photo of Japan's before and after the Tsunami March 12, 2011 by NASA
Mama gnome and the gnome family are thinking of the humans and animals in Japan.
Last week on Friday, March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and 33 feet tall tsunami waves struck the Tohuku region in Japan.
According to this post:
"The unfolding disaster has left more than 6,900 dead – exceeding the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, that killed more than 6,400. Most officials, however, put estimates of the dead from last week's disasters at more than 10,000."
In addition to the natural disasters, the Japanese people are experiencing a nuclear disaster.
"According to the industry ministry, a total of 11 nuclear reactors automatically shut down at the Onagawa plant, the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants and the Tokai No. 2 plant after the strongest recorded earthquake in the country's history."
A week after the earthquake, Japan's nuclear safety agency raised the rating for the nuclear accident to Level 5.
"The International Nuclear Event Scale defines a Level 4 incident as having local consequences and a Level 5 as having wider consequences. The 1986 Chernobyl disaster was rated as 7."
We can send help to the Japanese humans and animals through:
Save the Children
UNICEF
Red Cross
Doctors Without Borders
Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK)
World Vets
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
Red Cross
Doctors Without Borders
Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK)
World Vets
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
photo by United States Navy from wikipedia.orgPlease send help now. Please send help to planet earth and go green.
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2 comments:
We've done a few things... donated to Red Cross and to our church. We went to a fantastic Japanese-American joint church service and met people who have relatives in Japan. (One lady is missing both her parents.) We made paper cranes to send with the donation, too.
Any loss we "suffer" by giving. (missing a few restaurant dinners) is nothing compared to the need in Japan.
Mama gnome commends you Moonbird for your stout green heart. And Mama gnome wishes she knew how to make paper cranes. They make a lovely tribute for the Japanese people.
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