I feel so small..

Literally speaking, I have felt small many times in life...all those years in school being resigned to sitting in the first row, traveling in a crowded train at peak hours dangling my head between people's shoulders or watching a street show and having to push myself right in the front to get a clear view of the entertainer. Life is full of such instances when you are 5 feet 1". Well for once, I feel so small and it really isn't about being 5 feet 1" at all. It is about feeling small and vulnerable in wake of nature inflicted disasters. We spend all those years securing ourselves for our futures and all it takes is one wild slap from nature and we are reduced to smithereens. Makes you wonder how vulnerable we really are. While the media has been flooding us with continuous images of New Orleans since the disastrous hurricane Katrina struck the coast, it has been hard to evade some of these bothering questions. Is the earthquake in San Fracisco next? If there is one, are we really prepared for it? The people of New Orleans had a 7 day warning before the hurricane hit, SF won't even have that luxury. Well, for once I plan to take some action and get a earthquake survival kit this weekend, if there is anything like that at Target or WalMart I hope.