As I prepared to return to Vancouver, I was hit with the devastating news that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti around 5 p.m. Tuesday with a force equalling several nuclear bombs combined. About 3 million people -- one-third of Haiti's population -- were affected by the quake, the Red Cross said. About 10 million people most likely felt shaking from the earthquake.
This is definitely not a pleasant way to start the year but it presents an opportunity for people to use experience gained from previous disasters to better help those in need in this time of trouble. The important golden 72 hours are counting down. We have no time to waste.
As the news reported footages of those trapped in the rumbles, those moaning the deaths of loved ones, those wrapped in white clothes with noone to claim, I am asking myself why life is so unfair and cruel.
Some may look at it as a sign of apocalypse. Some will blame the irresponsible exploitation of the ecological system and disruption of the natural world. Some may just dismiss it as an accident. None of this will change the fact that at the end of the day, hundreds of thousands of lives will have ended without purpose. LIVES that is meaningless if it does not explicitly have a monetary value.
Sad. At least, I can still embrace the sadness when I sleep. What about you?
This is definitely not a pleasant way to start the year but it presents an opportunity for people to use experience gained from previous disasters to better help those in need in this time of trouble. The important golden 72 hours are counting down. We have no time to waste.
As the news reported footages of those trapped in the rumbles, those moaning the deaths of loved ones, those wrapped in white clothes with noone to claim, I am asking myself why life is so unfair and cruel.
Some may look at it as a sign of apocalypse. Some will blame the irresponsible exploitation of the ecological system and disruption of the natural world. Some may just dismiss it as an accident. None of this will change the fact that at the end of the day, hundreds of thousands of lives will have ended without purpose. LIVES that is meaningless if it does not explicitly have a monetary value.
Sad. At least, I can still embrace the sadness when I sleep. What about you?
No comments:
Post a Comment