Japan

Today in global issues I am going to talk about something tragic that happened on Friday March 11, 2011. Off the coast of Japan an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 struck Japan following a tsunami that flooded major cities and coastlines. It is a bad event, and I hope everyone does everything that they can to help the people who are in danger and to help rebuild the city. Over 49 countries have sent aid to Japan which I think is a really good thing to see. Countries working together to help others in need and this is what I think should be happening whether there is another natural or not. There are wars between people and countries and instead of fighting they should be helping one another. After seeing earthquakes and tsunami videos, I felt frightened at how devastating natural disasters can be. Also, aftershocks are occuring and some are as big as earthquakes around the world. One of the other things that worried me about the aftermath are the nuclear reactors that were affected by the earthquake. One building had an explosion but the good thing is that people were evacuated in time to not be affected by radioactive leaks or vapors. It is really sad to see an event like this and it helps us see no matter how different or far apart we are, we should work together to help people less fortunate than us.