Friday, June 7, 2013
Reading Response #4
The bulletin was really amazing. It goes to show you how calmly the people of Kodiak handled the disaster, at the time. It was such a traumatic experience, but still they reacted with such understanding. It seems as if they knew the work ahead of them (to basically build a new Kodiak) was going to be a lot of hard work, so there wasn't any time to panic. The bulletin was a big part of the reaction that residents had. It kept them well informed in such a time of need. It shows that in the face of disaster, Kodiak can pull together as a community and comeback with a stronger, better outlook on disaster preparedness. Also, it proves that we can rise to the occasion, even when faced with such traumatic, catastrophic event. The motto, "Don't let them get you down." means to me, that we're all going to have personal "earthquakes" maybe some greater than others, but we still shouldn't let them get us down.
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I've said this for the third time, but I really think it's amazing that the people had enough spirit and strength to immediately get back to working.
ReplyDeleteits crazy how fast and how strong kodiak came togethter to rebuild and deal with the disaster
ReplyDeleteWow, great way to interpret their motto!
ReplyDeleteI think this event made the Kodiak community stronger.
ReplyDeleteYou did really well on describing the event!
ReplyDeleteRJ, that was so inspiring. Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteI loved that you turned the disaster into an inspiration for your own life. I would love to hear some more specific passages that particularly inspired you or communicated to you the resilience of Kodiakans (and people in general).
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