Emily Crum: Assignment 7

On October 11th in 1138, the Aleppo earthquake struck. This event is pretty self explanatory. There was one of the deadliest earthquakes in history. It was a bad event because it's a natural disaster. It could be seen as a good event if it had killed multiple people who could have caused the deaths of many others. However, there is no way to know that's what happened. Because it happened so long ago there is no way to know the death toll for sure. It is estimated that around 230,000 people died. It destroyed citadels and buildings. I don't appreciate or loathe the event because it doesn't affect me or anyone I know in any way. It did affect millions of people at the time it happened though. entire families died which obviously affected people, and the way the earthquake affected the land most likely ravage d the economy too. Actually, I suppose I can appreciate the earthquake because there is a small possibility that my life could be very different if it hadn't happened.