Informal Letter

27 Sailor Road

4/4/11

Dear Mum,

How are you? As you may have known, I experienced an 8.9 earthquake in Japan recently. Please do not worry as I am fine living at a temporary shelter. On the day of the earthquake, I was coming home from school when the ground started to shake. Knowing that an earthquake was forthcoming, I quickly sprinted towards my hostel and crouched beneath a sturdy dining table.

A few of the people were already there. After an hour, the earthquake died down. My friend and I came up from underneath the table. Part of the hostel roof collapsed, but luckily none of us were injured.  As we gathered together to listened to the radio for further news, we found out that a tsunami has hit north-east of Tokyo.

After a couple of hours more, the authorities gave us the green light to come out of the buildings. When we came out, I saw buildings destroyed, and cars wrecked. We were then evacuated to a safe area where temporary houses were then set up. From there, we found out that the earthquake was not the worst disaster. The tsunami was the disaster that hit Japan the hardest. It almost hit the whole of Japan. From the short clip shown on the television, we show ships and boats being washed away as though they were nothing.

 I am now living with people who were also impacted by this disaster. Though the death rate increases every day, we are still living our lives without any theft or crime. I do not think that this would happen in other countries under the same type of situation. As we have little food and water, life has been very hard on us.  

Although we are still feeling the aftershock of the calamity, I am confident that the Japanese being a discipline group of people will be able to rebuild their beloved country in the very near future.

Your Son.