Was it an act of god?
Or just a coincidence in nature...


Nonetheless people died that day
Swept by the ocean they once knew as a friend

It all happened last Sunday, striking parts of South and South East Asia. Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Maldives even Myanmar and far off Somalia.

Never in the past years of Asia has this happened in such a wide scale, encompassing 10 or so countries. The only catastrophes which could match up to it was the great 70 feet tall tsunami in Japan which kill 28000 and more people who were celebrating their religous tradition on a certain beach in japan. Also another tragedy was that of the Krakatoa eruption, where the ensuing tidal wave devoured 36,000 people in the island of Sumatra.

The Irony

What it ironic is the fact that in Indonesia, the worst hit province was that of Aceh. And we all know Aceh is one of the black horses of Indonesia. A province where secessionists like in East Timor before it seceded from Indoensia, fight the government and now another catastrophe has struck the weary province.

On Thailand, the world-renowned Puhcket was obliterated. Dozens of tourists and locals swept and devoured by the sea.

And how could Sri Lanka, much farther away from the epicenter of the quake be affected so much, much more than those near the center of it all. As of now, there are 12,000 dead in Sri Lanka and 26,000 and more in the whole region.


But what does this tell us? Is a warning from an omnipotent source or is it just an act of nature? Iregardless, what this waves of destruction and death has shown us, is that man despite its new gained advances in technology, science and every facet of life- we are still vunrable- we are weak.

The whole human race is destined to die out like that... we are a species which like all living things are not able to avoid anything that natures throws at us.

But what do we do now? Yes we do know our weakness but we should learn to be ready for any ill willed act by the skies, heaven, the sea or the earth. We as humans have the ability to feign death and use it we must.

So how do we save lives? Just to learn from this and be prepared for the next attacks. Like in here in the Pacific we have a warning system to stave off any tsunami onsalughts. But sadly in the Indian Sea they didn't have that kind of infastructure that would help avoid casualties. What those who have been struck by this disaster must do is to strengthen their communications systems. I believe Thailand goverment knew hours before that a tsunami would strike but they were not able to communicate that well to their forsaken tourist mecca. Also in Sri Lanka, it was hours after the earthquake, it should have been common sense that earthquakes in the sea would mean tsunamis in the coast line.

Let's just all pray for those who have departed over 26000 of them and counting. Just like in the eruption of Krakatoa before where a tsunami ensued, hitting ironically again the Island of Sumatra- Indonesia, also the one near the epicenter in these recent turn of disasters.

I hope that all of those who have been suffering because of these recent turn of events be given the proper compassion and aid that man should give to his fellow brethren.

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