The BBC docu-drama entitled "Krakatoa: The last Days" was a movie, link provided here I can never forget as I watched it with such stupendous wonderment at the scenes unfolding in front of me on the television continued to amaze me about the power that Mother Earth could unleash on unsuspecting people. Such is the alchemy of Mother Earth. We should start seriously thinking about this power and not to be so cocksure of the fact that the ground beneath our feet is always hard and we can keep kicking around it for eons to come and not have a thought about it.
I wanted to post my experience in this Krakatoa blog. This was on my mind ever since I saw the Krakatoa BBC Documentary a couple of times on BBC-4 and once again when in Brussels I had a chance to see this on the dutch television. I was since then searching around the BBC site or on the internet looking for some documentary transcripts on Krakatoa when providence gratified me with these YouTube videos I found on Krakatoa - The Last days. I thought everyone of us should see this documentary so we understand and be alert to the fact that Mother Earth is not to be taken lightly and we should be responsible and sensitive to the effects of climate change and global warming. This is of paramount importance and is becoming alarmingly evident as we battle our day to day lives with rapid and unforeseen changes in climate. We should not dismiss this lightly.
I was so sad when I came to know about the fact that when the Indonesian tsunami hit in 2004 there was no one who could report its approach and there were no warning systems in place even though technology was at its best. Something on the likes of this is what the original Krakatoa shows. Now with Anak Krakatoa growing at a fast pace, there may be a repeat of the same and we should be wary of the fact that this will happen one day again sooner or later, and hopefully by that time, we are much better armed with more awareness, warning and readiness with the new technologies we discover as well as foster our understanding much better to be in harmony with Mother Earth.
I was so sad when I came to know about the fact that when the Indonesian tsunami hit in 2004 there was no one who could report its approach and there were no warning systems in place even though technology was at its best. Something on the likes of this is what the original Krakatoa shows. Now with Anak Krakatoa growing at a fast pace, there may be a repeat of the same and we should be wary of the fact that this will happen one day again sooner or later, and hopefully by that time, we are much better armed with more awareness, warning and readiness with the new technologies we discover as well as foster our understanding much better to be in harmony with Mother Earth.
- by Harini and Anand
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