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Ever noticed how disasters happen around Christmas time, storms extreme weather usually, fiscal cliff ?
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So true. I still remember the Boxing Day Tsunami - anyone here believe in weather engineering?
One of many conspiracy theories...
One of many conspiracy theories...
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Has it occurred to you that Christmas happens to be at the Solstice?
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, Summer Down Under.
The Romans celebrated the Saturnalia in anticipation of the rebirth of light.
The early Christians used the festivities as a cover to celebrate another birth - quite clever really, when anyone not toeing the party line is threatened with persecution
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, Summer Down Under.
The Romans celebrated the Saturnalia in anticipation of the rebirth of light.
The early Christians used the festivities as a cover to celebrate another birth - quite clever really, when anyone not toeing the party line is threatened with persecution
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The one that sticks in my mind is cyclone Tracy.
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And........
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Dec - Jan 2010 Queensland floods
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Tasman Bridge disaster, 5 January 1975. Not really weather related but still around Christmas.
Also an unfortunate coincidence of dates for fires in February. Two big ones on the 7th Feb but 42 years apart, and another one on a similar date also.
7 February 1967 - 62 people killed, 900 injured, 1293 homes destroyed as well as 1700 other buildings in Tasmanian fires.
16 February 1983 - 75 people killed, 2676 injured, 2545 homes destroyed in Victoria and SA fires.
7 February 2009 - 173 people killed, 5000 injured, 2029 homes destroyed (so about 5000 people homeless) in Victorian fires.
Also an unfortunate coincidence of dates for fires in February. Two big ones on the 7th Feb but 42 years apart, and another one on a similar date also.
7 February 1967 - 62 people killed, 900 injured, 1293 homes destroyed as well as 1700 other buildings in Tasmanian fires.
16 February 1983 - 75 people killed, 2676 injured, 2545 homes destroyed in Victoria and SA fires.
7 February 2009 - 173 people killed, 5000 injured, 2029 homes destroyed (so about 5000 people homeless) in Victorian fires.
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September 11, 2001
Ash Wednesday 1983
Krakatoa, May 1883
Hiroshima, Nagasaki in August 1945
Christchurch, September 2010 and February 2011
It would be interesting to find a statistical distribution of catastrophes by date and time of year.
My gut feeling says that there may not be much of a correlation between events and Christmas at all.
Ash Wednesday 1983
Krakatoa, May 1883
Hiroshima, Nagasaki in August 1945
Christchurch, September 2010 and February 2011
It would be interesting to find a statistical distribution of catastrophes by date and time of year.
My gut feeling says that there may not be much of a correlation between events and Christmas at all.
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You may be right but the memorable ones seem to be in the Nov Feb range, probably because everyone is on holidays I'm not sure but every year it seems to happen,
We can test it soon.
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A lot of family disasters seem to happen at christmas get togethers. LOL
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and suicides as lonliness is front and center , familty problems alcohol related quite common, but thats not what we are talking about.
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That's true, you seem to be focusing on mass deaths and or mass destruction, not a very uplifting discussion. Then again, trying to link disasters to a human generated calender is a bit out there.
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That's true, you seem to be focusing on mass deaths and or mass destruction, not a very uplifting discussion. Then again, trying to link disasters to a human generated calender is a bit out there.
Just been aware for a while now that the festive season always seems to ne interrupted by a disaster of some kind.
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The bushfires thing is not surprising. February is one of the hottest months in the southern states and by then the grass is usually tinder dry.
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That's probably added to by the fact that parliament is on summer holidays and the local press have to look overseas to find news.
Added to that the local news people are probably on holidays, so they just pull the news off the internet.
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When is the world end..... Mayan Calendar.......sounds like a sure thing.
Evidently its been tweeked to 21/12/12
Im having an Armeggedon Party all invited.
Playing golf the day after so wont be drinking much.
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You think Armeggedon will spare the golf course ?
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21 Dec 2012 is the date I've heard, so it will be a frenzy of bucket-listing over the next two weeks.When is the world end..... Mayan Calendar.......sounds like a sure thing.
