It's practically impossible for me to talk about "eco events" without mentioning the largest news event of this year: the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. One can't even log onto facebook without seeing support groups made to donate to the relief efforts. 
On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit just off the coast of Japan and also triggered a tsunami with waves up to 10 meters high that sometimes reached up to 10 km inland. About 5,000 people have died, almost 3,000 people have been injured and over 9,000 reported missing. I find it fascinating
that there are more people missing than people who have died and been injured combined. These disasters have caused tens of billions of American dollars in damage but that's not even the worst part. Japan has a number of nuclear power plants that were affected by the earthquake and tsunami and are now leaking radiation. Thankfully, winds have been able to carry some of the radiation out to sea, which diverts some of the problems it might have caused. I feel as though whenever another country has a disaster, America is one of the first countries to offer our assistance. Between the private donors and the governmental donations, Japan gave over $14 million to our Hurrican Katrina relief efforts so I think it is only fair for us to do everything we can to return the favor. If you do wish to assist in the relief efforts by donating to the Red Cross just click here. Of course, anything would help!
On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit just off the coast of Japan and also triggered a tsunami with waves up to 10 meters high that sometimes reached up to 10 km inland. About 5,000 people have died, almost 3,000 people have been injured and over 9,000 reported missing. I find it fascinating
that there are more people missing than people who have died and been injured combined. These disasters have caused tens of billions of American dollars in damage but that's not even the worst part. Japan has a number of nuclear power plants that were affected by the earthquake and tsunami and are now leaking radiation. Thankfully, winds have been able to carry some of the radiation out to sea, which diverts some of the problems it might have caused. I feel as though whenever another country has a disaster, America is one of the first countries to offer our assistance. Between the private donors and the governmental donations, Japan gave over $14 million to our Hurrican Katrina relief efforts so I think it is only fair for us to do everything we can to return the favor. If you do wish to assist in the relief efforts by donating to the Red Cross just click here. Of course, anything would help!
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