ANOTHER HAWAI'IAN EARTHQUAKE

by Carl Schroeder,
Deaf/ASL Essayist

This morning I was reading about Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to a Muslim country. I've always been excited by this pope for saying wrong things. Then there was another earthquake in Hawai'i. I was like wow!

I immediately checked about this earthquake. It was with a magnitude of at least 4.5, and it took place in the same area where two stronger temblors struck last month. Wow! Our planet is alive and breathing!

I loved the feeling of the earthquake but I worried about the impact it could cause to people. I just hope nothing serious had happened...just like a month before with magnitude 6.7 and 6.0 earthquakes, causing power outages, bridge collapses and road closures. Those two quakes last October 15th caused an estimated $200 million in damages.

I read somewhere that the earthquakes near the volcano may mean a serious volcanic eruption so we must keep our eyes open for it. The volcano on Hawaii (Big Island) is alive, hissing and barking.

Ever since Pope Benedict XVI's installation, he shook our world with two indications of a radical change in the Vatican's strategy toward Islam and Islamist terrorism. Our nature is now as shaky as this pope.