I haven't heard a thing today about it being a year since the earthquake in Nepal. I don't know why I expected it, I suppose there are more important things going on right now than an arbitrary anniversary. I vaguely remember the events of finding out about the earthquake, watching the body count rise, and I wrote something about it.
The international response was incredible, although the Indian media got some criticism, they government gave Nepal one billion dollars in relief aid - that's just insane and incredibly generous. Dharahara crumbled from the force of the quake. Seeing these monuments collapse under the tremors of the planet is a stark reminder of how extremely powerless we are in the face of nature.
It is important to remember history right? So we aren't doomed to repeat its mistakes. A year on and Nepal are still rebuilding. There was an episode of Top Gear, around a year after Hurricane Katrina and they saw that parts of New Orleans was still in ruins. That fateful day the levee broke saw torrents of water filling the streets, but nonetheless we moved on and rebuilt. It takes more than a year to heal from wounds wrought by mother nature. This was short, but is important to remember such an event.
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