As I was sitting at my computer today I couldn’t help but remember what the whole world was captivated with back in March of this year (2011).   I remembered hearing about all the chaos and the death tolls rising and the fear about the nuclear plant that put so many lives in danger.  I decided to do a little search on what news was up with the Japan Tsunami.  What I found I almost couldn’t believe.  Most of the articles that came up were from March, when the Japan Tsunami initially hit.  I was able to find one article from April.  Has the world forgotten the Japan Tsunami and earthquake?

     Hurricane Katrina, which hit in 2005 still lives on.  Some big companies are still concentrating fundraising efforts on this cause.  That was 5 years ago.  Why 5 years after Hurricane Katrina do we still hear all of this news on fundraising and rebuilding efforts but yet we no longer hear anything about the Japan Tsunami?  Did you know that Hurricane Katrina claimed the lives of 1,838 people?  How about this, a month after the Japan Tsunami the death toll was at 13,843 with another 14,030 still missing!  Thats 10 times the amount of people killed yet 6 months after the disaster we hear nothing and Hurricane Katrina funds 5 years after the fact are still everywhere we look. 

 

     Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not condoning any efforts of the United States to help the people of their country and I am sure that in Japan there are a lot of efforts going on to help those whose lives were devestated that day.  I am just wondering why everyone outside of Japan has forgotten this disaster.  Does anyone actually know the current condition of the nuclear facilities that were under such a close watch immediatly after the Japan Tsunami?  What about those who were unfortunate enough to come across the radiation?  How are they coping?  What is being done to rebuild?  What is being done to help prevent this from happening again? WHERE ARE THE FOLLOW UP STORIES? ?  With the lack of attention so quickly after such a disaster as this I can’t help but wonder, is there something they DON’T want us to know?

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