豪州落人日記 (桝田礼三ブログ) : Down Under Nomad

1945年生れ。下北に12年→東京に15年→京都に1年→下北に5年→十和田に25年→シドニーに5年→ケアンズに15年…

陽気で素朴なOZ根性

2009-01-16 20:22:24 | ケアンズ
1月16日(金)晴時々雨

3日間で800mmの降雨、最高風速20m。床上浸水1000戸。被害総額4億円、某国のような水増しは無意味。街路樹の大枝が折れ、土砂崩れも。2mの高波が押し寄せビーチの砂は流され、ヤシの木も根がむき出し。嵐が過ぎれば地域の人々が協力して修復作業。天災だから誰も文句は言いません。重機が必要な作業は市が行います。復旧作業は粛々と行われます。危機で人間は本性を現します。窮地に大騒ぎをして行政にたかる東洋人と気質が違うようです。

OZ魂

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Cheerful and simple OZ spirit
Fri. January

The precipitation was 800mm during 3 days, and the maximum wind speed was 20m. 1000 houses were flooded above floor level. The total amount of damage was $4M. Watered damage like in some country is none sense. Boughs of street trees were fell down and mud slides occurred. 2m high tide attacked and the sand on the beach was washed away. Also the roots of pine trees have been exposed. Local people work together to restore the damage after the storm. Nobody complains about it because it was natural disaster. City Council sends heavy machines for bigger damage. The recovery work goes on quite quietly. The true character appears during emergency. OZ’s temper is pretty different from that of Asian who makes fuss in disaster to sponge from the government.

OZ spirit
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