From Fukushima to Maraş

Natural disasters have been the bane of mankind for centuries.

Of course, they are not the bane of wise minds.

Wise minds know that nature is alive. They design their lifestyles accordingly.

They avoid practices that will hurt nature, upset it, or break its heart.

Because nature is bothered by the tons of reinforced concrete weight loaded upon it.

Drills thrust into its lungs with augers make nature cough.

If you burn its hair, which we see as trees, it gets annoyed.

Why did I write these things?

Am I telling a story?

Most of us might think it is just a story.

If you look at Fukushima, you will understand whether it is a story or not.

Because the Japanese live with earthquakes, they took all precautions to ensure their buildings would not collapse.

In recent years, earthquakes have caused almost no damage to any of their buildings.

There was no loss of life.

That was until nature caused the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant to explode.

The Japanese, who thought they had taken precautions against earthquakes, continued to hurt nature and irritate it.

After all, they had invented the isolator.

During an earthquake, the rail system they placed at the foundation connections of buildings would dampen the dynamic load of the earthquake and prevent the buildings from collapsing.

They trusted the isolators so much that they even made mobile versions. They placed them under the furniture in their homes. With the isolator they mounted under the refrigerator, even their belongings would not move during an earthquake.

They thought they had finally reined in nature and become its master.

Nature, being alive, was certainly not stupid.

It had set its mind on punishing these people who continued to hurt it.

And that is exactly what it did.

It targeted the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which was built by the seaside and protected by five-meter walls against tsunamis.

Since it could no longer topple the buildings loaded onto its back, it had to find another way to shed the burden on its back and find some relief.

The 6-meter wave height, created by the tsunami that followed the tremor it generated, became the nightmare of the Japanese.

The waves, which exceeded the five-meter protective wall, reached the plant's cooling diesel engines and locked the cooling system.

The nuclear power plant, with its cooling system paralyzed, kept heating up until it finally could not take it anymore and exploded.

Nature had taken its revenge.