Survival at sea

Amidst the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan comes a story of survival. Pictured here is a 60 year old man found floating on the roof of his house 10 miles out to sea off Japan's Northeastern coast. He was rescued after being on the roof for two days...

Miraculous Rescue: Japanese Man Saved After Floating for Two Days - TIME NewsFeed

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The cause of the earthquake

A local cleric has come out with the cause of today's earthquake. Believe it or not, it had nothing to do with the fault lines going through Quebec. According to Sheik Yassar O'Reilly Rodriguez, it was God's angry response to all of the unappealing women he has seen lately leaving Seneca Street bars dressed in belly shirts and Daisy Duke shorts...

Then Phyllis jumped up and said there's an Earthquake!

June 23, 2010 is going to go down as one of the most bizarre days in WNY. First, we had an improbable goal in the 90th minute which enabled the US to win their group at the World Cup. Later on, there was a Wimbledon tennis match (which is not over yet-It was suspended due to darkness) in which one set lasted over 7 hours. This is the longest professional tennis match ever.

Finally, the weather today was downright ridiculous. It started off as a beautiful humid day. Then, there were reports around 1:30 of a 5.0 earthquake hitting the area. The epicenter was actually in Quebec. I was teaching gym in my school's basement and didn't feel a thing. Later on, we had thunder and lightning at around 6:00 PM. It is currently 7:00 PM. The sun is out and I can hear the birds chirping. The scary part about earthquakes is the fact that scientists don't have a clue about when or where they are going to strike. The fact that they always say, " we won't ever have a major one", makes me think we someday probably will. One thing we've learned about the weather is that it is unpredictable. Who ever saw the October storm coming? Andy Parker claims to have predicted it, but we all know he's full of crap, like the rest of them. Mike Cejka was probably dressed up in leather chaps in someone's garage when it took place and Kevin OConnell was probably trying to bail his son out of jail. I have to go now. I think it might be a full moon and I'm expecting to see werewolves running down South Park Avenue later tonight.
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People that think differently from us...

You might have thought the recent earthquakes in Iran were caused by several fault lines running underneath the country. That's not the case however. The quakes have actually been caused by Iranian women wearing makeup in public. These are people some amongst us want to negotiate rationally with?

Extramarital sex fuels earthquakes, warns Iran cleric
From correspondents in Tehran
From: AFP

A SENIOR Iranian cleric has claimed that dolled-up women incite extramarital sex, causing more earthquakes in Iran, a country that straddles several fault lines, newspapers reported today.

"Many women who dress inappropriately ... cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi told worshippers at overnight prayers in Tehran."Calamities are the result of people's deeds," he was quoted as saying by reformist Aftab-e Yazd newspaper."We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers."The Islamic dress code is mandatory in Iran, which has been under clerical rule for more than three decades.

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Rescuers pull survivor from rubble in Haiti :Trapped for 11 days

An amazing story of survival from Haiti. Eleven days after the devasting earthquake, a shopkeeper is pulled from beneath the rubble. He survived by eating cookies and drinking cola and beer (coincidentally, the same diet I'm on). Rescuers think the wooden structure of the building created air pockets which enabled him to breathe. He had been trapped underneath 16-20 feet of debris.
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