Day: May 13, 2012
North Korean women being sold into slavery in China
News of the world never makes a faint heart feel better. This piece of news involving women unknowingly being sold into slavery in China is included with that category of horrific news. According to the report in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, women are paying for an escape route to China, only to incur a bigger … Read moreNorth Korean women being sold into slavery in China
Mexico volcano spews: Popocatepetl active
Volcano Popocatepetl, only 50 miles from Mexico City, spewed ash and rock overnight Friday. Villagers nearly looked at the volcano in fear as the plumes rose from the massive mountain. One ash cloud shot over 2 miles into the air. One village six miles from the volcano had rumbling so strong that it sent people into … Read moreMexico volcano spews: Popocatepetl active
If an 8.6 quake occurs and no one feels it, does it happen at all
The answer is yes, it does. But as NPR explains, this 8.6 quake that occurred, dubbed a ‘rogue quake,’ hardly went noticed at all.