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Wednesday, 2nd of September, 2009; An Earthquake struck Indonesia, Jakarta in particular; More than 1,300 homes were damaged, according to government agencies, claiming 32 lives; why are we not surprised? That's because it's normal, because we're in the Ring of Fire, Earthquakes happen almost everyday, it's just that this one was more close to us, a 7.5 on the Richter scale.
There were actually signs, signs that we didn't notice at that time, for example, that morning, a snake appeared in our school yard, now why would a snake come out in front of 650 kids? This was a warning. The snake had felt the earthquake, or got some kind of signal!
Fortunately, in where we are, the flat lands, we don't have landslides, so that's one less threat to worry about. But, we have one other threat, tsunamis, now, there wouldn't be a tsunami, in the middle of Africa, but because of where we are, that's what we get! So how did the earthquake kill so many people? The main reason was, because of houses collapsing, etc. It's because of what we do, we build things and hang things on top of us, that could collapse and kill us!
I love the new look of your blog, Xinyi. You've really put it under a redesign. I like the way you addressed the material. You've stated your ideas very clearly, and they are all directed straight at the standards. You've got this learning down quite well. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention about the graphic, Xinyi. It comes not from this quake, but from another, earlier one, centered in the Java sea to the north. You may want to change the graphic to make it more accurate.
ReplyDeleteOh! Really? I'll try searching again; it's really hard to tell, so many quakes (is that a word? :) happen in Indonesia.
ReplyDeletePS is this font color easier to read?
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