Were the Mayans right in their prediction that the world will come to an end in 2012? Maybe it'll be a year earlier - which wouldn't be a bad guess, considering their prediction was made about 1500 years ago. It would be easy to think the world was ending this
Weather Watch: End of days already? No, just better technology
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Is this a sign of the end of the world or just a sun halo? Photo / Greg Bowker
The world isn't coming to an end, but better technology means we track more storms, break more records and detect more quakes. Social media means more devastation is noted.
But we can look at things positively - I'll leave you with this comment from Hope Breichler, who placed this comment on WeatherWatch's Facebook page: "The [Antarctic blast] was a most welcome distraction from earthquakes, which we in Canterbury have become rather fixated on and gave us all something else to talk and think about. I for one am going to try and not go back to the old thought patterns, and move on, so thanks for the great coverage and input, helpful in so many ways, and, ps, I know it was absolutely awful for some in ChCh and did nothing but make a hard life so much harder, and to you my thoughts and prayers."