A Helping Hand

As I'm thinking on what blog should I write. It suddenly pops out in my head, the tragedy that hit northern Japan yesterday. A magnitude 8.9 quake hits Sendai at around 2:45 pm. After 30 minutes, a gigantic tsunami wipes out the entire city, leaving thousands of people feared dead. There are reports that the nuclear reactor has damaged and the possible of leakage is expected. Let us hope that the damage to that reactor will not push through as it will greatly affects the health of people living on that area.

As far as I know Japan is obviously a very rich country. One of the leading countries in Asia. No matter how great a country is, it would be worthless when a calamity or force of nature strikes out.

I'm so amazed by the effort of United Nations, Red Cross and other international agencies willingness to help that country. Donations and relief goods keep on coming in as I watched CNN. I'm certain that Japan will recover again and I pray for the safety of it's people including Filipinos working and living there. It only shows a truly helping hand in the event of crisis...

Back here in the Philippines, the authorities are doing their best to inform people about the dangers of tsunami, how to be prepared when the calamity strikes and tips on how to construct a house in a standard ways like you have to check the land if it has a fault and the sketch plan and materials used if you want to purchase a house. I'm still thankful that the tsunami didn't reach here in my country. I monitored the news last night whether the tsunami will reach my country, thankfully it didn't.

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Robbie March 13, 2011 1:52

thank you Nida, for your opinion and prayers for the victims of tsunami and earthquake in Japan. I hope these disasters will not happen again. Maybe it's time to appreciate what we have and live in simplicity. This is also the time to respect our nature and what it can do us. Take care and Godspeed.
Robbie March 13, 2011 1:45

I want to thank you Ramona for sharing your thoughts. Indeed what happened to some countries in the middle east affects everyone of us in some ways. Like the price of crude oil continue to rise, we expect the prices of commodities will rise up to. It's like a domino effect. I hope you're doing well too. Keep safe.
nida March 12, 2011 15:21

What is happening in Japan is really a saddening event. I've heard about the blast in nuclear power plant. News of possible leakage from it is very threatening for the people who are living in the area surrounding the nuclear plant. May God protect them!

I too hope that Japan would recover from this devastating loss and that people from around the world would extended a helping hand to them.

I pray that tsunami will not hit any more countries, and God may grant people of Japan enough courage to bear this great loss!

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