we live on the Syrian-African Rift. This is no surprise to anyone who lives here, because newspapers have been screaming warnings for years – like here.

Cities have been destroyed in the past, but today, when my friend was asked to move because her house was in danger, it hit home.  We have recently spent hours with engineers examining every crack in our building (at my request) to evaluate the necessity of strengthening the foundations of our construction – and were informed that we’re not in a very dangerous area, so we can stay here.  This helped me to sleep that night and many nights after.  But my friend is even older than we are, and the thought of leaving the house they have raised the children and grandchildren is terrifying.  

We’ve already mentioned tsunamis in our neighborhood, and earthquakes too – but now we also have the possibility of total instability with Hizballah, Russia, etc., there’s nothing to hold on to