Too tragic to comprehend

The misery is unimaginable. The official death toll is over 124,000, and it's sure to rise even higher. Read this article (via Drudge). Read this account, too. It breaks your heart.

But just think of how disasters like this must have been a hundred times worse centuries ago, with no internet to spread the news and raise funds, no planes to deliver supplies, no cell phones or even just regular phones for communication.

Think, too, of how the power of this earthquake dwarfs all of mankind's efforts, either for good or for bad. Here's a list of nuclear power "disasters"; the worst was Chernobyl in 1986, with a possible 31 killed.

Still, we should celebrate the New Year; it's a sign of hope. Just, pray a little more today for all the victims of the disaster.