John Calder, the possessor of a doctorate in geology, is a man of scientific precision. So, it is not surprising that he noted that the clock had just ...
John Calder waiting to give blood in Marrakesh after the Morocco earthquake.New spot for Mediterranean cuisine opens in Charlottetown | SaltWireSo, it is not surprising that he noted that the clock had just struck 11:11, a time through the ages thought to foreshadow significant events, last Saturday evening.
As the intensity grew— “everything was bouncing around including us” --a Greek geoscientist, yelled “earthquake” sending the diners scurrying out from under the balcony’s overhanging roof and into the street below.“I don’t know if I was so much terrified,” said Calder who was still clutching his wine glass as he stood in the street below. “I just felt very, very small. You realize that this is the earth at work, and it does not care a hoot about us.
The quake and accompanying mudslides wiped out entire villages in the Atlas Mountains and ravaged the distinctive swath of geography known as the M’Goun UNESCO Global Geopark. The thinking is that some 250-million years ago an ocean of unimaginable size closed and greatest ever merge of the earth’s plates took place, which geologists christened “Pangaea” meaning “all earth” in Greek.
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