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At first, when it was still a few thousand, I head on the news that two thirds of the population of some villages were washed away and killed. At first, I didn't really think about it. A few minutes later I started thinking about how painful it was to lose my father, and how it would feel to have the same happen to my brother and my mother. At that point I had to change the channel to distract myself. Fortunately, IHRA drag racing was on, and I quickly returned to my typical state of apathetic numbness.
All we can do now is to clean up the mess and work on a way to warn people more quickly in the future. Even basic things like teaching people to run to higher ground if the ground shakes or the ocean recedes rapidly would have saved lives.
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