On March 11, 2011, Japan struggled with the cleanup of a massive 8.9 earthquake a short distance off shore, which turned into a tsunami that has taken the lives of hundreds of people and completely wrecked parts of cities. One professor argues that people who live in Japan were not so much prepared for this disaster to occur. People need to start paying attention, because due to Japan being in the Pacific Northwest from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, everyone will see more earthquakes like this happen again in the near future. Basically, this news article is saying how other than all the tragic losses of lives they had and the amount of damage they had, Japan is now more prepared than anyone else in the world. Experts at OSU and across the Pacific Northwest say that they can never predict when these events will happen; they just have to be extremely prepared. Also, they are continuing to learn what they can from each disaster to gain knowledge on how to save more lives.
It was very sad to hear about what happened in Japan with the earthquakes and the amount of lives that were taken, but I think it's a good idea that people from other countries are over there trying to help them figure out ways to be more prepared so the amount of distruction that happened this time, won't happen again next time.
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