disasters in syawal

it's a wonder how knowing that another earthquake and tsunami has hit different parts of the world did not suprise me.
so far, there have been 569 casualties for the earthquake that hit sumatera yesterday afternoon
where else in samoa, there have been 100 casualties from the tsunami.
the death toll is rising.

i found out that one of our peadiatricians [ Dr. Khairul ] is already on the way there to volunteer. i'm not sure whether he is going under MERCY or any other NGO, but Allah protect him the whole way. if i could, i would be already on my way.

this sends me to a question that has been lingering in my mind for today. why are these natural disasters becoming more common? the number of natural disasters have increased four times more than it was a decade ago. is it one way of Allah sending us the message to stop fooling around with nature and to quit destroying mother earth? or is this some worldly payment for all the accumulative sins we've done? whichever one it is, it's scaring me to bits.
what we define as natural disasters could actually be man-made in disguise, revealed as time goes by and how much we keep destroying earths resources.

May Allah bless those whose family members and loved ones have perished and may He reward Paradise for all the victims and forgive their sins.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8284208.stm
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/1/apworld/20091001065437&sec=apworld