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challenges and tragedies - among much else.. ( from news) BEIJING – Rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China on Sunday, smashing buildings, overturning cars and killing at least 127 people. Half of an entire town was under water and an estimated 2,000 more people were missing in the latest deluge in a summer that has seen China's worst seasonal flooding in a decade. Terrified residents fled to high ground or upper stories of apartment buildings after a debris-blocked river overflowed during the night in the northwestern province of Gansu. Worst hit was the county seat of Zhouqu in the province's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with the official Xinhua News Agency reporting half of it under water. Many houses collapsed and streets were covered with a yard (meter) of mud and water after the early morning landslides, it said. The landslides struck after heavy rains lashed the country late Saturday and the Bailong River overflowed, Xinhua quoted the head of Zhouqu county, Diemujiangteng, as saying, "Now the sludge (thick mud) has became the biggest problem to rescue operations. It's too thick to walk or drive through," he was quoted as saying. (end news) __________________________________________ Devastation continue to strike, many places are hard hit by every kind of disaster, and many lives lost, damaged and livelihoods disrupted in un-imaginable ways. yet, we continue to spin, some recognizing and some not recognizing the distressed and despair reality so many continue to face. many of us, remain unaware of what can happen even in our own communities and the cities which house the variety of communities. We see many efforts of mankind to try and prevent much, but nature being the force it is, can and does seem to have very little regard to stay within what man creates to try and contain it. yet, we need the preventive measures, but they seem never to be enough for the base force of nature. We may go about our days, wasting many things, as well as doing many things, without a though of care about things beyond what our self concern is- while all about us, a world faces much of challenges. we may live in a city, with pristine design, but only a matter of blocks away, and maybe sometimes, even next door, there is despair beyond our concerns of though to consider. Life itself is an amazing experience, unpredictable, and always in the state of constant change. We can basically live, wish well for others as ourselves, and have thoughts of compassion for the challenges that befall many, any and is not exempt from befalling us. We may well come in a time, to learn to appreciate the simple things, and respect the many things, which make up the world we live. We may come to a time, to be thankful for what we have, and to think not that it removes us from the reality of life's challenges, for each challenge can be many things, brought about in many ways. |
