OMG!** It's not stopped, residents have to face a tsunami in five minutes!Pearl Island Scene!”
Oh my!Can you imagine?**Before it stopped, just five minutes later, the residents of Zhuzhou had to face a crazy tsunami attack!This is real, not a movie plot, but a real-time footage of Zhuzhou City, Ishikawa Prefecture on January 4, 2024. At 9:05 a.m. that day, Mitsuru Kajiyama was cleaning up their homes in the coastal areas affected by the tsunami and the tsunami when they saw the dust flying all over the land, and they were unprepared to be swallowed up by a huge wave!
Let's talk about what's going on?On January 1, a maximum intensity of 7** occurred on the coast of the Noto Peninsula, and at that moment, the ground shook violently, but unlike the slow subduction zone on the Pacific coast, this time** was so fast that people shivered, and the tsunami appeared behind ** in an instant. Not to mention evacuation, even if you think about it, it is too late, but the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said that the flooded area has reached about 120 hectares, which is quite a large area. The Kasugano Ukai area of Hodate Town in Suzu City was particularly affected, with an area of about 30 hectares submerged and a tsunami that reached an altitude of 400 meters from the shorelineWhat's going on, and how difficult it is to prevent a tsunami disaster on the coast of the Sea of Japan?
I have to mention that the tsunami observation station set up by the Japan Meteorological Agency in Zhuzhou City could not be measured immediately after the occurrence of **, and not even a single record was left. This is where it is puzzling, how can we know in advance that a tsunami is coming if none of the observatories are functioning properly?The tsunami struck, like a silent demon, coming silently, without a hint, and caught people off guard.
And the testimonies of the residents are even more heart-wrenching. On his way home, 73-year-old Nakayama was crushed underneath his parents' house collapsed. He found a window in a panic, smashed it open and crawled outside, his neighbors were screaming, he hurried to his relative's house in the nearby mountains, and then a loud voice came: "The tsunami is coming!."When he turned around, he saw the murky brown water flowing back into the river with a low growl. Rikio Hamazuka (74), who was in the process of evacuation, did not expect the tsunami warning to be issued, and when he and his friends were walking along the path leading to the evacuation site, they were splashed with brown water from behind, and the river was flowing backwards, which was a nightmare.
Don't think you'll be relieved when you get to the evacuation center, but when Mitsumu Kajiyama cleaned up his home, he found out that the tsunami left 15 meters high traces. He looked at the surrounding area, where several houses were left with only concrete foundations left, and a light truck and debris from the house's parking lot were washed up. "It was a completely different scene than what we saw when we were evacuated," he lamented. If we had evacuated a little later, we would have been swept away by the tsunami. This is worrying, if the evacuation is a little later, the consequences are unimaginable.
In this case, the tsunami observation instruments failed one after another, and the maintenance of the observation network also went wrong. Tsunami warnings and reports use data from the first instrument, so even if the tsunami observing instrument is down, the warning itself will not be affected. But the problem is that it is not possible to fully observe the time and height of the tsunami reaching the regions, which is not playing with fire**?The tsunami observation instruments installed in Zhuzhou City were unobservable immediately after the occurrence of **. In addition, the tsunami observatory at Wajima Port observed 1No data has been collected since the tsunami of more than 2 meters. It's just speechless, such a big disaster, our tsunami observation system is so unreliable!
Some netizens commented: "I'm used to it**, but I didn't expect such a big tsunami to happen." "It's really chilling, ** is common to us, but such a big tsunami is really hard to accept. Moreover, this disaster has made people reflect even more on how well we are doing our tsunami disaster preparednessWhy did such a catastrophe still happen?
Some people may say that this is caused by **, and there is only so much that can be done. But the problem is that ** is a natural phenomenon beyond our control, but we can use more advanced technology to warn in advance and buy people more time to evacuate. Do we have to wait until the next disaster to start regretting what we didn't do?
This tsunami has shown us that there are serious problems with our tsunami observing system and that we are not able to provide timely and accurate information. This is a painful lesson and a wake-up call. As far as China is concerned, we should take this as a warning and increase investment in disaster prevention technology to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the tsunami observation system.
All in all, the Zhuzhou tsunami incident is heartbreaking, but it also awakens our attention to tsunami disaster prevention. We can no longer take our minds lightly, but should adopt a more rigorous attitude, step up investment in science and technology, and protect the safety of people's lives and property. Hopefully, in the future, we will be better able to respond to similar disasters and stop innocent lives from unnecessary harm.