Japan Jolted

A massive earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit Japan on the night of 8/9 March 2011. The quake was so sever that it raised fearful apprehensions for a tsunami deluging the coastal areas of Japan, for which an early warning has been issued to all.

Surprisingly, not a roof collapsed nor a person was reported dead. Same is likely to happen even if a tsunami unleashes its horrific forces in the coastal areas.   Why?  Not because the Japanese are any more of a  blessed nation than us, but because they are trained, equipped and prepared to face such natural calamities. They wrestle with the nature and conquer it too.

That’s the difference between a technologically superior nation and an ignorant crowd who just resigns to the calamity as inevitable and suffers in silence.