The Article I read about is, “In Japan, Fear and Panic as a Revered Peak Explodes,” By Martin Fackler. The article discussed the tragedy that took four days ago. The story takes place on Mount Ontake, on a beautiful sunny day right before fall began. Hundreds of people were making their way up the mountain, when they heard the large explosion. It caught everyone by surprise and has shaken the entire nation of japan. The official tally of deaths has not been counted quite yet, however they have counted 47 total bodies thus far. A 38 year old man named Mr. Harada was leading a group up the mountain and this was what he said of this incident, “I thought it was the end of the world. I had only seen volcanic eruptions in movies and never dreamed I’d experience one in real life.” I think that this quote truly shows how unexpected and terrifying this eruption really was. At least 230 hikers are known to have survived, many straggling down the mountain hours or even a day after the eruption, dazed and covered with ash. Mount Ontake was one of greatest spots in Japan, and is known by all of Japan as the best spot to climb in the nation. This is why it came to everyone as such a surprise and disaster. The last eruption that Mount Ontake had was in 1979. This eruption shocked and scared nearly everyone in Japan. The search continues for more bodies up there, and the cause of the eruption remains unknown, but we all hope that everything will be understood soon.
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For my current events assignment this week, I read Bryce Faulstich’s write-up about the volcanic eruption on Mt. Ontake in Japan. First off, I really liked how Bryce set the scene at the beginning of the article. He described how it was a bright sunny day and how the eruption came as a total shock, empathizing how unexpected this event was to the reader. I also liked how he included a quote from a person who experienced the eruption first hand, really showing what it must have been like to be there. Finally, I liked his inclusion of facts about the event, and they were some very staggering numbers, showing things like the amount of people died.
ReplyDeleteWhile Bryce’s article was very good, there were a few things he could’ve done to make it better. First off, I think it would’ve been a good idea for him to break off the writing into 2 or 3 paragraphs, because he had a lot of good ideas, but I felt that the one large paragraph was a little tough to stay focused in when reading it. Also, he made a few grammatical errors that were silly things, like not capitalizing the name of a country, which could easily be fixed.
What really surprised me about this article was that they were so unaware that the volcano was going to erupt. You would think that with all the technology we have today and with the volcano having erupted not to long ago in 1979 that we would be able to prepare ourselves for what is to come.