going to the little Tesco down town. But if it was the little Tesco...

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The Valdivia earthquake in Chile. May 22, 1960.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 22 May 20

Exactly 60 years ago, in a day like today, there was an earthquake with an epicenter in Valdivia, Chile. Up to now, it has been the biggest recorded, It had a magnitude of 9.5 Richter and liberated energy equivalent to 20.000...

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As If I Needed Another Sign

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 5 Jun 17

I got back my students scores on their end-of-grade math test today. I was expecting the scores to be decent, not spectacular, but decent. I was sorely disappointed. It would not be an exaggeration to say the scores were...

goodbye public school

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Back from my holidays. And my country is in flames.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 30 Jan 17

This was not a good vacation for me. I´m glad that I was a company for my 94 year old aunt. But most of the time we were watching a very old TV set in horror as fires grew in my country. This is much worse that any of the big...

forest fires

flames

catastrophe

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Cat-astrophe In My Bed

RussTeed @RussTeed (1498) • United States 17 Apr 16

I did a cannon ball on my water bed today. When I looked upward, I noticed my cat was stuck to the ceiling, woopsy? Like a cat-a-pult, it was an uplifting experience indeed. Eight lives, and counting. Note to self: I need a...

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The dooms day

ajoy pal @ajoywork33 (123) • Mumbai, India 24 Dec 15

few years ago a movie was released 2012 an American science fiction disaster film. It was based on some range of eschatological beliefs that will result in chain of events that would occur on or around 21 December 2012. Various...

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What would count as climate change catastrophe?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Oct 15

The climate change deniers seem constantly to complain that climate science is always warning about impending catastrophe, but it never arrives! This strikes me as a strange argument in itself - a bit like a teacher warning a...

climate change

catastrophe

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what will you do in times of an accident?

johndur @johndur (3052) • Pasig, Philippines 15 Feb 13

i have seen iin the news a while ago about the meteorite falling in russia where al least 500 people where injured.it happened very fast and there is no time to react.i wonder what will you guys do if ever it has happened in your...

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Problematic or not?

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 28 Dec 12

There is no doubt Japan is one of the most exotic and beautiful places to visit. A lot of people lately, though, have had a concern about the latest crisis in Japan with that destructive tsunami that had created a catastrophe at...

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If every adult disappeared....

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 5 Sep 11

...do you think your children would be able to survive? I read a book once called 'The Girl Who Built A City', and it was a fictional account of some sort of contagious illness that wiped out anybody over age 12 or so. Just...

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What do you think about 2012?

lalabo @lalabo (90) • China 26 Apr 11

Ever since the 2012 movies and many places of the natural calamities,everyone began to beware of 2012 will come.what do you think about 2012,dear mylotters?

2012

catastrophe

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Disasters in Japan,where the doomsday soothsayers right?

boxxerdude @boxxerdude (34) • India 12 Mar 11

All of us who surf the web or watch t.v have seen Japan's recent predicament for the past couple of days.It all started with an 8.9 magnitude earthquake which caused a massive tsunami on the coast of Japan where thousands of...

Catastrophe & Evacuation

qianyun6 @qianyun6 (2066) • China 3 Aug 10

Have you experienced evacuation? I'm afraid I will have once. I read a notice today. It said because of the torrential rain in a few days after, several upstream reservoirs will make a flood discharge. So the Headquarter of Flood...

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How Is Your Emergency Preparedness Kit ??

Ezra710 @Ezra710 (135) • United States 10 Jul 10

I remember a few years back the government here in America recommended that every household should put together an emergency preparedness kit in the event of a disaster or catastrohe. Households , I am not sure these...

catastrophe

disaster

emergency prepredness

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2012

izziemint @izziemint (94) • Philippines 27 Mar 10

With what is happening nowadays especially concerning about our mother earth, national geographic has featured for a week about 2012. Catastrophe like typhoons, floods, fire, earthquake,and famine to name a few are happening and...

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What if the Mayans are correct?

Angelo Abuda @aabuda (1722) • Philippines 24 Mar 10

Guys, have you considered thinking what the Mayans believed from their calendar that the world as we know will end in December 21, 2012. I have considered this theory of them based on what is currently going in our world wherein...

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Earthquakes. Are we prepared to manage them?

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 2 Mar 10

This Saturday morning there was a huge earthquake in Chile. Since earthquakes are recorded, this is the 5th biggest in the world. Chile also has the dubious honor of having the biggest one, that changed the country´s geography...

catastrophe

chile

earthquakes

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Is there a place to hide?

Proud Dad of Twins :) @primeaque86 (8108) • Philippines 28 Feb 10

Is there any place to go, or there's only nowhere to hide? Eartquake hit Chile... What else? Recently this year, Haiti was also attacked by the mother nature. Philippines was challenged by the economic crisis...

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under the red alert for tsunami!

candyfairy21 @candyfairy21 (2039) • Philippines 27 Feb 10

hi fellas, we are currently on red alert for tsunami in our place but there is no evacuation orders yet. I pray to God that it won't happen. Where I am is surrounded by bodies of water. We are directly facing the pacific ocean....

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Let's Kill the Healthcare Bill

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5597) • Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee 22 Dec 09

In addition to writing/calling your Congresspersons, there is an online petition at http://www.firedoglake.com where you can sign and express your thoughts on the healthcare bill. If you are not in favor of the health care...

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