Japan Tsunami 11/03/2011

satellite photographs show the Iwanuma-Matsushima area before (L) and after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 12, 2011 at Torinoumi, Japan.






Its like an epic catastrophe hitting the country of the rising sun where the word itself came from, Tsunami. The world was shocked as billions of us watched the videos of parts of Japan crushed by the giant waves. It brings along whatever on its way, from wooden planks to boats passing through farms and towns. Just watching these videos alone make us feel, helpless and sad even so, worse for the victims and eye witness of the disaster. This is the worst Tsunami ever to hit Japan and the effects of the event is so tragic. Yes, Japan is well prepared with their up-to-date disaster alarms and all, they even got the first footage of the Tsunami event on tape and the world see it live. But the aftermath is nevertheless, resentful.


Finding their way through Sendai along with other 1 million other in search of petrol, water and food


A guy cries learning the death of his friend at an evacuation shelter at Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture

Futaba Kosei Hospital patients are treated at Fukushima Gender Equality Centre in Nihonmatsu after being evacuated from the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Futaba town.


The images we've seen in the media mostly showing the physical destruction of the place whereas, the emotions of the people is almost failed to be fully understood by the rest of the world, specifically Malaysia. Some even make jokes out of it as if its just one of the Hollywood or Korean movies of such mere Armageddon events. But when tsunami hit the shores of Penang in 2004, none of us created such jokes right? why? So, put ourselves in their shoes, then we can understand better. =)

p/s: just my thoughts on things. peace!