My visit to the hospital was soon over. Now I have an inflating sleeve on my left arm and the little monitor hanging at my right side. Every fifteen minutes it comes into operation and I have to relax my left arm while the sleeve is pumped up to tighten it. I can see the result on the monitor. Many people would not bother to do this, but I am inquisitive. It is not a great nuisance during the day; I will tell you tomorrow what sort of night I have. The machine will only operate at half hourly intervals during the night. If it proves to be very annoying in the night I am likely to get up and tell you then whatever the hour. One interesting fact, the monitor says "Spacelab" on it. I wonder if they are planning to send me into space!!!
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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