| Many people fear Earthquakes, Hurricanes and | | | | over 138 countries and it is the number one cause of |
| Volcanoes, but the truth is that more people die in | | | | death from natural disasters. Mother Nature continually |
| natural disasters from drowning than in any other way. | | | | reminds us that we are merely guests living on the |
| We lost over 3,000 people in the Katrina Hurricane, not | | | | surface of the planet and are not in control.When we |
| from winds or flying debris, but rather from drowning. | | | | plan for natural disasters and set up teams of first |
| The Hurricane in Mexico killed 3,000 in landslides and | | | | responders we must always consider the need for |
| another killed nearly that many in Guatemala weeks | | | | rescue boats, helicopter rescue and shelters, which are |
| later. We all know the Indonesia Tsunami, which killed | | | | out of flood zones and well above sea level. When |
| almost 200,000 people.Recently the very earliest | | | | planning to help our citizens of the World in their time |
| reports of the mudslide in the Philippines in February | | | | of need, which could easily be our time of need; we |
| the Red Cross estimated that 200 people dead even | | | | must be thinking of flooding and preventing the |
| with over 1,500 missing in landslide. The death toll could | | | | unnecessary loss of life from drowning. Consider this in |
| easily be as high as 2500 local media reports said. In | | | | 2006.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. |
| the last twenty-four months floods have killed people in | | | | |