Name: Sooyoung Byun
Teacher: Mrs.Jeftic
Subject: Humanities
Grade: 6A
Date: September 22, 2011
Title: Japanese Humongous Earthquake and Tsunami
Site: www.ploughsnares.org/blog/2011/03-14/media-and-expert-resources and other sources on google.com
Summary:
In March 11th, 2011, there was a big earthquake and tsunami in the north east part of Japan. A lot of people got killed and many houses and buildings got ruined and destroyed, because of the earthquake. As the tsunami and earthquake happened, the nuclear power plant cracked and radioactive gas started to leak out of it. This poisonous gas affected the whole entire world. If you breathe in the radioactive gas, you could die in several minutes. If you go near it or breathe in it while you are pregnant, the baby could have problems or could be born as a handicapped person. Even though you are far away from the radioactive gas, after several years, you could get cancer. The Japanese government tried their best to solve the problem, but yet the problem is not completely solved yet.
My Thoughts:
I chose this event because for a long time it was the biggest event happening. I suppose I chose this because this is a humanities project and earthquakes and tsunami are what we learn in humanities. I think it was a bad idea to build a nuclear power plant in a country that has a lot of earthquakes. You can build a power plant, but it would be safer to build it stronger in an island with a lot of earthquakes and tsunami. It is good to use a lot of environmental friendly ways of making electricity. But in a country like Japan, they should make more wind power plants or use more radio power.
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