It could be worse.

Well, 6pm yesterday was named as the critical time with high tide producing unusual peak levels in the Chao Praya River. That has come and gone and still no water where I am. I have my rubber boots ready for action and they are ready to go. As my Irish Superior in Ecuador would always say when something went wrong - It could be worse. That is true and, for me, definitely so!

There is water all around Bangkok and good people are suffering terribly. Bangkok remains like a city under siege and just waiting for whatever may befall it. There are the awful stories arising of looting and you just think what sort of people would do this to others caught up in the suffering of such a tragedy.

Actually, in the midst of such a disaster, you feel guilty that nothing drastic has happened to you yet as well. That may seem funny but that is one felt feeling as one caught in the midst of this disaster.

Then I see the news this morning and see the famine in Somalia yet again. It is being said that this famine is man made due to corruption and war and I just think how cruel humanity can be to each other. How can we do this to others and let ones get away with it??

Here I am watching the news for updates on floods in Thailand and what do I see? Qantas has been grounded by its CEO due to an industrial dispute. Qantas is an Australian icon. As an Australian, I just think - WOW!! I may be waiting for flood waters to hit but this is really something, grounding Qantas. Who would ever think that this would happen? Another man made disaster!

It is like - what next?