Natural Disasters

After we presented our natural disasters in environmental chemistry, I realized that there are many different types of natural disaster.  There are not only tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, fires, earthquakes and floods.  There are also mud and landslides, volcanic eruptions, and heatwaves.  In most cases, natural disasters are devastating and destructive.  Many lives are usually lost.  Scientests are working on ways to better predict natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis.  Scary stuff.

Poor Japan

In environmental chemistry we watched a documentary on the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 2011.  I found it both amazing and horrifying.  Amazing, because of the insane power of nature.  Horrifying, because of all the damage and loss of lives.  I believe that this event can help scientists better understand earthquakes and tsunamis and how to predict them.  This disaster is simillar to the Galvestion Hurricane of  1900 that killed around 6000 people in Galvestion, Texas.  Very, very,bad stuff.