RE: Reconciling religion and catastrophe

I hope this will not turn into a theological discussion here, but just wanna share a passage from the bible:

Genesis 8:21
The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

To me, God knows that the Tsunami will happen, and lives would be lost, but this is definitely not an act of God, even though He already knows that it would be happening. He allowed it to happen because He deemed that it has to, and we are not God and thus will not seek to understand why He allowed this. What we can be sure would be that God would most definitely not send a disaster to destroy his children whom He died on the cross to save.

But, after a catastrophe allowed comes the salvation of God. As we mourn for those 145,000 brothers and sisters who perished, we also see the children of the world being touched and moved by symphathy for those who suffered, and are still suffering. It shows that there is Good still, in this world. Another flood flows into the disaster area, a flood of combined aid and assistance from all over the world, a huge wave of humane sympathy and genuine care and concern for the people from the stricken areas. And this is indeed heartening.