On monday, a typhoon swept the Phillippines are destroyed practically everything. Houses were leveled, debris was everywhere, and worse-- thousands are to be reported dead. At the moment they're saying about 1200 people affected in the Philippines are reported dead, but it could be upwards to about 10000. Without electricity, food, or water, the residents of Tacloban are crying out for international aide. The US marines flew out to bring care packages recently, but the nation still has a horrendous road to recovery. Some stated it "was worse than hell" and the mayor hadn't talked to a single person who didn't lose a family member. The death and damage toll is astonishing.
It's crazy to me how the world can bring in such disasters and wipe out thousands of the world's population. It makes me cherish how evanescent life actually is; one day you can be living and the next moment you can be gone. But this tragedy also puts things into perspective- how would the united states act if something this horrific happened on our home turf? Would we be able to come back from it quickly? Could the economy handle this? Would we have a quick response from armed forces? It's really difficult to say how easily we could bounce back from something like this. my thoughts go out to the people in Tacloban, i hope all is safe.
if you want to see pictures of the storm go here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/10/world/asia/philippines-typhoon-haiyan/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Wow, how sad. I really hate to hear about catastrophic events like this. I just can't even imagine what we would do. As Americans, we hear about these events a lot but never think about what we would go through if it happened to us.
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