01-21-2009, 04:16 PM
A very poignant photograph. It does seem as though the little girl and her mother are out of place; moving to remove themselves from a scene that they, perhaps, haven't seen as much as the others. They walk quickly from a stationary semi-circle of those who have obviously seen this too much. Indeed there are actually several smiles among the people gathered around. Perhaps they were having a laugh at the mother who was shoveling sand against the tide - attempting to protect her daughter from the horrors that were already a way of life.