Showing posts with label Earthquakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earthquakes. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Japan's emperor makes a historic speech to his nation
It is very rare that Japan's emperor will make a direct address to his nation. It revives memories of the radio speech that his father, Emperor Hirohito made in 1945 to announce Japan's surrender to the allies in World War II. That was the first time that most Japanese citizens had heard the emperor's voice.
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Japanese earthquake
My heart goes out to the innocent victims of the terrible Japanese earthquake. Why God allows tragedies like this to happen I will never understand. Pictures of mothers holding their babies in their arms surrounded by ruin are heartbreaking. It makes you
wonder how in the world will people in a situation like this ever be able to rebuild their lives. So many have lost everything, and now we are hearing that the death toll will be in the tens of thousands.
To make matters worse we are watching a potential nuclear nightmare unfold. The only country to ever have nuclear bombs dropped on it now faces the real chance that their people will suffer from yet another nuclear tragedy of the first order. Earthquake damaged nuclear reactors have had their cooling systems breached, and they may well be in a catastrophic nuclear
meltdown as we speak. This could have a long term effect upon the Japanese people for decades to come. Exposure to radiation can be deadly and it can often cause cancer to appear even years after the exposure. And then we have the very real possibility that the radiation could get into the jet stream and spread all around the world. The whole world could be facing an unspeakable and unthinkable nuclear crisis. Let us all pray that this will not happen.
As the world scrambles to provide assistance to the people of Japan, we should try to use this tragedy as a means to bring all of the people of this planet together as one.
Disasters such as this remind us of how very fragile life itself and be and how helpless mankind can be rendered in the face of the brutal force of nature. With all
of the technological advances accomplished by science in the past century, when it comes right down to it, we are in the hands of God and when in His wisdom he decides to allow something like this to happen, we as a people are helpless to stop it.
If you are able to make a financial contribution to help the people of Japan in their time of need, click here for more information.
wonder how in the world will people in a situation like this ever be able to rebuild their lives. So many have lost everything, and now we are hearing that the death toll will be in the tens of thousands.To make matters worse we are watching a potential nuclear nightmare unfold. The only country to ever have nuclear bombs dropped on it now faces the real chance that their people will suffer from yet another nuclear tragedy of the first order. Earthquake damaged nuclear reactors have had their cooling systems breached, and they may well be in a catastrophic nuclear
meltdown as we speak. This could have a long term effect upon the Japanese people for decades to come. Exposure to radiation can be deadly and it can often cause cancer to appear even years after the exposure. And then we have the very real possibility that the radiation could get into the jet stream and spread all around the world. The whole world could be facing an unspeakable and unthinkable nuclear crisis. Let us all pray that this will not happen.As the world scrambles to provide assistance to the people of Japan, we should try to use this tragedy as a means to bring all of the people of this planet together as one.
Disasters such as this remind us of how very fragile life itself and be and how helpless mankind can be rendered in the face of the brutal force of nature. With all
of the technological advances accomplished by science in the past century, when it comes right down to it, we are in the hands of God and when in His wisdom he decides to allow something like this to happen, we as a people are helpless to stop it.If you are able to make a financial contribution to help the people of Japan in their time of need, click here for more information.