When the December 26th Tsunami was devastating the shores of Sri-Lanka all of us including me could not belive that this was really happening. Its Simple….This has never happened before. The ITN was showing people running and climbing up to higher ground to servive and the ’stories’ they said about vehicles travelling on the Galle road being washed to the sea were hard to belive.
Since Hurricane Catrina has done somewhat the same to US (Gulf of Mexico) is seemed that people and authorities were struggling to predict the calamity. On top of the death toll the same old story of looting and rape cases were recorded from US just as it did in Sri-Lanka. So………Irrespective of the country or any other thing there were certain things in common right……………
But thinking of Japan and how better prepared they are for these situations might provide not just SL but US as well, some valuable lessons. Japan faces these natural calamities on a daily weekly basis, but we hardly here of looting, raping and other crap. They face desaster as one nation(Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki) and rise from disaster as one nation. Above all they are better equipped with knowledge,technology and mental strength.
We all will be living in a world where’ Day After Tommorows’ are fact rather than fiction. So its high time we take notice of Japaneese ways and means since they have proved successful. Also one thing to highlight is the Buddhist Theory of ‘Anithya’ or constant change. Japan being brought up in a Buddhist,Tao,Sen background knows better of the realities of life. But for ‘USA’ Anithya is not the case at least till 911.
Thats why I belive Japaneese have more secrets than just consumer electronics and ASIMO’s.
