Japan: increasing crisis

We are all very much aware of the devastation in Japan. The shortages in everything from food to pure water to power to shelter and hope. The land mass once called Japan is now better referred to as a ground zero, a no mans land. The powerful earth quake--stronger than the Great Hanshin that took 6,434 lives in 1995--that shook Japan to it’s core and the mighty tsunami that engulfed the area destroying everything in it’s path and everyone. In it’s wake they left thousands dead, missing, or homeless. A total of 6,548 are to be dead and up to 10,354 still unfound with increasing worry if there are really more since entire families have been wiped out. Through all this death and destruction, the people of Japan still have more troubles to pile on: how they are going to survive and how they will pull themselves back together.(http://tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=5630)

Although the soaring number of dead, missing, shortages and radiation are frightening, there is something else that catches the eye: the people who are suffering to survive. There is some 380,000 people homeless and trying to live in just 2,000 shelters. The theory of moving into other parts of Japan has been tossed around but is still under questioning, although they soon wish to provide safer and better living conditions to the people who survived. While they are arguing and solving and questioning, Japans people are struggling to pass by each day that went from normal and average to being a obstacle. People are trying to rebuilt their lives, uncover their lost belongings and escape the dangers they now face: radiations and the growing problems of the reactors. All we can do how is help as much as we can and have a moment of silence for those lost. (http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/Japan-One-Week-On-From-Earthquake-Tsunami-Disaster-118238774.html)

What more problems could they being facing? Radiation is a big one. People have been commanded to remain indoors if they are located 19 miles from the reactors, people within 12 miles were evacuated completely. Those who are able to go outside are scanned daily due to the dangerous health ricks that fallow radiation poisoning. The U.S., China and Russia are even preparing for the worst by stocking up on pills that will protect themselves form the radiation. The unfortunate part though is that children are the most vulnerable to the poison. In the year 1986 when a nuclear reactor exploded, people were exposed to unusually high amounts of radiation and caused up to 6,000 children to develop cancer. These tragic pasts are what concern scientist today as people try to remain radiation free.(http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Radiation-Levels-In-Japan-Causing-Concern-in-Other-Countries-118230524.html)