Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Current Event 5/13/08

The Death Toll from the earthquake in China exceeds 12,000

Thousands of innocent victims were killed due to a 7.9 magnitude earthquake the other day. Then number is still rising as more bodies are being found from the buildings that toppled over and collapsed. Rescuers are given a more difficult time getting to the victims due to rain fall. The majority of buildings to fall were schools and homes in small towns. The buildings in the city shook but were able to withstand the quake and the quake was able to be felt all the way to Vietnam. The Chinese government is welcoming outside aid and Russia is sending in planes with rescuers and supplies. This had been the deadliest quake since 1976 when 240,000 lives were lost.

Not just some, but all builders should consider ways to not be as affected when natural disasters happen. So the people are not as hurt when times like these come along and innocent lives are lost. It isn’t fair to the people that they aren’t even safe in their own home and I think every one deserves the right to a secure safe home.


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