Japan's Earthquake

It was a tradegy that hit Japan in March 2011. The Tsunami strikes again in Asia, and causes damages that no body expected. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake damaged a city 400km north-east of Tokyo, and destoyed cars, ships and buildings (citation 1,4). Hundreds of people died and more were missing under the damaged buildings and houses, The death toll from the disaster is expected to exceed 1,300, with most deaths due to drowning. The official death toll by 12th of March 2011 stands at 413, with 784 people missing and 1,128 injured (citation 3). This was a very sad day for Japan. The earthquake is the fifth largest in the world since 1900 (citation 1).

The most critical part of the earthquake is the nuclear plant of Fukushima, where the remaining thousands of people living near it have been ordered to evacuate. The pressure on the nuclear plant was much higher than the normal level, and the only solution was to bring the pressure down  by releasing radioactive steam. The nuclear factory had to be shut down to avoid more nuclear leaking.

The earthquake was faster than a plane. The tsunami rolled across the Pacific at 800km/h (500mph) - as fast as a jetliner - before hitting Hawaii and the US West Coast (citation 1) and was strong enough to reach the west coast of America, but with no major damage. The Tsunami alerts were made in other parts of the world including China and Australia. It was not just a Japanese crisis, it was a crisis for the whole world especially with the nuclear leak.

More damage included petrochemical factories as clouds of grey smoke came out of an oil refinery, in Chiba following the earthquake (citation 2), thousands of homes across Japan, and millions of people suffered from no electricity. Many people had to stay away from their homes and offices, and went together to open spaces because of fear from damage and death. The world was very scared of more deaths and more damage. Everybody was shocked and sad because this was a bad time for millions of people. The earthquake's effects were seen in many places in Japan and other countries were scared. It will take Japan many years to fix the damage to the transportation system and electricity. Japanese, accustomed to frequent earthquakes, were stunned by this one’s magnitude and the more than 100 aftershocks, many equivalent to major quakes (citation 4).

I think there is not a perfect solution to a natural disaster, but the damage can be prevented or minimized if early warnings can be done. The main victims of these disasters are the poor people who can't leave their homes because there is no where to live. They have cheap homes and maybe they don't have cars. A few days before the crisis they can not have time or move away and be safe from this disaster. The government should protect their people and make sure they can take them to safe places before the time of the disaster. They should also make sure everybody will know by big speakers in every city. The dangerous factories have to be far away from any houses and should be prepared for the worst cases. This will help many people recover from the effect of this earthquake. The money that will cost the government can save many lives and protect other things like the buildings and factories.

The people living next to the factories have to know the problems that they can have if they live there. They have to be trained to avoid the problems from the factories in the emergency cases. The nuclear power is important but is also very dangerous if anything is wrong, The effects can be for many years on people and animals directly and can also effect food products.

This is something that all countries have to care about together to save lives in all counties. If this happens again in another country, the world has to move to help because this affects many places. The solution is difficult but it is not impossible. We can not stop any earthquake, we have to educate everybody how to understand and work to make the world safe from damages by knowledge and to be ready with plans and help. This is the responsibility of the government to protect its people and its economy from losing many important things like lives and projects. This damage takes years to build and develop, and we should know that everything can go in minutes, so we have to be ready to accept the changes and we should be thankful for everything we have. The money that countries use for war is enough to help save them from disasters. This is the solution to earthquakes in my view. And I hope all countries can work together and cooperate to help eachother.

Refrences:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 (citation 1)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365318/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-The-moment-mother-nature-engulfed-nation.html (citation 2)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/12/japan-earthquake-tsunami-aftermath-live (citation 3)

https://mail.tdic.ae/owa/redir.aspx?C=46276583a03e40348a75e88de6463302&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2011%2f03%2f12%2fworld%2fasia%2f12japan.html (citation 4)

Reflection

Reflecting on the past assignments:

I would like to reflect on the work that I did for this course. It is a very interesting and good experience to write about important topics like Internet, cars and violence. These subjects are good to show the way of studying and writing about different topics that are related to business in many ways. I liked that topic about cars, as cars are very popular with UAE Nationals and we enjoy driving and fast cars. The common idea of research and looking for the right  information is interesting and it is adding more knowledge to me and I enjoy writing about things I like. Business is related to everything we buy or use, like cars, computers and banks. It shows that money comes and goes but we have to manage our spending on things that are important and we have to be economic in how we live our lives. Writing is a good way to express our ideas because we can think carefully about our words and make sure we give the right information. The internet is a very good source of information and I have learned a lot from this experience.