This past Friday, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake affected Indonesia,hitting Palu the hardest, and at the most recent count, over 800 people had died that had been accounted for, and well over 50000 people are left without homes. The disaster becomes even more tragic when you realize many of these lives could have been saved due to technology.
Due to the location of the earthquake being so close to shore, power outages were caused, also effecting the early warning systems. Sensors for the Indian Ocean countries had been delayed die to lack of funding, and detection buoys that normally give the country warning for these kinds of events were found to be disfunctional. This shows that even in the modern age, tragedies can still occur due to a country's lack of technology or implementation of it.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/02/asia/indonesia-palu-tsunami-earthquake-intl/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
The fact that technology could've saved many lives in cases like these saddens me, because I know that often these storms are hitting LDCs who may not have the proper technology or can't afford it. I think that with the help of MDCs and the passing of time will hopefully bring up more opportunities for these countries to bring forth some new technologies that they can implement into their systems.
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it is sad that so many people have died and lost their homes due to this horrible natural disaster. the fact that our tech could have saved many of these people only makes it sadder because it shows how much people dont care about others in lower positions of wealth and power. All thats left to do is help those who have survived and pray with them.
ReplyDeleteI've noticed that their are alot of natural disasters occurring this year....DOES THAT MEAN JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING!!!!!!!???????
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DeleteIt saddens me there are countries on this Earth that don't have the infrastructure to deal with such problems while the rest of the world, perfectly capable of handling these scenarios, looks on.
ReplyDelete-Dillon Quicksall
Chloe Meinershagen - The magnitude of these natural disasters always shocks me. I can't even imagine being in that situation, I feel so lucky to not have to deal with an entire block of cities be ruined and difficult to renew for years. What ever happens to these places? I feel like we always hear about the awful disasters but never learn or hear about the recovery.
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