PUJIONO did not dare look up to the skies. The watch on the Armed Forces Sergeant-Major showed 2pm. But the day was already dark on that Thursday last week. The earth shook. His body swayed.

Together with his five colleagues, he folded the refugee tents at the Gluduk Field, Dukun village, Magelang, Central Java. “The people have been evacuated to further away, we’ll follow shortly,” said the member of the Dukun Military District Command.