{"id":32821,"date":"2017-04-21T09:18:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T09:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=32821"},"modified":"2017-04-21T09:24:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T09:24:53","slug":"the-pacific-ocean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/the-pacific-ocean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The  Pacific  Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its undeniably massive<br \/>\nIn places extremely deep<br \/>\nFrom the Arctic Ocean<br \/>\nTo Antartica<br \/>\nIts hydrosphere does leap<br \/>\nTo 46per cent of the earths surface<br \/>\nSo to say<br \/>\nIts larger than the land combined<br \/>\nOn any given day<\/p>\n<p>The Mariana trench<br \/>\nIn the Western North Pacific<br \/>\nPlunges down to its deepest point<br \/>\n35797 feet<br \/>\nAnd 63.8 million sq miles<br \/>\nOf ocean in its entirety<br \/>\nOne third of the planet<br \/>\nNow on risk it be<\/p>\n<p>Australia and Brunei<br \/>\nCambodia and Canada<br \/>\nChile China Colombia<br \/>\nCosta Rica Ecuador<\/p>\n<p>EL Salvador Micronesia<br \/>\nFIji Guatamala<br \/>\nHonduras Indonesia<br \/>\nJapan and Many more<\/p>\n<p>KIri bati North Korea<br \/>\nSouth Korea Malaysia<br \/>\nMarshall Islands Mexico<br \/>\nNauru Nicaragua<br \/>\nNew Zealand Palau Panama<br \/>\nNEw Guinea and PEru<br \/>\nPhillippines and Russia<br \/>\nSingapore so not  a few<\/p>\n<p>Soloman islands and Taiwan<br \/>\nThailand Timor-Leste<br \/>\nTonga so a lot of countries<br \/>\nWho are facing a test<\/p>\n<p>With coastlines to the ocean<br \/>\nAnd Fukushima&#8217;s soul<br \/>\nPouring daily into the sea<br \/>\nStill out of control<\/p>\n<p>Cesium and strontium<br \/>\nAnd trittium these three<br \/>\nIodine and plutonium<br \/>\nJust where will we all be<\/p>\n<p>Every single creature<br \/>\nWho crawls who swims who flies<br \/>\nWho sails who walks<br \/>\nWho breathes the air<br \/>\nNo matter now what size<\/p>\n<p>Are all at risk of sickness<br \/>\nAnd death before their time<br \/>\nThe ocean is being poisoned<br \/>\nBy perhaps the most vilest of crime<\/p>\n<p>And its been played down by TEPCO<br \/>\nThe apocalyptic day<br \/>\nWhen the earthquake and the tsunami<br \/>\nBlew the facility away<\/p>\n<p>Since then each day<br \/>\n300 tonnes<br \/>\nof radio activity<br \/>\nHas poured<br \/>\ninto the Pacific<br \/>\nHuman fallability<\/p>\n<p>At fault the corporate prostitutes<br \/>\nHave lied to us and we<br \/>\nMany have forgotten<br \/>\nIt<br \/>\nThat terrible  tsunami<\/p>\n<p>Back to the Pacific Ocean<br \/>\nAnd the implications for<br \/>\nThe countries who have coastlines<br \/>\nAnd the changes they ignore<\/p>\n<p>Since Its not in the main stream media<br \/>\nAnd the testing isnt great<br \/>\nPacific fish are being eaten<br \/>\nAt an alarming rate<\/p>\n<p>Not many seem to worry<br \/>\nBut perhaps they ought to care<br \/>\nAs the ocean has to face the strain<br \/>\nWe ought to be more aware<\/p>\n<p>We really ought to realize<br \/>\nThe myths that we were told<br \/>\njapan has been irresponsible<br \/>\nThe people have been sold<\/p>\n<p>Stories to the contrary<br \/>\nOf the dangers we now face<br \/>\nOf up to 3 million dying<br \/>\nSo we all should watch this space<\/p>\n<p>Already birds have been dying<br \/>\nAnd many fish have too<br \/>\nWhales have been beaching all over<br \/>\nBees and Bats its true<br \/>\nCrabs and lobsters jelly fish<br \/>\nStar fish sharks and whales<br \/>\nThe Pacific maybe dying<br \/>\nAlong these concentrated trails<\/p>\n<p>The Barrier reef is dying<br \/>\nIts been blamed on coal<br \/>\nBut lapped  by radiation<br \/>\nThe eco systems soul<br \/>\nIs under tremendous pressure<br \/>\nIt may just be that we<br \/>\nShould examine our Pacific coast lines<br \/>\nMuch more carefully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its undeniably massive In places extremely deep From the Arctic Ocean To Antartica Its hydrosphere does leap To 46per cent of the earths surface So to say Its larger than the land combined On any given day The Mariana trench &hellip; 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