Wake-up Call

Aftermath of Japan quake

Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, volcanic eruptions and other killer cataclysms are becoming more and more frequent these days. 

We call them "natural disasters" that strike without mercy anytime, anyplace, leaving behind large swaths of destruction with myriad lives lost, billions of dollars worth of property damaged or destroyed and economies ruined. 

Just days following the devastation of Christchurch, New Zealand by a 6.3 temblor last February, the entire country of Japan is now  reeling under the heavy blows of the magnitude 9 killer quake that struck March 19, which spawned a 30-ft tsunami that wiped out villages and damaged the country's Fukushima Nuclear Power complex that is now causing jitters around the world because of radioactive emissions.

Only the most callous of hearts perhaps would not feel sympathy towards the Japanese for all the troubles they are going through now. I can't imagine being in such a situation myself.