Remember God’s email to me?
Dear Faithful,I’m sorry to say that your nation will not be spared from another threatening typhoon, nor from any other natural calamity for that matter…
True enough, some weeks after that email, at least two more typhoons battered the country causing more destruction to lives and property.
Remember also the passage he wrote about the country being “misplaced” in the pacific rim of fire? Indeed this last few days, the world’s most near-perfect coned volcano is threatening to erupt anytime soon.
You know what the locals tell their children in times like this? Yes, you guessed right. Pray harder.
In Japan, which has 10% of the world’s active volcanoes and one of the countries in the Pacific Rim of Fire just like the Philippines, kids as young as five years old know the drills in times of calamity.
And I tell you, praying is not one of them.
Photos: BBC News
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Natural calamity means natural disaster which is caused by nature. Every year many country falls victim to various natural calamities. They are flood, earthquakes & many other natural calamities. The effects of the natural calamities beggar description. They leave a vast trail of devastation. The affected people & animals suffer untold sufferings. They cause heavy damage to our life & properties. Houses are destroyed, cattle are washed away, crops are greatly damaged and trees are uprooted. Thousands of people and other animals remain without food for many days. The after effect of some natural calamities are more serious. Famine breaks out. Many people & animals die for want of food. The prices are all necessary things go up. Many dangerous diseases like cholera, typhoid and dysentery etc. break out in an epidemic form. By raising public awareness and taking necessary precautionary measures and steps natural calamities can be prevented. The government and all the conscious citizens should come forward with concerted efforts to prevent natural calamities.