What has the tsunami taught me?

We all know what happened to Japan recently; and in fact, the disaster has not reached to its end. Except for showing our sympathy for the victims, what have we learned from this historically devastating tsunami? We have heard people talking about the amounts of money people donated, e.g., President Ma and Mayor Hao. Some people also started to prepare for emergency begs (with water, food, and flashlights) under the bed. But when one is facing a life-threatening situation like this, what do you care the most?

 

I have lived in Chia-yi for nearly twenty years, and there are often large or small earthquakes occur here. Yet, I still haven't get used to it; or maybe I should said that no one can really get used to earthquakes because you never know whether the earthquake will become a big one in the next second. For me, the most dreadful earthquake, which the epicenter was located in Chia-yi, happened on October twentieth, 1999. It was one month after the 921 Chi-Chi earthquake; however, I was in school. At that time, my family was not with me, and I could do nothing but worry about my parents and little brother. People always realize something after undergoing a calamity. From then on (I was only seven years old then), I know that "my family" is the most valuable thing to me.

If I only have 20 seconds to run for my life, I'll look for my family on the spot, fleeing to a safe place with them. As I mentioned above, family is what I treasure most. And if I survived a big disaster like people in Ibaraki, I think I won't feel released; maybe I'll become wary of everything. Since Ibaraki is next to Fukushima (where the nu-clear energy plants exploded in series), I'll afraid that food, water and even myself are affected by radiation. Nu-clear energy indeed helps human beings a lot, but this time it brings about a serious catastrophe. Additionally, the most unendurable thing is the separation of families; I think you all know the reason.

It seems that people all feel flustered while calamities happened. 20 seconds are indeed too short; for ordinary people, we will not know what to do and will be panic-stricken in the first few seconds. Under such a rush condition, I think it's impossible to grab all the essential things we need and flee for safety at the same time. There's a saying that "Take precautions before it is too late." So, what we need is an "emergency bag". As for me, I prepared a moderate-sized backpack with the following items: bottled water and some rations for life support; cell-phone for connecting with the outside world and family members if I'm boxed up; a whistle is also useful of calling for help; some money (change included, in case the cell-phone dies; I can still use the public phones.); identification card; a flashlight; photos of my family members (If we are separated, I can show others these photos and find them).




Original discussion: http://ccufjublogg3.blogspot.com/2011/03/task-3.html