Today January 17 is the day that Hanshin
Great Earthquake happened in 1995. I was a student of the University of Tokyo
at that time and lived in Tokyo. As it happened very early in the morning (5:46
am), I did not find the earthquake happened. However, when I went to school,
there was a crowd in front of TV and saw numerous huge fire emerged from the
city houses in Kobe. I was shocked by the scene. Some of my class mate were
from Kobe city and they were all anxious because they could not reach their
families on the phone. Afterward, the number of the victims piled up to 6,434
and those wounded were 47,392.
It is inevitable for Japanese to accept earthquake
happens. Therefore, we need to be ready for it and improve predict system and
evacuate or rescue system more and more. In 1923, Great Kanto Earthquake occurred
in Tokyo and 100,000 and more people were died by the catastrophe. It is said
that a big earthquake happens every 70 to 80 years, it is no wonder that Tokyo
would be hit by the next big earthquake.
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