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In a recent article by Veronica Linares entitled "Tsunami debris to wash onto US shores over next few years" she talks about the gigantic, very large or extensive, tsunami, large ocean waves caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption, that struck Japan 2 Years ago. Debris is starting to just now show up in the Pacific Ocean, and its headed towards the U.S. The amount of debris that is on it's way has been described as the size of the state of Texas, so that's a lot of debris that going to have to be cleaned up over the next few years. Linares purpose for writing this article was to inform citizens of the US about whats happening around them.

As the article states "A significant amount of debris has already arrived on U.S. and Canadian shores, and it will likely continue arriving in the same scattered way over the next several years," There has already been reports of debris, arriving regularly now, on the west coast piece by piece and from the looks of things the debris will continue to arrive for quite a while because of how scattered out the debris is in the ocean.

Next Linares beings up ""As we get further into the fall and winter storm season, NOAA and partners are expecting to see more debris coming ashore in North America" Part of the reason why we will start seeing more of the debris is because of the tropical storms, knocking down anything standing in the way, will be beginning to form. These storms cause the water to move around more resulting in more amounts of debris being pushed towards surrounding countries including the US.

Lastly stated by Linares "The waste includes everything from boats to kitchen appliances. And while around 70 percent of the litter sunk into the ocean, the rest -- some 1.5 million tons -- is scattered in the water and drifting toward North America." This just is not your everyday debris, floating usually in groups, that you may see washed up, these are actually items that are used by humans everyday. If it were not for most of the debris plummeting to the ocean floor like an anchor, it would have taken centuries to cleanup all of that extra debris that would be coming in left and right.

Articles like these are helpful to the world, without them people would have no clue what's going on around them from day to day. I find articles to be a little bit more useful than say a news report, because you can actually read whatever it may be that happened, and there is usually more info included in a article that would take up too much time on a news broadcast.

On that note, the author clearly expresses her reason for publishing this article and provides plenty of supporting evidence that is used to back up her main point. Even though the US will be receiving these large amounts of debris; with the right amount of help the cleanup could go by pretty quick. 

Works Cited:
  Linares, Veronica. "Tsunami Debris to Wash onto US Shores over next Few Years." UPI. N.p., 07 Nov. 2013. Web. 09 Nov. 2013.