This is a re-post from another thread. But I think that one got into another fight of saying who is better/right. So I am posting this here again.
My point is, it's not about who is better. It's about we should learn from what's being done and try to do better ourselves.
guys, I think we shouldn't really be pointing fingers and trying to hate each other at this point.
Japanese stay very calm to handle this disaster. I have family in Japan and they too tried their best to stay close and stay calm.
I just got an email from a friend who is visiting her family in Japan last week. She was with her friend in Tokyo during the quake. She sent us an email telling us a great story about her thoughts and what we can learn from them.
The hardest thing during this kind of disaster is to stay calm and do your best to help each other. And they tried their best to do it. It's really not easy to NOT panic and suppress fear.
And from her email, we can learn that this can be done with preparation and education. They couldn't do it back 30+ year ago. But after many years of training and drills, they can now.
A small section of her email:
Despite all that, everyone was calm and no one ran towards the door. If people had run to the door, they may have tripped over one another or got hit by falling objects. When I was 4, I was in a big earthquake as well. At that time, I was at a grocery store with my mom and saw many people running to the exit when my mom pushed me and my newborn brother under some table. People who ran out got injured or even killed because they got hit by falling glasses, etc. or got ran over by other people. Staying calm is the best thing we can do, but it is also the hardest thing to do when the unexpected occurs. |
發表於 2011-3-14 10:01
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