this world is so fragile

it's funny, all over the world, they geared themselves up against terrorism, but they forgot the fury of nature. they could not defend themselves against nature's fury.

omg, it's 9.0 on Richter Scale. that's very powerful! the most powerful recorded was like 8.2, and it wiped out the entire town of Tangchen, a town in China.

the reports said that the sea vanished before the tidal waves came (pulling of the current) fishes were jumping out of the sea. it must have been a sight. within a minute, the tidal waves came. it must be horrendous to die this way.

that time on turi beach, batam, we could see and feel the strong waves, so afraid to let the children play on the beach, afraid they would be pulled away by the waves. husband went down to the beach during high tide, he already could feel the strong pull of the current and his legs suffered abrasions when they were involuntarily hit against some rocks. i could imagine this one is 100x or even 1000x more than this.

i'm overwhelmed becos we are really so fragile. remember what we learn in geography about environment? we have been using earth's resources, changing the landscape to suit our needs. looks like human is suffering retribution from Mother Nature. Her one quake destroyed what we took years to build. the effects were in tens of thousands of casualties, billions of dollars of damage.

earth is so fragile... life is so fragile...