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Natural disasters expose our vulnerability, writes MARIE MURRAY
WHEN NATURE strikes, it does so with terrible force. When it strikes unexpectedly, ferociously, persistently and sequentially, the seismic psychological waves and aftershocks are felt worldwide. We shrink in proportion to nature’s magnitude. Lilliputians in the face of giant calamities, our defencelessness and psychological frailties surface and engulf us.
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