I posted an article from the Huntington Post on the nuclear
disaster that occurred in Fukushima, Japan after the earthquake in 2011. I was
in the Philippines during this time and I remember hearing about this so I was
interested in finding out what went on.
Were you aware that
environmental tragedies of this magnitude still exist today?
1)
No I really was not aware that stuff like this
still happened. It was interesting but kind of scary actually to read it.
2)
No I guess I don’t think about it. You don’t realize
stuff goes on until you’re the one affected and it’s too late.
3)
Yeah I remember hearing about this but something
like this wouldn’t happen in the U.S. nowadays so it doesn’t matter. Maybe
before but not now.
4)
I didn’t realize tragedies of THIS magnitude still
existed. 14,000 people were affected??? That is crazy to me.
5)
Yeah I knew that these things still happened. In
my job I hear about these kinds of things quite often, though they usually aren’t
quite this big.
6)
No I didn’t know these things happened but I’m
still not gonna worry about it. What difference would it make if I did worry? I
don’t have enough power to get anything changed anyway.
7)
I can’t believe that they can let stuff like
this still happen!! Don’t people know that Japan is always going to have
earthquakes and tsunamis?? It seems they should prepare better.
8)
Dang man I had no idea this even happened…
9)
I need to pay more attention!! I only watch news
about sports and that’s gonna get me into trouble when something serious
happens around me and I don’t know about it haha
10)
We all need to be more aware but it’s honestly
hard to be concerned or treat it seriously when it happens so far away though.
Do
you believe that environmental crises affect you/your family today?
Yes I do think that environmental crises
affect my family. I am from Las Vegas so I have grown up hearing about Yucca
Mountain. That is a nuclear waste dump site just outside of where I’m from. It
is disconcerting to know that it is pretty similar to what happened in the Love
Canal tragedy. It could leak into our water and spread at any time.
Why
should we care about something that happened over 30 years ago?
“History repeats itself” is a phrase we
hear quite often. Things that happened before can happen now no matter how
prepared we think we are. I stated before that the place I live may end up
having a problem like the Love Canal very soon. We need to learn from their
mistakes.
To
what degree do environmental tragedies affect you/your family on a day to
basis?
“On a day to day basis” is the key phrase
here. If you look at it one day at a time and not the big picture then you are
prone to miss out on trends and things going on around you. Over a period of
time I feel like my family and I will be affected but if you just look at one
day it is hard to notice any environmental tragedies going on unless it is a
major event.
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