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jlf1961 -> Have yoiu really considered the implications of... (6/14/2008 6:58:17 AM)
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I will admit that I am not a morning person, furthermore, I admit to being one of the most grouchy people you can meet before noon, or at the very least, before my third pot of coffee.
Now, during this age of uncertainty, when natural disasters are on the rise, I feel that it is my duty to humanity to point out a few simple truths...
It seems to be a fairly obvious conclusion that mornings are, in fact, not good. I will go so far as to say that if you survive a morning, you are doing damn good, and can expect a halfway decent day.
However, before you say "Good Morning" to someone, may I point out a few interesting facts....
1) The tunguska event of 1908 occured at approxiamately 7:14 a.m, The explosion knocked over an estimated 80 million trees over 830 square miles...
2) The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 struck at 5:12 am.
3) The New Madrid quake of 1812 occured before dawn and was felt over nearly one million square miles.
4) The quake that triggered the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami occured in the early morning hours.
5) Pompeii was destroyed by a pyroclastic flow from Mount Visuvious in the pre dawn hours of 25 August, 79
6) Both the modern tsunamis to hit Hilo Hawaii occured in the morning hours.
These are but a few of the historic, recorded examples of just how dangerous a morning is. In point of fact you are 6 times more likely to be injured or die in a natural disaster between midnight and noon.
Now, with those facts understood, is it still wise to say good morning, when you have no real clue if the morning is going to be good or not?
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