In another show of affection, Mother Earth wiped out 18,000 people on March 11th 2011. I believe she is always trying to balance whatever effect we have on her. On Dec. 26th 2004 the Indian Ocean Tsunami was responsible for 150,000 deaths… or was it? Did the earthquake that caused the Tsunami claim the lives of so many, or did the force behind the quake render us as her victims?
Is the human race so stupid to think that all of these
natural disasters happening around us are simply coincidence? The answer is
yes, we are. When will we realize that are callousness and ignorance is going
to be our demise? I’m not sure there is a clan or paranormal beings below the
ocean, shifting the plates and following the commands of the earth, but the
concept is intriguing, yes? If you agree then you should read the first seven
chapters of my book on Watt-pad! http://www.wattpad.com/21320013-gemini-rising-ethereal-fury-book-i-chapters-1-7
Here are some of
the amazing facts about the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
• The earthquake shifted Earth on its axis of rotation by
redistributing mass, like putting a dent in a wobbling top. The temblor also
shortened the length of day by about a microsecond.
• More than 1,000 aftershocks have hit Japan since the
earthquake, the largest a magnitude 7.9.
• About 250 miles (400 km) of Japan's northern Honshu
coastline dropped by 2 feet (0.6 meters).
• The jolt moved Japan's main island of Honshu eastward by 8
feet (2.4 meters).
• The Pacific Plate slid westward near the epicenter by 79
feet (24 m).
• In Antarctica, the seismic waves from the earthquake sped
up the Whillans Ice Stream, jolting it by about 1.5 feet (0.5 meters).
• The tsunami broke icebergs off the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in
Antarctica.
• As the tsunami crossed the Pacific Ocean, a 5-foot high
(1.5 m) high wave killed more than 110,000 nesting seabirds at the Midway Atoll
National Wildlife Refuge.
• In Norway, water in some fjords pointing northeast toward
Japan (up and over the pole) sloshed back and forth as seismic waves from the
earthquake raced through.
• The earthquake produced a low-frequency rumble called
infrasound, which traveled into space and was detected by the Goce satellite.
Reference:
Japan Earthquake &
Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information | LiveScience . 2013. [ONLINE] Available
at: http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html.
[Accessed 18 November 2013].
I'm with you on this, but far too many just don't believe.
ReplyDeleteHi Donna! Glad to know there are others who share my belief! Yes, it is a shame that others don't but I think the younger generation is much more open to this philosophy and that is why I decided to make my book young adult.
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