Hurricane Katharina ( 自然保護 ) - 豊かな暮らし

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Dear people in America,

Hurricane Katharina which hit mainland US this month made impact on both human casualties
and city distruction. A source says there are thousands of people died, and still at
this moment, many innocent people suffer from not being able to escape from the destruced
land. As a human being, I must say that I feel the deepest sympathy for those who lost their
lives and loved ones, and sincerely hope that the city regain its original strength as soon
as possible.

No one could doubt that the hurricane brought one of the largest tragedy in the nation's
history, The anger and sadness born from it technically cannot claimed to anyone - even the
US president should not be blamed simply because it was a natural disaster.

Dear Americans, have you ever heard of a tiny nation called Tuvalu? I wrote "tiny" because
Tuvalu has population of only about 6,000 on a little island in the Pacific Ocean. The
Island's field elevation is only about three feet above the sea level, which is slightly
higher than your New Orleans. Have you heard that their land is in danger because of the
sea level increasion incurred by the global warming? Have you heard that the CO2 emission
from the energy you consume in your daily life can result in making global warming faster?
Someone may be crying on the other side of the world when you drive your vehicle to your
nearest grocery store.

What has happened in New Orleans this summer has been already happening in Tuvalu for a
long time. Unfortunately, your political leader decided that the economical development in
US has the priority against CO2 reduction measure. It is nothing but a great pity that the
world's largest and strongest country did not have courage to save the rest of the world.
Unfortunately again, US did not sign the Kyoto Charter which is an international
agreement to reduce CO2 emission.

Global warming is a serious issue and Tuvalu should no longer be a "tiny" problem.