Strokes Of Bad Luck, By Roger Behra

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Strokes Of Bad Luck

By

Roger Behra

The sad results of bad luck have recently been part of so many during this year
2010. It has been happening in many parts of the world. If you have ever had bad luck you will certainly feel sympathy for those you are going to read about here.

A monumental disaster began taking place in the Gulf of Mexico when an oil rig fifty miles off shore blew up and sank one mile to the ocean floor. Several rig workers were killed. The ocean water became irreparably polluted and cannot be controlled. The amount of cleanup is unimaginable. Innocent people have lost their livelihood. The fishing and tourist industries are destroyed, and it will never recover. All thanks goes to the lies from British Petroleum and the ineptitude of both BP and the American government. All hearts and prayers go out to all the residents of the gulf coast area and any others affected. There are so many.

Other bad luck has happened too many without warning. It was not in their thinking at all, and as a result they were not prepared.

A man and his family went to Washington State to visit the famous volcano crater there. The man decided to have his photo taken at the rim of the crater. While he was waiting for the camera adjustment, suddenly the ground under his feet gave away. The man fell 1,700 feet to his death at the bottom of the volcano. It was such sudden bad luck and an end to pleasant trip.

Another man buys a new MGB sports car. He asks his girlfriend to go for a ride in it with him. While demonstrating the car’s speed and agility the man lost control and demolished the new car, killed his girlfriend, and himself. It was total bad luck.

Several people were on their way back to California from a vacation to Mexico. The bus they were on was traveling at high speed. Suddenly the bus blew a tire and overturned on a high way in Arizona. There were several deaths and many in injuries. It was more bad luck to the ending of many vacations.

One morning in the heart of Moscow, Russia, people were going to work on a bus as usual. Suddenly, a terrorist bomb blew the bus apart and killed and injured many on board. It was bad luck for so many innocent people at a very unexpected time.

During April, 2010, many airplane passengers were grounded for days after a volcano erupted after years of silence. Many thousands of passengers were stranded for many days in many far away places. It was a total nightmare of very bad luck.

Recently, a man and his girlfriend were standing on a peak in North Carolina admiring the scenery like always. The man was going to propose to her when a bolt of lightening struck them both and killed the girlfriend and badly injuring the man.

Bad luck is one thing, but when lives are lost injures occdur it is very bad.

R. B.