Journal #6

The reading was pretty insightful. It provided a real first hand account of what the people in the villages experienced.  I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that so many people were willing to lend a hand. I like how Ford bought those leather varsity-looking jackets. One of the people interviewed talked about how her cousins received those jackets, while she did not. One thing that I found interesting, is that Anchorage did not feel the effects of the tsunami, and only felt the effects of the earthquake. I wonder if it was the inlet being to small, I'm not sure. I'm not saying that they felt "only" the earthquake, but it's just that I wonder why the tsunami did not reach them. The earthquake itself, did so much damage that, I'm sure that a lot of peoples' homes were destroyed. For me, I can't imagine what it would be like to lose my home. By reading the little personal accounts the reading has, along with past readings, I can tell that a lot more was felt than it was said. Sometimes, we have feelings that words can't describe, but are they any less real? I guess that's where other forms of expression come in. Bottom line, these people have suffered greatly, but I don't see helpless people. I see a community rising from the rubble from a great disaster. Sure, there was some differences, but at least we came together at a point of unity. The reading described, in greater detail, what the damage was done, and how the people reacted. All in all, it was a great reading. It was very descriptive. I'm glad that I had the chance to read it.