I woke up to a really sad news on Sunday Morning. Nepal had been affected by a huge earthquake that caused thousands of people’s death, and the cut of electricity in the entire country. It was terrifying. When my dad gave me the sad news, I wasn’t even aware that such tragedy could have happened. The earthquake was almost calculated to be 7 degrees. My dad also told me that there were some other earthquakes that happened after the major one. However, the ones that happened after the major one were just as bad as the 7 degrees earthquake. They were 6 degrees. After talking to my dad that Sunday morning, I went online, and googled “Nepal.”
The first title came up was “Nepal Earthquake”. The rest of the sentence was telling how many people were found dead. I felt extremely sorry for the country. I clicked on CNN News, and the first thing I saw was a video of several climbers, and how they were caught by the avalanche that was caused by the earthquake. It was terrifying. I was pretty scared by the video. People who were caught by the avalanche had no chance to see where to go. The avalanche was looking scarier than the earthquake itself. The video was enough for me to understand what was going on in Nepal. I believe that watching the video was a good idea, since it made the news more visual, and easier to understand. The video wasn’t professional; it was taken by the people who were near the avalanche during the time when the earthquake happened. It made the video have more emotion. The way the person was holding the camera was enough for me to understand how frightened he was. Watching the video before reading the news kind of prepared me for what was told in the news.
The news was usually about how many people were killed by the earthquake, and what were the consequences of the disaster. When I finished reading the news, I wanted to learn more about the event, so I clicked on other news related to the earthquake in Nepal. Some pictures appeared in the middle of my computer screen. Pictures of soldiers, hurt people… These photos made me understand how disastrous this earthquake was. One of the most interesting photos I found was a photo of hundreds of cellphones that people were charging on the ground. This photo reminded me the importance of communication. People over there wanted to communicate with their families, and know if they are hurt by the disaster or not. The photo really touched me in the middle of all those photos that included hurt people, and soldiers.
After getting informed about Nepal, I learned that anything can happen to anyone in the world. For that reason helping each other is important. I saw some countries were helping Nepal by sending them money to help them rebuild the country, since it was destroyed by the earthquake.
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