The earthquake that struck the town of Concepción in Chile before dawn on Saturday – the fifth strongest ever recorded – does not show humanity at the mercy of the blind forces of nature. It demonstrates, instead, that lives and livelihoods are much more vulnerable to a society's response to catastrophe than to natural disaster itself.
智利康塞普西翁(Concepcion)市上周六黎明前發(fā)生的歷史上第五大地震,未顯示出人類在神秘的自然力量面前只能聽天由命。相反,它證明了,一個社會的災難應對機制遠比自然災難本身更能影響人命與生計。
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