Living in the light of God
The hottest summer in Europe since 1540, The European Heat Wave of the summer of 2003 hit France the hardest causing health crisis in several countries, and a shortfall on crops. There was a death toll of 70, 000. It caused forest fires in Portugal, deaths in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, ...
Taking place in mid July 2011, causing food shortages over Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, the East Africa Drought threatened the livelihood of 9.5 million people, causing Somalian refugees to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia. It cause a widespread of famine and death. By early 2012 after the ...
2 May 2008, the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanma occured. A rare eastward moving, low altitude strong tropical cyclone, which sent a 40 kilometer storm serge up to the Irrawaddy delta. It caused 138, 000 (may be under reported)deaths and 55, 000 went missing. It devastated ...
In November 1985, a volcanic eruption composed of many layers of lava alternating with hardened volcanic ash and other pyroclastic rocks, producing swift moving currents of hot gas and rock which causes mud and debris flows which threaten human life and the environment, occurred. Its intensity was ...
August 2005, Hurricane Katrina took over 1800 lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. 80% of New Orleans was submerged as the levees failed and storm waters surged. Katrina sustained winds of 175 mph, making the most severe Atlantic hurricane on record. It formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, then ...
December 24, 2004 an undersea mega thrust earthquake hit the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a magnitude of 9.1, making it the third largest earthquake in history, and also the longest. It took over 8 minutes, causing the whole earth to shift, triggering other earthquakes as far as Alaska and ...
A story told across cultures, and known by many as the story of Noah and the Ark. The whole world as submerged, whole species threatened, and leaving 2 of every creature (male and female), and most of all, a family of 8.
At the age of 96, in 2010, Mohr Keet, bungee jumped off the highest commercial bungee bridge in South Africa. This building is 216 meters tall.
