Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Earthquake in Chile, tsunami
Apparently, the earthquake in Chile, 8.6 was enough to knock the earth momentarily off it's axis. The film of it is horrific, not the same type of horrific that Haiti was, because things were somewhat better built to start with, but horrific none the less. The fact that no figures on deaths are really clear should bother people generally, because Chile has been a very much more organized country.
The thing I can't stand seeing is the military is shooting 'looters', but I don't see much film of them distributing food. Most of the 'looting' looks like hungry people trying to lay hands on some food. The saddest thing you see in these scenes of devastation is children separated from their parents though.
Some affected areas are so far off the beaten track that one worries how aid will reach people in the first place. Well built roads and other infrastructure is destroyed, and of course buildings.
The thing I can't stand seeing is the military is shooting 'looters', but I don't see much film of them distributing food. Most of the 'looting' looks like hungry people trying to lay hands on some food. The saddest thing you see in these scenes of devastation is children separated from their parents though.
Some affected areas are so far off the beaten track that one worries how aid will reach people in the first place. Well built roads and other infrastructure is destroyed, and of course buildings.
# posted by Katja R. @ 4:41 AM 
