I have always had a thing for natural disasters.
When I was in Grade 4 we had to write a science assignment and I chose to write about the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa. To this day I remember it as the coolest research I have ever done. To think of the awesomeness of Earth and our lack of control over it was just humbling.
My interest grew from there, living in Mexico City it was always easy to be in awe of the Earth's movements as we had tremor after tremor and then the BIG earthquake of 1985. My second year in Medical School and a baptism of sorts in emergency-do-anything-you-can type of medicine. Needless to say it was evident that we were, are and forever will be at Earth's mercy.
Since then I have been captivated by this big blue planet's forces. On my weekly runs I will often stop to watch the ocean in awe or as I did yesterday to be mesmerized by the fog bank that grew as I was sitting there watching it roll in. Enthralled by it's swift formation and movement.
In the past I have been pinned to the TV and watched endless hours of footage of both the Indonesia and the Japan tsunami. I will watch every tornado chasing show there is and my bucket list of things to do includes a Tornado Tour. I am, thanks to friends in the East currently being barraged (on facebook) by unimaginable photos of snow, huge snow banks and white out conditions. Yesterday while watching the news I even got snow THUNDER! Me and that Cantore guy would make the perfect couple I'm thinking we both like nature's misbehaviour or should I say natural behaviour. It was like nature porn!!!
Rain even "torrential natural disaster type rain" though, maybe due to overexposure, does not do the same for me. I don't find rain inspiring or enchanting or any of those pretty adjective one can use. I'm glad it rains don't get me wrong but somehow it is not AWE inspiring like other MUCH cooler tricks that Earth can do. Rain provokes more of an okay-you-are-here-again-good-friend kind of feeling. Nothing exciting about it.
We have sun in the Rainforest today and we did yesterday too. Now the sun is not an natural disaster but I'll take it, be happy, and enjoy it's lovely warm charm.
