Tsunami part 1 The Aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami Ruined, sea water drenched land with a generator ship dumped three miles inland by the tsunami. For those who lost their homes crushed underneith the generator ship, the ship is now their new home. The Tsunami picked up large boats as if they were bath toys and dumped them wherever - in this case, in the middle of the road. For many people who lost their homes to the tsunami, a tent on the foundations of where their house once stood is a solution that means territory/land is not lost.  A stop gap before reconstruction can start. The force of the tsunami can be seen in the scale of the objects that it affected. The inhabitants of this house still occupied it irrespective of the 30 tonne fishing boat on the roof. This imprisonned murderer narrowly escaped drowning as the tsunami flood waters filled up his cell. The Tsunami destroyed many cars. The sadness in the eyes of a man whose entire family was killed by the tsunami. Six young children, his wife and his mother. A tsunami orpan who narrowly avoided losing his own life sleeps as his carers look on and  speculate about his future. Children hold their siblings dear after so many of their friends are lost to the tsunami. It will take a long time for the sea water ruined land to fully drain and recover. In the mean time it stinks and festers. When this girl told her friends at school that a boat had landed on her roof, no one disbelieved her. Graffiti on walls tells of an apocalypse in which many lost everything including their lives. The graffiti on the wall (picture left) warns that there is a “corps” (sic) in the building. A tsunami wrecked car is a makeshift climbing frame for a young boy and disciple of spiderman. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, humanity fights back to survive. When a home is needed, a makeshift shack will keep the rain out until reconstruction can begin. Perhaps a crash helmet is a good idea when fishing in an earthquake zone. This jetty of rubble served a platform for this man to fish for his lunch. The aftermath. This flat bottomed generator ship has been divided up into 30 apartments for the families whose houses it crushed. Since it is uneconomical to drag it back to sea this is a near perfect solution to the problems of the homeless it shelters. The upstairs of this house is now rubble and strewn over miles thanks to the tsunami. This grandmother is mourning the loss of three of her six children and her six grandchildren. These four children have been orphaned by the tsunami and are now being cared for by friends and relatives. A road, consumed by billions of tonnes of turbulent water surging over it. Sunset and the shadow of a tree falls over what was once someone’s downstairs floor. The tsunami took their house and their lives. A temporary shack built on a foundation of tsunami rubble. by Damian Bird