Ignorance

This post is not about topics that I usually wrote in the past, but I think that I need to share this somehow. In the last couple days you might have noticed the flood catastrophe in Jakarta, Indonesia, that is where I come from. Today CNN reported that the flood has caused 29 deaths (54 deaths reported by Detik.com), thousands of people are evacuated from their houses, and many of them are still staying in their homes guarding their belongings from looters. All of this is within less than a week of flood and we don’t know how long it will last.

That is true that we cannot avoid nature catastrophe, but I believe that we are capable to minimize the deadly outcome or the risk that may come with the nature events such as rain or bad weather. The level flood in Jakarta is in my opinion more like an evidence of how bad the management of the city, and once again a proof of how incapable our leaders are. Sutiyoso, the governor of Jakarta, told the media two months ago that the city won’t have the five years cycle of flood based on the last worse flood in 2002. Now it is worse that 2002. So now what Mr. Sutiyoso? Now it is the time to get busy with visiting (read: showing off) the flooded areas, after that show them that you are preparing for whatever laws come up of your mind to manage the city better than before. At the end after couple of weeks let’s sit down and relax again, business as usual. Even our coordinating minister for Social Welfare, Mr. Aburizal Bakrie, told the media today that the media blowing up the story about the flood, this based on his experience after visiting flooded areas where some people are still smiling and laughing.

Please wake up. One death is worse, we had more than that. Flood is a catastrophe that has dangerous outcome for the health and it is growing, we might not see it now clearly, but tomorrow, next week, or even later than that, we may see the worse outcome of that. I’m not only talking about disease such as diarrhea, skin illness, etc, but also the financial lost (income) of many poor people. Thousands of people are not able to go to work, markets are ruined, and homes are dragged away by the flood leaving thousands of people homeless. How many people will be homeless after this? And you still saying the story are blown up? Your job, Mr. Bakrie, is not over if the flood gone away. Especially after the media won’t have enough coverage of the flood aftermath.

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Ignorance

This post is not about topics that I usually wrote in the past, but I think that I need to share this somehow. In the last couple days you might have noticed the flood catastrophe in Jakarta, Indonesia, that is where I come from. Today CNN reported that the flood has caused 29 deaths (54 deaths reported by Detik.com), thousands of people are evacuated from their houses, and many of them are still staying in their homes guarding their belongings from looters. All of this is within less than a week of flood and we don’t know how long it will last.

That is true that we cannot avoid nature catastrophe, but I believe that we are capable to minimize the deadly outcome or the risk that may come with the nature events such as rain or bad weather. The level flood in Jakarta is in my opinion more like an evidence of how bad the management of the city, and once again a proof of how incapable our leaders are. Sutiyoso, the governor of Jakarta, told the media two months ago that the city won’t have the five years cycle of flood based on the last worse flood in 2002. Now it is worse that 2002. So now what Mr. Sutiyoso? Now it is the time to get busy with visiting (read: showing off) the flooded areas, after that show them that you are preparing for whatever laws come up of your mind to manage the city better than before. At the end after couple of weeks let’s sit down and relax again, business as usual. Even our coordinating minister for Social Welfare, Mr. Aburizal Bakrie, told the media today that the media blowing up the story about the flood, this based on his experience after visiting flooded areas where some people are still smiling and laughing.

Please wake up. One death is worse, we had more than that. Flood is a catastrophe that has dangerous outcome for the health and it is growing, we might not see it now clearly, but tomorrow, next week, or even later than that, we may see the worse outcome of that. I’m not only talking about disease such as diarrhea, skin illness, etc, but also the financial lost (income) of many poor people. Thousands of people are not able to go to work, markets are ruined, and homes are dragged away by the flood leaving thousands of people homeless. How many people will be homeless after this? And you still saying the story are blown up? Your job, Mr. Bakrie, is not over if the flood gone away. Especially after the media won’t have enough coverage of the flood aftermath.

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