You know in America we worry about unemployment rates, Medicare, education budget cuts, Charlie Sheen, and even if there is going to be football this fall. Just about a week ago, these seem like legitimate issues until March 11, 2011 when a 9.0 earthquake just off the coast of Japan.
The earthquake caused tsunami waves of up to 33 ft. that hit Japan. The Japanese Nation Police Agency, officially confirmed 4,314 deaths, 2,285 injured, and 8,606 people missing. A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. The term tsunami comes from Japanese language meaning harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”).
The earthquake moved Honshu almost eight (8) feet east and shifted the Earth on its axis by almost four inches. Financial specialists are speculating Japan losses $125 billion to $200 Billion. Three nuclear reactors suffered explosions due to hydrogen buildup within their outer containment buildings. Other countries such as China and Russia was so scared after what happened –or happening—to Japan that they either halted or got their experts to check their power plant.
Jun Yang, president of the Hong Kong branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, said “In my view it would take five to 10 years to rebuild or repair.” The United Nation countries such as France and The United States offered their help to the country.
Now new questions arise from this tragedy, what do people think about nuclear power being an alternative energy source now? If America can’t rebuild New Orleans how is it going to help rebuild an entire country? All the issues that are going on in America fail in comparison to Japan. This isn’t a Japan issue it’s a World issue.
More suggested sites on the issue: Copy and paste.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/03/15/crisis-in-japan-affects-oil-prices-stock-markets/
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Tsunami
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+earthquake+estimated+price+billion/4448379/story.html#ixzz1GnqyXsJj
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/mar/japan-rebuild.cfm
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/UPDATE-1-ANALYSIS-Japan-faces-five-year-road-to-re-EZDHA?OpenDocument&src=hp4
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