I-Tsunami eyongeziweyo ye-10: Ukubonakaliswa kokuqina, ithemba kunye nokuBuyisa

NguMark J. Spalding

Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uFred Pearce wabhala isiqwenga esihle kakhulu Yale 360 malunga neenzame zokubuyisela ngaselunxwemeni lweSumatra kulandela inyikima enkulu kunye netsunami etshabalalisayo kwalandela ngeBoxing Day 2004.  

Amandla anamandla atyhutyha amakhulu eemayile, echaphazela amazwe alishumi elinesine, ngokubi kakhulu umonakalo owenzeka eThailand, eIndonesia, eIndiya naseSri Lanka. Phantse abantu abangama-300,000 XNUMX bafa.  Amakhulu amawaka angakumbi agxothwa. Amawaka oluntu ayesemzimbeni, ngokweemvakalelo, nokonakala kwezoqoqosho. Ubutyebi boluntu behlabathi bekunjalo yanwenwela ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zabaninzi kwiindawo ezininzi kububanzi obungaka ijografi-ingakumbi kuba lonke unxweme lwaluzotywe ngokutsha kwaye lwangaphambili imihlaba yokulima ngoku yayiyinxalenye yolwandle.

Kungekudala emva kwaloo mini imbi, ndafumana isicelo esivela kuGqr. Greg Stone owayeseNtsha ngoko I-England Aquarium icela i-Ocean Foundation ngenkxaso yolunye uhlobo lwempendulo.  Ngaba umbutho wethu osakhulayo unokunceda ngemali uphando olukhethekileyo lophando ukufumanisa ukuba ingaba uluntu oluselunxwemeni kunye neminye imimandla enamahlathi eengrove asempilweni aye aqhuba kakuhle Imiphumo yetsunami ngaphezu kwabo bangenayo? Ngomnikeli ovumayo kunye nabanye bethu imali kaxakeka yetsunami, sinikezele ngesibonelelo esincinci sokunceda ukuxhasa uhambo. UGqr Stone yaye izazinzulu ezingoogxa bakhe zangqineka zichanile—iinkqubo zonxweme ezisempilweni, ngakumbi i<em>mangrove amahlathi, aye anika ukhuseleko kuluntu kunye nomhlaba osemva kwawo. Ngaphezu koko, i iindawo apho ukulima kwe-shrimp okanye uphuhliso olungenabulumko lutshabalalise amahlathi agcinayo, umonakalo kuluntu kunye nemithombo yendalo yoluntu wawumbi kakhulu-ulibazise ukuchacha yokuloba, ukulima, kunye neminye imisebenzi.

I-Oxfam Novib kunye neminye imibutho ibambisane ukubandakanya ukutyala ngokutsha ngoncedo loluntu.  Kwaye kwavela ukuba kufuneka baguquke kwindlela yabo-emva kwentlekele, yona kwakunzima kuluntu olunxungupheleyo ukuba lugxile ekutyaleni ukhuseleko lwexesha elizayo, kunye nokunye kwavela nemiqobo. Akufuneki ukuthetha, i-30-foot wave ihambisa isanti eninzi, ukungcola, kunye inkunkuma. Loo nto yayithetha ukuba imithi ye<em>mangrove yayinokutyalwa apho kwakukho udaka olumanzi olufanelekileyo indawo yokuhlala ngokwenza oko. Apho intlabathi yayigquba ngoku, kwakutyalwa eminye imithi nezityalo emva kwayo kwacaca ukuba i<em>mangrove ayisayi kuphinda ichume apho. Kanti eminye imithi namatyholo yayinjalo ityalwe phezulu ukusuka kwezo.

Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, kukho amahlathi achumileyo aselunxwemeni eSumatra nakwezinye iindawo indawo yempembelelo yetsunami. Indibaniselwano yemali encinci, inkxaso-mali, kunye nempumelelo ebonakalayo yanceda Ukukhuthaza uluntu ukuba luzibandakanye ngokupheleleyo njengoko lubukele ushishino lokuloba nezinye izinto eziluncedo ukuvuka kwakhona in iingcambu zemangrove. Njengo ingca yaselwandle amadlelo namadlelo aselunxwemeni, amahlathi eengrove zingagcini nje ngokukhulisa iintlanzi, oononkala, kunye nezinye izilwanyana, zikwagcina ikhabhoni. Ngokuy anokuya izifundo ezivela kwiGulf of Mexico ukuya kumntla-mpuma weUnited States ziye zaqinisekisa ixabiso Iinkqubo zonxweme ezinempilo ukuthwala ubunzima bezaqhwithi kunye nokuza kwamanzi, ukunciphisa iziphumo zawo uluntu oluselunxwemeni kunye neziseko ezingundoqo. 

Njengabaninzi oogxa bam, ndingathanda ukukholelwa ukuba esi sifundo sokhuseleko lonxweme sinako ibe yinxalenye yendlela esicinga ngayo yonke imihla, hayi nje emva kwentlekele. Ndingathanda ukukholelwa xa sibona imigxobhozo esempilweni kunye nezixhobo zembatyisi, sikholelwa ukuba ziyi-inshorensi yethu ngokuchasene nentlekele. Ndingathanda ukukholelwa ukuba sinokuqonda ukuba sinokuphucula njani ukhuseleko loluntu lwethu, ukhuseleko lokutya kwethu, kunye nempilo yethu yexesha elizayo ngokukhusela nokubuyisela yethu ingca yaselwandle amadlelo, imigxobhozo eselunxwemeni, kunye nemithi ye<em>mangrove.

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