Devastating Water
(image from BBC News)
I might have reacted too quickly when I tried to argue with my Buddhist friend who proclaimed the quake and tsunamis, and other recent devastating natural disasters (super-typhoons, SARS, etc), are inevitably the unavoidable result of human being's "deviated" direction of civilization developments which have been exceedingly exploiting the natural resources. And that more severe natural catastrophes will arrive undoubtedly.
Exploitation, certainly true. But are we straying further and further, with these disasters reflecting in a proportional degree? I quoted the fact (from Straitstimes.com - Dec 28) that "the worst tsunami case in recorded history" happened in Indonesia far back in 1883 which killed more people: 36,000. She responded with a slight "Really?"
The conversation took place two days ago... when the concerned figure was still around 25,000. Every other morning I exclaimed to my colleagues, "The final result is horrible," without envisioning an even more stunning figure revised on news each evening. Red Cross claims today that the number "is likely to spiral above 100,000." (BBC News)
Nobody could have imagined what the real influences would be like - unimaginable like the figurative of "detonating a million atomic bombs". Well, I am revisiting my reaction that came too quickly, and trying to believe more there is a reason for everything. We probably can do more than attributing every cause to "randomness" and succumbing to passive thought that "having some kind of monitoring system seems better than none..." (Straitstimes)
... starting from here: Wiki's relief donation links. (Thanks Toby)
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