很平凡的幸福
也很多不幸的事情...
日本大天灾...
Today's Japan earthquake tells a rather horrific story. However, the earthquake also tells a rather familiar tale of horror as well. The circumstances are a little bit new this time, since it's in a new location, one that hasn't seen such a disaster in its modern era. The 8.8 quake, and subsequent tsunami, has left the affected regions in a shambles. As such, Japan has joined the sadly large ranks of nations that have faced terrible earthquakes and tsunamis lately.
According to the UN Dispatch, the Japanese earthquake is much larger than the one that struck Haiti last January. Today's strike measured an 8.8, while Haiti endured a 7.2. Yet as many will point out in the next several days, Haiti is likely to have a far greater death toll, and even graver damage to its country.
The Haiti incident is the most devastating quake of the last several years. However, the most devastating tsunami of recent times hit the Indian Ocean in late 2004. It was spawned by a 9.1 quake and went on to kill over 200,000 people, according to the USGS.
Today's incident is extremely frightful, because it had both a record-setting earthquake and a tsunami. As such, fears are that this will be on a par with those two great disasters, although it might not reach those horrific heights. After all, they set the bar so high that it would take a real act of God to top them.
But even if the latest quake and waves aren't that terrible, they have still caused an untold amount of devastation. For the next several days and weeks, we will be consumed with horrific pictures and video clips from Japan while mourning over their grave losses. Yet by now, this has become an all too familiar formula for us to play out.
Things have been so harsh over recent years that even the recent New Zealand earthquakes look mild by comparison. That island was struck with a 7.1 tremor in September, and just suffered an even more destructive 6.3 aftershock last month. However, by the current standards of natural disasters, New Zealand got off easy, in spite of their obvious difficulties.
Earthquakes and tsunamis have struck the world since the dawn of time, and will continue to cause havoc until the end of time. Technically, they may not be more frequent than usual, yet it is starting to seem that way. The Indian Ocean tragedy stunned the world, as did the Haiti disaster last year. Now the turmoil in Japan today is the latest to bring the planet to a halt - as we have become all too accustomed to doing nowadays.
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paiseh
10:45♥
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补习
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有点事情=/
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我拿着它拍照了=)
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现在只希望...日本没有事吧~
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----->tonite-easy cafe with alllll my dearest friend
sunday-mid valley with hubby n my friend
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hope all my friend wun leave mii alone
hope my hub lub mii 4ever
n hope japan dun hav any earthqueke or tsunami(tis is most important now!!!~)
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