Although the city was facing extreme levels of emergency, the nuclear power plant was experiencing a much bigger threat. The combined damage of the earthquake and tsunami together created the ongoing threat the nuclear power plant poses. The cooling system was severely damaged and as a result the plant and surrounding areas had to be evacuated. Facing such heightened levels of danger, a few men stayed behind, by their own free will, to continually pour water on the reactor to prevent it from exploding. As an added measure of security some of the radioactivity had to be released in the air to help prevent an explosion. In the meantime though, four other nuclear power plants were successfully shut down. The radiation has spread across the Pacific Ocean to even as far as the state of Wyoming.
Despite this world crisis, this only adds on to the chaos existing currently, ranging from the war in Iraq to healing from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana; not to mention the danger the natural environment is confronting. When natural disasters occur, often more than one country is affected. This creates a combined effort to help the damaged areas, such as the efforts that have been formed to provide aid for Japan during this difficult time. My opinion is that we can all do something and should in fact lend a further helping hand to those in need, whether the contribution be big or small, some effort is better than none.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12721492
Interesting post. I had no idea that some of the radiation had spread to Wyoming. I was under the impression that it had just fallen into the Pacific Ocean.
ReplyDeleteThe radiation has spread farther than expected by anyone anaylzing it. Though recently on delaware online as a side note to this there was an article about the raising of the sea levels which could put many people living near the coastlines of Delaware in jeopardy of being flooded or destroyed. Natural disasters impact everyone across the world. We just have to remember that where these disasters occured we have to reach out and provide the area with some hope to continue on or come back from disaster.
ReplyDeleteHave you noticed how many disasters have happened recently? Haiti, Chile, New Zealand and now Japan in less than a year. So many people have perished and are affected by these occurences. It is wonderful to see countries coming together to help, if only it could continue when there aren't any problems.
ReplyDeleteNatural disasters affect many countries around the world every year. With Japan, people are worried that the natural disaster could affect the world's economy. Unfortunately for Japan, 80% of it's power comes from their nuclear power plants. Shutting down some of their nuclear power plants will provide serious power lossage and they will have to look for alternative power sources. I had no idea that the radiation had spread so far.
ReplyDeleteThe power of nature is something many people do not realize. The devastation suffered by Japan is an example of that awesome power. Unfortunately Japan may now also have another disaster of the manmade variety to compound the problems already incurred by the earthquake and tsumnami, that being a possible nuclear disaster. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan as they cope with the aftermath of these terrible disasters.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what happens when some things happen to our world, and makes us realize how everything effects one another in the grand scheme of things. So before one country does something (war, for example), other countries must be put into consideration. The same goes for all the natural crisis going on, like the earthquake in Haiti as well as the need for food in Africa. This helping also goes into our personal lives and how we must think of others when committing certain actions. This is the case because no matter what we do, we effect someone in some way. So for the betterment of the world we must assist others through their crises.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine being an inhabitant of this area of the world, or any of the others devastated regions. To have my life swept away for no apparent reason? I can't think of anything worse.
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