Nepal Survived the Inland Tsunami. Can We Survive What Comes After?

The so-called “inland tsunami” recently punctured thriving settlements and upended lives in a jiffy. It might be called a jiffy—a mere measurement of time—because it did not allow people to process what was happening. In a fraction of a second, everything changed. The people and their homes are not algebra, to be calculated, reduced to numbers, and turned into sensational headlines.