EDITORIAL DISASTER STRIKES, AGAIN.FIRST there was the tsunami. Then Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Now Hurricane Stan Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones (three hurricanes, two of them major, three tropical storms and one tropical depression) to make landfall in Mexico. has ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , and a magnitude 7.6 earthquake has devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. South Asia. It's been a cruel year for natural disasters, and a deadly one for tens of thousands of unfortunate people. For us, the fortunate ones who have been spared, there are some key lessons: Some things are beyond our control, and where there is suffering, our help is needed. ``Compassion fatigue'' may be a real, understandable phenomenon, but one we all need to get over. There is too much work to be done, too many worthwhile causes that need our support. It's time for all of us to dig a little deeper, yet again. |
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