地震
自然の脅威をまざまざと見せ付けられた感じ。何とも云いようがないが物事の基本は自然法則順従。この地震もただ受け入れるしかない。後は、復興に向かって進むだけ。人間の力をまざまざと自然に見せ付けてやるだけである。
ただ、心配なのは農村の復興である。一端海水につかった田畑の復元は時間と労力と根気を要するが、高齢化社会の農村では多分に無理がある様に思われ、暗澹とした気持ちになる。
小生の田舎、隠岐の島でも、水害で一端ダメになった農地は全く復元されず、何十年と休耕田畑のままである。荒れ野原の田畑を見ると一抹の淋しさを感じるが、どうしようもない。多分、農村被災地の田畑の復興は難しいのでは。それとも農業目的の株式会社でも立ち上げて、フリーターを正社員採用して、農業に従事させるとか・・・。一定、国の支援があれば結構妙案かも・・・。
それにしても原発は恐いね・・・。ある意味、地震や津波は自然現象で人の力ではどうしようもない。しかし、原発は違う。原発事故は復興など有り得ず、半永久的な死地、死海となる可能性さえある。原発が自然に逆らった行為なのかどうかは判らないが、思い知らされるものである事は間違いない。
I felt like I was being shown the threat of nature. It’s hard to say, but the basis of everything is obedience to the laws of nature. We just have to accept this earthquake too. All that’s left to do is to move toward recovery. It’s just a natural show of human power.
The only thing that worries me is the restoration of rural areas. Although the restoration of the rice field that used seawater at one point requires time, labor, and patience, it seems that it is probably impossible in the farming village of an aging society, and I feel gloomy.
Even in my countryside, the island of Oki, the farmland that was ruined by the flood has not been restored at all and has remained a fallow field for decades. I feel a bit of loneliness when I see the fields in the wilderness, but I can’t help it. Perhaps it is difficult to restore the rice fields in the affected rural areas. Or they could set up a joint-stock company for agricultural purposes and hire freelancers as full-time employees to engage in agriculture…. If there is a certain amount of national support, it might be a good idea…
Still, I’m afraid of nuclear power…. In a sense, earthquakes and tsunamis are natural phenomena that can’t be helped by human power. However, nuclear power is different. There is no recovery from the nuclear accident and it could become a semi-permanent dead land, even a dead sea. I don’t know if nuclear power is an act that goes against nature or not, but it is definitely a reminder.
