Blog #1 Natural disaster

Thur some people in different countries are very superstitious China seems to be one that is the most superstitious and the most protective of its superstitions. I read an article about the recent earthquakes in china and how the government was supposedly disregarding information given to them prior to the disaster that could have prevented many deaths.
"Sichuan Province, their stories go, ponds inexplicably drained, cows flung themselves against their enclosures and swarms of toads invaded the streets of a town that was later decimated by the quake. “Why did the government ignore the signs?” asked a writer in one chat room. “Did they not care?”"
Did the government not care? I think even if governments are even using the information they do not always listen to it or see it. Just as parents and children do, parents can tell there children a million times to pick up there things off the floor but the child will still have to be reminded countless times. The U.S. government today has had comments made that they could have seen some of the current problems coming. The Chinese government might not have listened to these superstitions but they might have known in there own minds what was going to happen and that sometimes things just happen for a reason. other nature acts in mysterious ways a disaster to many could be a miracle for others, it's all in the stars.