(국 5.27) 지금이 지구의 종말의 전조인가?
(재해) 지금이 지구의 종말의 전조인가?
Finally tonight, they’ve been all over the TV lately. Earthquakes……volcanoes, mudslides and floodwaters, as if the planet is in a feet of rage. But though it may seem like it at times요즘 형세로는, it is not the end of the world. Here’s Ben Tracey.
It certainly feels like a whole lot of shaking is going on. “It seems like every other day there’s an earthquake somewhere in the world.” “Tonight, earthquake in Chile” In the past few months, the news has been full of quakes, mudslides and now a massive cloud of volcanic ash spreading over Europe. So why does Mother Nature seem so angry? "Mother Nature gets….is basically random and doesn't really care about us at all. I think that's the thing we need to remember."
And the seeming외견상 uptick약간의 증가 in earthquakes is more perception지각 자각 than reality. On average, there are 16 earthquakes of 7 to 7.9 magnitude around the world in any given year. Four months into 2010, we have had six, just about average. In fact the quake, the size of the one that hit Baja, California last week, erupts somewhere on the planet every month. But instead of hitting the middle of the ocean which they normally do, many of these quakes have struck populated areas such as Haiti, Chile and China, so we hear more about them.
And we also have better quake detection. In 1931, there were about 350 seismograph stations in the world. Today, there are more than 8,000. Yet some still wonder if a greater force is at work. “The world is meant to end.” That's a storyline, Hollywood has also been pushing, reminding us that 2012 is the year the Mayan calendar sets for the end of the world.
The movie of the same name has raked긇어 들이다 in nearly $800 million worldwide. And now a California company is building 20 $10 million doomsday bunkers across the country. "That's the blast door that leads into the shelter." Steve Kramer is buying space for his family. It will cost him $125,000.
"We have life insurance. This is life assurance. It’s just….it’s just hope, you know, you’re buying hope.” But if the end of days really is near, hope may be all he has. Ben Tracey, CBS News, Los Angeles. And that’s the CBS Evening News for tonight. I’m Katie Couric in New York. Thank you for watching. I’ll see you tomorrow from Chicago. Good night.