Tongan disaster
Sir,—The recent devastation caused by Hurricane Isaac in Tonga highlights the fragile society in which we live. Fortunately, it is estimated that within six months there will be a return to some degree of normality with the assistance of international aid. The photographs reminded me of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the dropping of the atomic bombs. If we were looking at photographs from a modern thermonuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere, we would be unable to help. The destruction would be so great that the base ■for agriculture and industry would be wiped out with no possibility of regeneration for generations, if ever. For the survivors there would be little or no, food, water or medical aid and no international aid agencies. Huge land masses would be laid to waste and would be radioactive. Survivors would not only suffer from radiation sickness, burns and other injuries, but from the psychological problems created by mass destruction and death. — Yours, etc.. M. LEGGE. March 8, 1982.
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