Shake, Rattle ‘n Roll

Hardly a day goes by without news of some natural disaster. A flood here, a volcano there, a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico or bush fires in Australia. Whatever it is it’s now blamed on Global Warming. This makes a change from the usual suspect of fifty years ago – the Atom Bomb. Except if it happens in the Free State then it’s because the Dominee went fishing on Sunday on the other side of the Vaal River in the ou Transvaal instead of attending to God’s work. Dis waar!

With all this going on the earthquake that struck Great Britain last week went somewhat unnoticed. The Brits faced the disaster with the usual Bulldog spirit. They were out and about the next day with ‘business as usual’ and offering cheerful greetings to each other such as ‘…’ee by gumm Gladys, did Earth move for you last night?’ or ‘Me Old Man says no more curried eggs for him!’

Small as Britain is we must not forget that it too has its share of great disasters and consequent damage. The recent ‘quake was no exception as the photograph shows.