Last Friday,November 30th when I arrived at my retreat in Janda Baik at about 11 am, our house maid and farm helpers were all still very egitated and in fear because they have just heard two loud explosions and experienced ground vibrations resembling earth quakes which they have experienced in their villages in Indonesia. Our local helper who never had such experince before thought that it was some ghostly interference. Since Malaysia is not in the zone of fire, we thought that it was caused by some over charged dynamite explosions in some quarries in the surrounding area.
At about 8pm that night, while we were having dinner with our Spanish guests who had come all the way from Barcelona, we heard another loud boom and the whole house vibrated. I rang two neighbours who live several kilometers away from us, and they too confirmed feeling the tremors. Until today I have not read any clear explanation as to what had caused the tremors. My fear is that the tremors could have been caused by major land slides happening somewhere on the mountain slopes in the interior due to denudation and leaching caused by uncontrolled illegal clearings of the virgin forests [please see my earlier postings] which is still going on rampantly. Inspite of my appeals for some action from the Authorities,
no apparent action has been taken.
MSAbdullah.
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