Acts Of God
We have seen the Tsunami that ravaged the world one fateful Boxing Day and the destruction that followed. Earthquakes of even greater intensity than ever before everywhere and getting even closer to home, in and around Indonesia and never before have there been such frequency and the tremors felt more violently. Singapore has been blessed with protection probably by her geographical landscape and position and we have less hardship than many others. However, this does not mean that we can be perpetually safe and lay enshrouded. For example, the haze that comes each year, the heat wave that sizzles till certain place and open fields caught fire, recent torrential downpour and uprooting of trees due to extraordinary rainfall and strong winds up to 65kph, floods we haven't seen for a long time, killer diseases never seen before, etc. Rainfall can be so rapid that when driving you can't see a thing. No amount of planning, engineering or preparedness could have prevented many of ...