Tsunami: The
Aftermath
Tsunami in
Thailand on December 26, 2004, is one of the evidences of the natural disaster.
It kills thousands of people and indirectly affects the whole Thailand as well.
The massiveness of this natural disaster has been filmed and titled “Tsunami: The
Aftermath”. From the movie, we can actually learn about a lot of things that
should and shouldn’t happen in a natural disaster.
Most people
believe that a natural disaster like tsunami is something unpredictable.
Actually it is not. As we know that there are disaster factors beyond and
within the control of human. The exact place and time are grouped into the
factors beyond the human’s control. Meteorologist might be able to predict the
hazard area based on the geographical characters or the animals’ behaviour, but
it will be hard to predict the location of the epicentre, where the energy will
come from. It also happens when people try to predict the timing of the
disaster through the activity of the volcanos, or the plate slides.
On the other
hand, the factors within humans’ control such as population, accessibility,
scientific monitoring, and emergency rescues can effectively minimized the
number of the damages. These things should be well controlled before a disaster
comes. Firstly, a Hazard and crowed place like beach with tourists should be
near the hospital since it will be the closest area to the water. Secondly, the
accessibility of a place is really important in order to get some emergency
helps or to get a way to escape to the saver place. Thirdly, the emergency
rescues such as medical sources, foods, money, and rescuers have to be prepared
well before a disaster comes. Last, the scientific monitoring take an important
role to predict when a disaster will happens. It helps the government to be
ready for the disaster. The lacks of one of those factors will double the
number of the damage.
It is also shown in the movie about how
Thailand got the bodies away. They burned them without any evacuations.
Basically, it is important to get rid of the bodies really quickly in order to
avoid other health issues. And the reason to burn the bodies is because there
is no more space and time to bury them. Yet, there are some disadvantages on
using this kind of method. Firstly, not every culture can accept this cremation
way. The western people for example, they want to pray and bury the bodies
properly to show some respects. Secondly, burning the bodies without any
evacuation will leave ignorance about who survived and who doesn't. They should
at least take a picture of each body so that their relatives won’t look for
them.
Finally, a
natural disaster like tsunami can’t be avoided but there are ways to minimize the damages.
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