Last month's Tsunami was one of the devastating in the recorded human history, with toll over 155,000. No one know it was coming, but there it was, brewing up deep under earth's crust. Ever since, I have been disturbed and thinking what if an earthquake of similar nature and magnitude occur in the himalayas? If it happens, are we ready for it? Do you think Nepali Government is capable of rescue and relief effort? What can we do to prepare ourselves? What does it do to current maoist crisis? What can we tell our loved ones back home? We cannot even make a proper phone call back home during normal time, what do you think will happen if a massive earthquake hits our region? Lets think for a moment. I want to quote a few experts from an article from 2001. REMEMBER though 4 years is like fraction of seconds in Geologic timeframe. So this article is as relevant today as it was on the day it got published. http://www.tew.org/archived/earthquake.research.html