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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Let's learn from Japan Tsunami 2011

Before starting this article, let me express sympathy profusely on the tsunami disaster victims in Japan, and let us say a prayer for the victims of the tsunami disaster are given the ease and fortitude to face this incredible disaster. Amen.
Some of these days I pretty much spend time in front of televisions watching news of the earthquake and tsunami, which aired on the BBC, Al Jazeerah and CNN, as well as local TV.
From a variety of reports, many lessons we can take from this event. Hopefully useful.

Learning from experience
Japanese people show themselves as a nation learn from the experience.
After the events of the Kobe earthquake of 6.8 ricter with a time scale of about 20 seconds on January 17, 1995 which killed 6434 people and destroyed 200,000 buildings, direct Japanese bebenah themselves. All new buildings are made with durability of a stronger earthquake in the whole country not just in Kobe, because the assumption that in Kobe could happen like that anywhere else could.
Evidently, when then came the earthquake with a strength of 8.9 Richter scale comes (30% more powerful) and lasted long enough (several minutes) most of the buildings survived and just rise buildings swayed.
Only then many destroyed by the tsunami with a height of 10 meters with speeds reaching 800km/jam (almost 3 times the speed of even the fastest train).
Learning from this, Indonesia also had to make buildings earthquake-standard scale 9 earthquake ricter because the current trend as high as that (most of the buildings designed to withstand earthquakes magnitude 6.)

Learning orderly, not selfish, and do not panic
Even for everyone, the quake of this magnitude is the first experience, most people can deal with the situation in proportion. They are afraid but do not panic, they still know what to do and how.
The number of earthquakes in Indonesia (my country) more than the Japanese, only Japanese people better prepare children to face an earthquake nation.
Even after the earthquake they had still to be proportional.
BBC and CNN picked up how martinet Japanese people after the quake.
In Tokyo. even every 30 minutes there aftershocks, people are still queuing at the station, do not rush, even they are still stopped at a red light.
They realize that if they panic, the situation more chaotic.
Need a high level of education and length to form a community mental like this. Even looking for the American and British broadcasters, this is pretty amazing.

Learning honesty
Once an earthquake occurs, the Japanese government immediately announced the danger of nuclear radiation so that residents evacuate.
Create a better government admitted circumstances, so as not to add the victim rather than having to cover the circumstances to maintain the image of the government while doing repairs but can carry a lot of casualties.
Unlike the Soviet Union when the central government Chernobil Nuclear leak. The government tried to cover up the leak of information until 4 days later. So eating more victims.
But the government's honesty is also supported by the readiness of the mental infrastructure of Japanese who do not panic and orderly.
Role of Social Media and Multi Media
Social Media is also giving an important role in anticipation of more victims. A few minutes after the earthquake, twitter shot in Japan, to 1200 tewwt every minute. Google also provides google to search for missing people finder.

The Earth is not friendly
There is one thing to watch out. I do not know how to explain it, but clearly there is something going on beneath the earth and make the earth become inhospitable for humans.
Just imagine, when the tsunami occurred in Aceh (Indonesia country) (December 26, 2004), some say this 100 year cycle as occurred in Portugal (1755). But only a few years a large tsunamis have occurred in Japan (March 2011).
When an earthquake happens in Aceh with 8.9 strength scale ricter scale, many say, is rare earthquake with a strength above 8 (previously did so). But after Aceh, Nias, West Sumatra, West Java and Joga massive earthquake struck Japan later today.

Sheltered In Higher Power
These events reminded just how small it actually human.
Even the most sophisticated and richest nation was not able to overcome this strong disaster. The car drove like a toy, crushed like cardboard house, water slide with a speed of aircraft.
Only the Creator is able to hold him.

Hopefully we can learn a lot from what is happening. AMEN ..!!!

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