A Greenview

The super cyclone whizzed past us. What a relief!! at least we were not hurt. But was'nt it too close a shave?

Who knows, maybe we will be the target of the very next one. A very unpleasant and disconcerting thought? Why waste time over something that has not happened yet, it is a fragment of imagination only and it would be best to push the unpleasant and the ominous to the back of our minds.

But for how long, can we keep on avoiding this time bomb. It is sure to explode, it is only the wait. And then instead of us, somebody else will be reading the newspaper about the calamity.

We have brought it upon ourselves. The extremities in climate, the terrible tropical storms, to the incessant rainfall and floods in one place, to the famine in another part owing to lack of rains, the Tsunami, and the slow but steady extinction of many many species. They are gone for good. And we will be gone for good too, before long.

It was all in our hands, and it is still in our hands. We need to think, realize and act. Act pretty fast too. Let us not insulate ourselves in a false sense of security, because what has touched even one human life today, is sure to touch me either today or tomorrow or day after. But it is sure to touch.