Lonely Hero

el-linzo:

hero-inpace:

vestvestvest:

8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan…8.9!! Lucky it’s hit Japan first, it might be ok…

How is that lucky? In what way is an earthquake 8000 times stronger

than the one hitting Christchurch EVER lucky? 

Currently there’s a massive state of emergency in Japan because an oil refinery is on fire, and a nuclear power plant is damaged, and that’s not even taking into account a 10-metre high Tsunami that threatens the entire pacific basin, which is already wreakin havoc on the east coast of Japan as far as Tokyo.

How is this lucky? How is this ok?

I believe what she means Greg is that of all the nations in the world Japan has some of the best systems and plans in place for dealing with earthquakes. Granted it will be no smooth ride by any degree, but the vast majority of their buildings are designed to withstand earthquakes and the government has full plans in place to deal with these things. People will die, but less so than in nations who don’t have any infrastructure in place to deal with it.

Can you imagine what would happen if an earthquake struck here? It would be 2020 before the DUP and Sinn Fein stop blaming each other for it and start negotiating some sort of response.

While you’re right in that regard, I still find it a bit like saying “It’s lucky that famine hit Ethiopia, they’re used to it”. It’s always a terrible event, and we shouldn’t think how fortunate they are to be prepared, rather we should be thinking how we can help those who have suffered.