Vesuvius Day Commemoration - 24th August

While browsing the internet, I learned about a special day celebrated by Romans as Vesuvius Day. It is celebrated every year on 24th August in remembrance of the deadly eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

The eruption destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, Torre Annunziata, and other nearby communities. The eruption was so powerful that it released 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Here is a link to the details of the eruption and the damage faced by Italy at that time.

Vesuvius Day.

A Comment On Why Innocent People Are Killed In Natural Disasters

My comment on a blog by  Meena Om  "  Why innocent people are killed  in natural  Disasters "  in  Speaking Tree.com on 28/11 2012.

Natural calamities are just like other instruments of Death. Death comes to every body. It has no disparity. It comes through different means. One such means is natural disaster. So you can't question it. Death has to take place. Whether it is through some illness, accident, natural disaster or any other means. There is no question of innocent people being killed. It is performing its duty according to predetermined destiny of the person that is killed. This fact has been emphasized here by Meena Omji .