The recent earthquake that shook Southern California on Easter not only rattled the millions of people living there, it also seems to have shaken loose countless "Chicken Littles". Whilst perusing the Yahoo News story about the quake, I couldn't help but read some of the reader response comments at the bottom of the page. Some were rational, like one person who hoped nobody was hurt. Others were downright hilarious. I've put together a few of my favorites:
"People get ready KING JESUS IS COMMING (sic)"
"Hope the dam quakes roll the state of cali into the ocean, then maybe our country has a chance at surviving the dam commies. goodbye californicators"
"Definitely, these are the birth pains of the coming out of the Anti christ, mentioned in the Bible. When the son of perdition will proclaim himself as god in the holy place and the Gospel of the real Christ was preached to all creatures then the end times, has come"
So as always, there are some that think (and have trouble with basic grammar and spelling) that the earthquake in Baja on Sunday, along with the Chilean and Haitian quakes are sure signs of the "end of days". The hilarity in the whole thing is that if you spend two minutes on the website of the United States Geological Survey, you will find a page dedicated to earthquake myths that goes as far as to say that while the recent earthquakes have received a lot of attention, they are nothing new. In fact, according to the USGS "Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant throughout this century and, according to our records, have actually seemed to decrease in recent years." Hold on, did I read that right? Decreasing? Of course, this is just science based on fact, and what good does that do right?
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