The earthquake

December 27, 2004

Dear Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India

Merry Christmas!

Love,

God

Early this morning, I woke up because I felt something. It was as if my bed was shaking mildly. To make sure I wasn't dreaming this, I got up and walked around the room. I checked the time on my watch - 6:41 AM. Since I was now sure I was fully awake, I sat on the bed. There it was again. There was a definite tremor in my bed. It went on for another two minutes. Later that morning, I checked Google News for "earthquake bangalore" and it came up with nothing. When I checked the regular news sources, however, I found out about the Indonesia earthquake and the resulting damage.

All through the day, the death tolls kept rising. I expected casualties in Indonesia, but the deaths in India and Sri Lanka were a more unpleasant shock.

At times like these, I'm glad I'm an atheist. I'd find it very difficult to accept that a "God" would cause something like this.

I feel the need to rant about a few things:

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