Water
What doesn’t kill us
We are 70 percent water, depending on our age.
Water is the source of life. It can also kill us in a myriad ways. For example, a large body of water accelerating toward a human being at 9.8m/s² can inflict serious physical damage.
On the Deception Pass Bridge spanning the distance between the continental United States and Whidbey Island, a bicycle leaned against the railing. In the fog, 180 feet below, there was a splash in the water.
The islands of Hong Kong are separated from the mainland of China by a thin ribbon of the South China Sea. Water made the difference between democracy and communism. It was the British lease on the land that had made the difference, in fact. The city state was a British military outpost that became one of the primary economic powerhouses of Asia and the envy of Beijing.
