I feel the earth move under my feet

What happened in Myanmar and China is unlike what Carole King described in her song, "I feel the earth move under my feet". And no, the faces of the victims are not mellow as in the lyrics of the song. They're all panic stricken.

Chile is another casualty in a series of recent natural disasters. A volcano somewhere in Chile (didn't catch the name of the village during TV news) was erupting and the authorities has issued warning to the villagers to evacuate their homes.

The villagers, mostly farmers fled abondaning their pets and livestock upon receiving the evacuation notice.

Guess what? Some animal rights group somewhere in the world (obviously not affected by the disaster) held a demonstation because the animals were not rescued from the village in view of the eruption. It was reported on TV news that the Chilean police and army personnel had to take turns to feed the abandoned animals amidst pressure from the animal rights group (or groups).

This is so disturbing. I mean, you'd run for your lives first in situation like this. You'd ensure that your love ones (in this case your family members first) are on safer grounds. People scrambled to get out of that area. They're scared, traumatised. They have no time to take the dogs out of the kennel. They have no time to herd the cows.

I'm just appalled at how people are so insensitive to human lives and emotions. This is just as bad as the Myanmar Junta who refused international help following Cyclone Nargis which killed thousands of its citizen. They don't care about rescue mission offered by various international bodies. All they care about is the referendum to seek support for a pro-military constitution. They just have to do it during the aftermath of a natural disaster.

I don't know if the climate change phenomena has also changed human rational judgement.

At least, in China, a country without a regulated human rights law, any kind of help is most welcome following an earthquake in Sichuan. Whether China is trying to be politically correct or not for accepting international aid, that's beside the point. We have no time to be political when disaster strike.