Hello Fellow Travellers,
It appears that many signs were given in advance of the powerful earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan provinces. While some journalists classify bloggers observations as mere “rumors of earthquake omens”, it is both fascinating and significant that highly unusual activities took place weeks and/or days before the quake. Here are few of the omens:
April 26, 2008: The Chutian Metropolis Daily reported that on April 26, 80,000 tons of water suddenly drained from a large pond in Enshi, Hubei province. The province shares a border with Chongqing Municipality, which was devastated by the earthquake on Monday.
May 10, 2008: The West China Metropolis Daily, reported that hundreds of migrating toads descended upon the streets of Mianyang, the second largest city in the province which neighbors Wenchuan County, the epicentre of the earthquake.
In the city of Mianzhu, 60 miles from the epicentre, bloggers pointed to reports just weeks before the earthquake of a mass migration of more than one million butterflies.
In eastern China: a farmer went to his local earthquake forecast centre several times to report that his animals had been disturbed and restless. But, he blogged: "They not only ridiculed me, they accused me of making up stories."
At this point in time, omens of nature are relegated to categories of innuendo, superstition, and rumor. And, the above info may fall into that category…I couldn’t say for sure. But I do know that nature does have a warning system, and have witnessed it myself. What many are afraid of is: witchery, pure and simple.
