Major Earthquake & Tsunami in Japan
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Amazingly, some people are still being pulled alive from the wreckage of these coastal towns - granted, survivors in these areas are few and far between, but it is impressive that they have survived at all, and that the rescuers are able to get to them in time.
News broadcasts are being very guarded on the possible death toll, only now are they saying that the death toll 'could be more than 10,000'. Frankly, I think it would be a minor miracle if the death toll is not many times that.
These small, industrious coastal towns are surely no strangers to such hardship - Kamaishi was completely destroyed in 1896 by a tsunami, and again in 1933, and now it has happened again - and it makes you wonder if they'll rebuild the town... I guess that the land and the living that is made from the sea is just too valuable not to use, but what chance does a place have when they have to deal with 10-20 meter tidal waves every now and then?
News broadcasts are being very guarded on the possible death toll, only now are they saying that the death toll 'could be more than 10,000'. Frankly, I think it would be a minor miracle if the death toll is not many times that.
These small, industrious coastal towns are surely no strangers to such hardship - Kamaishi was completely destroyed in 1896 by a tsunami, and again in 1933, and now it has happened again - and it makes you wonder if they'll rebuild the town... I guess that the land and the living that is made from the sea is just too valuable not to use, but what chance does a place have when they have to deal with 10-20 meter tidal waves every now and then?
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Two points.
First, if you still think the reactors are going to explode, read this article.
Second, please ignore everything that "UK nuclear expert John Large" says. John Large, of "Large & Associates", has a long history of work with anti-nuclear power groups, including Greenpeace, People against Wylfa-B and Stop Hinkley. He is not an unbiased source and will seek to sensationalise anything that could make nuclear power generation look bad. He has already, incorrectly, stated that the reactor containment for reactor 1 has been completely destroyed.
First, if you still think the reactors are going to explode, read this article.
Second, please ignore everything that "UK nuclear expert John Large" says. John Large, of "Large & Associates", has a long history of work with anti-nuclear power groups, including Greenpeace, People against Wylfa-B and Stop Hinkley. He is not an unbiased source and will seek to sensationalise anything that could make nuclear power generation look bad. He has already, incorrectly, stated that the reactor containment for reactor 1 has been completely destroyed.
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Before I left for work this morning CNN was showing the wind patterns for Japan and speculating if the radiation could reach the USA. Just like the news to make the situation seem worse than it is. 
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An expert on the BBC said that even on a reasonable worst case scenario the radiation spread would be minuscule compared to Chernobyl. Chernobyl sent radiation matter very high up to into the atmosphere and for weeks and months. Worst case in Japan is for a very short period of time and only a few hundred metres high.
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Pictures Omnis linked, pictures of people going about normal live are kind of nice. Unfortunately, too many people are going through what Mog posted. Like that girl crying in middle of a city-sized wreckage. I am no rescue, relief effort expert, but I'm having hard time understanding how victims are being starved. Food is cheap.
Also, about this shortage of body bags, coffins and crematorium. Does the government not think that this is the time we must do what needs to be done? Think outside of bureaucratic box? There is no money or time for proper, or politically correct procedures at this time. We are just barely starting to make this microscopic dent in a epic sized task. Do what you have to do. Move on to the next!
Also, about this shortage of body bags, coffins and crematorium. Does the government not think that this is the time we must do what needs to be done? Think outside of bureaucratic box? There is no money or time for proper, or politically correct procedures at this time. We are just barely starting to make this microscopic dent in a epic sized task. Do what you have to do. Move on to the next!
God bless Microsoft......... somebody needs to.
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Aerial picture of Fukushima-Daiichi after the explosion at reactor block #3: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-...TpLObyVs/s1600/fukushima_after_explosions.jpg
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God damn, that's a lot of bodies. When they talk about funerals, are they doing those nokan encoffenings for each of the people? I feel so bad for all those people that can't get a proper funeral. That is probably the worst part. Everyone pray that the dead can rest with as much dignity as possible.
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Yeah like you know more. They said that "japanese officials" reported that. So what misinformation is there?
I can give you lots of infos from "officials" saying the opposite too.
FOX just likes to overhype stuff, so please, just don't quote them unless they can really prove something (like video footage).
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The lady in that image has been interviewed on Sky news, she's lost her 99 year old grandmother, apparently she can't even find where her house was because there's debris from so many other houses in the same area.
Absolutely heartbreaking and she's one of tens of thousands in the same situation.
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That's absolutely terrible
It's very easy to forget how lucky you are until something like this comes along and grabs you by the bits and screams at your face.
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I suppose its only speed that could damage the boat as it floats. And it wasn't very fast movement of water, and relatively light for its size, perhaps fibre-glass. Houses get destroyed as they are not designed to be moved from their foundations.
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The operative word here being 'modern'... alas there are other nations currently in the process of building nuclear reactors with plans sold to them in the 1970's on the back of fag packets, by despotic leaders who view themselves as Gods, with the same regard for safety as they have for their own citizens i.e. none.
That said, while the 'Pripyat Corollary' may not apply here (I think), that's not to say that this incident will not pose a whole raft of very serious problems in its own right i.e. the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians, the loss of swathes of valuable land, the cost and difficulty of permanently sealing off the crippled reactors (given their susceptibility to future quakes/tsunamis etc.), not to mention the imminent crisis that Japan faces if their nuclear plants have to be rebuilt or refurbished to make them (more) secure against future quakes. Even if the total radiation leak from this plant remains relatively low, the damage being done to the Japanese economy, not to mention to hundreds of thousands of people, is significant...
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The Japanese reactors we are talking about are from the 1960's I heard.
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