Nature is all pervasive and man is helpless before the devastation caused by the natural calamity. Write in 150 words your feelings after reading the chapter "weathering the storm in Ersama
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In the year 1997 a super cyclone hit Odisha. Ersama village was badly hit and for a long time people could not trace their near and dear ones. The concrete homes were able to withstand the fury of the weather whereas the houses that were not built by brick and mortar had washed away. It may be known that a storm is full of sound and fury and sweeps away several generations of people, cattle, trees and homes. Also it hits telephone lines and communication lines following which there is little communication with one another. Other than leaving a trail of destruction, it hits telecommunication lines , severs the ties with neighboring areas brings a pall of gloom. A calamity of such kind is incomprehensible. Reshaping a particular town in this case through rehabilitation takes a considerable time. Prashant the hero of this chapter continues to be a role model since he coined a plan where many could extend a hand to help. He appeased the hunger of the young, the middle and the old by asking the trader to give him rice and essential necessities. Other than cooking, he devised plans to let the helicopters know that they were reachable and that there were many hungry souls to feed.