Nothing is more current than that which is ancient.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Enough Already!
The Night of the Big Wind in Ireland was an incident in the 1840's where hurricane force winds tore the roofs of of thousands of Irish cottages right before temperatures dropped precipitously and snow fell. Many thousands of people died as a result. Yesterday's earthquake in Haiti raises the question once again--why do horrible things happen to countries that have already suffered enough?
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