Loss of life bore no comparison with the devastation wrought in Japan of course (fifty- three people died from the March flooding in Thailand) but when it comes to natural disasters and security it is not so much the extraordinary that is chilling, though of course it can be as Southeast Asia can testify for it too has witnessed the catastrophic of a tsunami (approximately 230,00 people were killed by the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh in 2004/5) and cyclones 9APPROX 140,00 BY Cyclones Nargis), but actually what is chilling the habitual loss of life and disruption that arises from natural disasters.