THOUSANDS OF LIVES IN THE VORTEX

It is probably unimaginable to think of being left with absolutely nothing but that which attached to one's body, in seconds.  Trying to think about it, is probably unique to and telling about each individual who tries to visualize themselves in that situation.  What do you do about hygiene, food, fresh water, places to eliminate.  Think about having no money in your person and no place to get it.  If you had a bank account and savings, the bank may have disappeared.  If you had a job, your workplace may be gone.  The owners of the company may be dead and wills at this point are somewhat useless even if they could be found.  For individuals, disorientation is one of the most difficult to handle...to have nothing familiar around you is high on the stress scale.  If you've ever moved to a new home or apartment and gotten up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, only to discover you headed in the wrong direction...it is no longer where it used to be.  Imagine that everything about your life is now that way.  There is nothing, and in some cases no one, familiar to you where they used to be.

As if that is not enough, the threat of radiation poisoning hovers over you in  the aftermath of all your losses, loved ones as well as everything material.  To the best of my historical knowledge, Americans have never had to deal with so vast a human need.  There have usually been enough people around to lend a hand or donate to agencies like the American Red Cross who could lend their hand for you.

We are now realizing that it was not simply a residential area but had factories and businesses which cannot complete contracts which will effect many other countries waiting for parts or product.One has to wonder how even the strongest in character and physiology can survive but we must also realize that not 100% of any population is like that.  Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will likely be only one of the residual problems people will struggle with in nightmares and slow hypothalamus changes.  Living over a fault can be denied only while assuming the country is protecting you with all the security that has been put in place.  But assuming that it would be too great a denial to assume that the government, engineers, and experts can predict the potentially destructive forces enough for most people, not only in Japan, but even other places; especially those that live over faults, are near oceans, or have nuclear energy facilities..  Studies show most accidents occur close to home, often within the home, and one can say that natural disasters.fall in that category as well.

Shall we just assume God is out to get us, one way or another?  I doubt many will look at it that way.  Should we assume we are caught in a big lottery over which we have no control?  Quite likely.  Our lives are at the will of random chance.  We can better the odds by healthy living and less risk taking but that sort of sums up.  There are lots of philosophical speculations about predestination, free will, God's will, this being only one of our lives, parallel universes, and the list goes on and on.  Our reality can only be what we perceive.