Devastation

Christchurch in New Zealand

On February 22, 2011 just a few weeks ago, Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island near the country's second-largest city, Christchurch was struck by 6.3 magnitude earthquake. It is reported that Hundreds of structures in Christchurch have now been severely damaged or collapsed completely and at the moment, at least 65 deaths have been confirmed, hundreds have been injured, and many are still missing. And on March 11, 2011 Friday Japan which we commonly reffered as "The land of the rising sun" and one of most powerful country in the world was struck by a devastating natural disaster that almost destroyed the country,  Not long time ago when they were struck by an earth quake. It was on February 26, 2010 or over a year ago that Ryūkyū Islands in Japan was struck by 7.0 magnitude earthquake and on Friday March 11, 2011 Japan is yet again devastatingly hit by massive earthquake acco

-mpany by a destructive tsunami. The Northeastern part of Japan was rocked by this huge earthquake with a strong magnitude of 8.9 and  more or less 125 aftershocks since Friday's of massive quake,  It was said that this quake is one of the strongest to hit Japan since officials began keeping records in the late 1800s and It is also ranked as the fifth-largest earthquake in the world since 1900  and was nearly 8,000 times stronger than one that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month. After a giant temblor that shake Japan it also triggered a powerful tsunami

that killed hundreds of people and destroyed millions worth of property, infrastructure, and agriculture not to mention the life of every people in Japan. Upon watching the events on T.V you will realize that it was mother's nature wrath against human, of how we took for granted and abuse our environment and seeing all this reminds us that we are responsible in taking care of our environment otherwise it will gonna go back back to us ten times bigger and worst than what we did. The thought of it was really a scary. It was like watching the movies such us "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012", or "Deep Impact" and you would know the meaning of the phrase  "no way out". if you see that 33 foot muddy water that destroying everything that came in their way? and that seems like a monster eating and sucking everything that came its way. It was terrible  and you would feel the hopelessness that struck those people that was in their  and if you try to picture out your self in that hopeless situation? I cannot  think of anything that I can do,  I would feel that there  no sense of running when  that muddy water is coming to your way at the rate

of speed which you could no longer estimate.
Essentially this larger than life disaster that struck Japan is somehow a wake up call for everyone especially Filipino people that each and every one of us are responsible in taking care of our one and only Earth because when this place that we called home is gone and destroyed the major impact will be on us people.  As for all the people in Japan, they, like Filipino people, No words to describe their abilities to survive. The fact that the loss due to this earthquake for Japan is certainly the biggest ever but they have their best architects and engineers whose efforts have made Japan, one of the best economies of the world is in full force to hep their country to start. We have seen many countries in past that has been reduced to rubble even due to an earthquake of magnitude between 7 to 7.5. and survive it how much more Japan is? Japan will surely bounce back from the losses with time, as it has always done in the past natural disasters though it may take some time, as the destruction has been on a large scale but they will make it through.
Japanese are know to their qualities of hard work and never say die spirit, for which they have been famous for, since ages.
 As Japan fights with the biggest natural disaster in its history, let us pray for the victims and families who have lost their lives. May the almighty grant each one of us the wisdom and strength to stand the test of such trying circumstances.