Early today a 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred off the Solomon islands which is near Vanuatu. An urgent tsunami advisory was issued for the island of Efate, Vanuatu where we are currently staying for a few days, in transit to the islands of New Caledonia for 2 weeks vacation. I immediately had the girls change into their bathing suits in order to prepare. You know me, always thinking.
We have just learned that the warning has now been lifted after minimal wave activity. Still, the period of uncertainty was long enough for us to have the experience the feelings of a possible impending natural disaster. So far I can count cyclone, tsunami and volcanic eruptions, as well as dengue fever plague among the possible experiences that I have chosen to expose my children to in order to broaden their horizons. If you let me count the small skin sores that seem to take forever to heal as a "pox", then things are starting to sound very Old Testament. Perhaps we'll have to contend with locusts next.
At any rate, I just wanted to let people back home know that all is well with us, in case they might have heard about the earthquake. We leave for New Caledonia on Monday which is French ruled and very modern, to enjoy some good coffee, pastries and wine for 2 weeks before heading back to Tanna.
Lukem you,
Sean
We may not be commenting much but we are reading and thinking of your and the girls'
ReplyDeleteposts. Active volcano, Cyclone, Dengue fever, Tsunami warnings and of course penis sheaths. Please keep blogging.
Maria and I are headed to OrlandThe grayl o Fl for a medical course lasting 4 days. We will be joined by Ray and Pascale for the Easter Weekend. Orlando Fl is not as exotic as Tanna or New Caledonia, but with snow falling in Wellsboro, we'll take it.
We are looking forward to Adrienne's graduation in May from SAIS. The next job search is on