Environmental Ethics

This is another topic unexplored in detail during my formal schooling.  It has yet to have its own blog under my name.  It is very much on my mind in what I do.  I expect the garden journal I share with my wife to reflect these hopes and concerns.  I think a holistic approach to life can prevent or minimize the damage other natural disasters might cause.

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

I was in Indonesia during 'Visit Indonesia Year - 1991.'  During that time, I visited Banda Aceh and the island on which is the city of Sabang.  I swam with the tropical fish in one of the beautiful lagoons.  Snorkeling there felt like I was flying as the ocean floor dropped away from me and the salt water buoyed me up.  On the way back to the mainland, our twin engine motorboat was a bit heavy in the stern, so the owner asked me and my friend to sit on the bow to balance the weight.  As we bounced across the waves, I could see there was a storm brewing to the right of our destination.  The dark clouds were causing concern and that's why we were coming back faster than when we had gone.  As I prayed for peace, I had no idea this would be the same direction from which the tsunami would come 13 years later.


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Alaskan earthquake of 1964

My Uncle was in Fairbanks at the time on assignment from the Salvation Army with his wife and family.  He was sent to Anchorage to help with the relief efforts.

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