Safe After the Shake
Peter Scarborough reported that the recent powerful earthquake did not result in any loss of life to his knowledge. The shake was felt at our medical base in North Maluku. The ground rolled and trees swayed for a short time. We have built the structures on our base to withstand most of these shakes. We have done our best to reinforce our structures. It helps to have structural engineers on our team.
We are thankful to report the minimal damage to structures in the region, no loss of life and no tsunami. Tsunamis are feared and for good reason. Indonesia knows all to well following the huge loss during the Christmas eve tsunami in Banda Aceh. There are thousands of islands and hundreds of villages on these shorelines. They live there because they survive off the sea and its abundance. It can put them in the way of the destructive power of those very waters that provide their daily food. The ocean remained calm and these hundreds of villages were safe.