I don’t scare easily, but when fish start turning up dead on the banks of rivers (pictured)
and birds start randomly falling out of the sky, something is going on in our environment. It happened in several places too, not just one. Maybe even nature’s way of sending us some kind of warning. Then natural disasters hit Indonesia (volcano, earthquake), Australia (floods), New Zealand (earthquake), and most recently and dramatically Japan (massive earthquake and tsunami). I had never given the 2012 apocalypse theories much thought. But in light of these events, it’s crossed my mind and has gotten my attention more than ever before. I give Japan a lot of credit for the class with which the general population has kept their composure and held chaos at bay; we remember how anarchic New Orleans turned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (special “fuck you” to the New Orleans Police Department for their part in that debacle). The Japanese people have seemed to help one another even in the anxious wait for aid and supplies which did not come instantly. Talking to the Japanese architect (he prefers the term ‘concept designer’) of the project I’m working on, it sounds like the insurance companies don’t really cover natural disasters, which is preposterous and will cause more problems going forward than the wrath of Mother Nature which took almost 20,000 lives.
Where are all these people supposed to go? How are they supposed to restart their lives when they will get no insurance money on houses, cars, and other valuables that were taken away by the earthquake or tsunami? How will those who manage to come out okay even bury the dead or rebuild their neighborhoods? Finding this out truly upset me on a few levels because it defeats the points of having insurance. But beyond all of is another way that this natural disaster can snowball into a man made catastrophe: the destabilization of the Fukishima nuclear power plant. Japan, the only country in history who has truly known the effects of large-scale nuclear devastation before, now must figure out how to keep this plant’s core cool and stable in the aftermath of a disaster that knocked out most of its resources and utilities. Furthermore, there is a leak enabling radioactive material into the ocean, which at least one attempt to seal has already failed to seal. The only comparison most of us know to make is the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in the 80’s, which has become known as the worst nightmare for any nuclear plant. I truly hope that that can be avoided and no more devastation will befall the strong and classy population of Japan. Not to mention, the world in general. It’s not a very comfortable time from where I’m sitting.
and birds start randomly falling out of the sky, something is going on in our environment. It happened in several places too, not just one. Maybe even nature’s way of sending us some kind of warning. Then natural disasters hit Indonesia (volcano, earthquake), Australia (floods), New Zealand (earthquake), and most recently and dramatically Japan (massive earthquake and tsunami). I had never given the 2012 apocalypse theories much thought. But in light of these events, it’s crossed my mind and has gotten my attention more than ever before. I give Japan a lot of credit for the class with which the general population has kept their composure and held chaos at bay; we remember how anarchic New Orleans turned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (special “fuck you” to the New Orleans Police Department for their part in that debacle). The Japanese people have seemed to help one another even in the anxious wait for aid and supplies which did not come instantly. Talking to the Japanese architect (he prefers the term ‘concept designer’) of the project I’m working on, it sounds like the insurance companies don’t really cover natural disasters, which is preposterous and will cause more problems going forward than the wrath of Mother Nature which took almost 20,000 lives. 
Where are all these people supposed to go? How are they supposed to restart their lives when they will get no insurance money on houses, cars, and other valuables that were taken away by the earthquake or tsunami? How will those who manage to come out okay even bury the dead or rebuild their neighborhoods? Finding this out truly upset me on a few levels because it defeats the points of having insurance. But beyond all of is another way that this natural disaster can snowball into a man made catastrophe: the destabilization of the Fukishima nuclear power plant. Japan, the only country in history who has truly known the effects of large-scale nuclear devastation before, now must figure out how to keep this plant’s core cool and stable in the aftermath of a disaster that knocked out most of its resources and utilities. Furthermore, there is a leak enabling radioactive material into the ocean, which at least one attempt to seal has already failed to seal. The only comparison most of us know to make is the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in the 80’s, which has become known as the worst nightmare for any nuclear plant. I truly hope that that can be avoided and no more devastation will befall the strong and classy population of Japan. Not to mention, the world in general. It’s not a very comfortable time from where I’m sitting.
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