Michelle Yazvac
3/13/11
Blog #6
The catastrophic event that happened recently is well known amongst the world. It is truly sad to know that a great number of citizens have passed and there are currently many more that are struggling, awaiting assistance. To know that this is the biggest event to happen to Japan since the war is also mind-boggling. It was an earthquake, and a large one on the Richter scale at that. The next biggest worry is the radiation from the nuclear plants caused by the earthquake. There are levels of cesium and iodine circulating in the air and many engineers have spent these past days figuring out what is going on within the core of these radiators. There is overheating going on and still no exact "evidence" of a potential meltdown but taking extreme precautions is the only thing to do.
Along with the worries of the meltdown, aftershocks from the quake are still hitting areas of Japan. Over 150 have taken place. People are trapped, more and more are found and confirmed dead, and others are missing. Many disaster relief teams have gone over to Japan, and almost all countries of the globe are taking part in helping Japan.
After this event, there will be questions of whether this quake was caused by global warming. I think global warming certainly contributes to it but after some research, the plates always continue to move and have been for the last 100 years. Only thing left to do is help the people of Japan, prevent any meltdowns from happening with the nuclear plants, and overall, hope for the best that another earthquake as bad as this one will not occur again. At least in our lifetime.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/13/134501905/crisis-at-nuclear-plant-adds-to-japans-woes
2 comments:
How could global warming cause an earthquake?
I did not necessarily say it was caused by global warming. Global warming encompasses many factors, as in climate change. The earthquake could very well be a factor of that.
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