Major Earthquake & Tsunami in Japan

[G.T.Ace]

Well, you could've donated 2 bucks to the Red Cross via a normal transaction before, see my thread here in this subforum, no offense, just a reminder for everyone. But better this way than nothing at all for sure, at least it seems to encourage people to donate. 👍

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ I tried doing it thru ARC, but their increments only begins from USD$10. Good thing I still have pathetic amounts of money on PSN and used that instead to contribute.

 

[dxm8975]

I'm glad to know Americans had contributed money to the Red cross donation for Japan earthquake and some of you guys are included in them.

I live in the area where was struck by a magnitude 6 lower quake but I'm barely alright, but I got discouraged when I knew small coastal cities/towns had wholly been swept by tsunami caused by the earthquake

 

[G.T.Ace]

A lot of people donated from all around the world.
The city of Kandahar in Afghanistan for example donated 100.000$ which is a lot for such a poor town (just as much as Microsoft with their bing campaign), Burma also donated the same amount (a very poor country). There's tons of support for Japan, which shows how awesome the world thinks you guys are.

Sandra Bullock donated 1.000.000 $ according to a news paper I've read.

The support is really needed and it's indeed great to see that!

 

[Matty]

If I was a billionaire and was still making profits of at least 100mil a year I would donate a billion and a bit, but unfortunetly I'm not and I'm under 18... So technically I can't donate because I don't have the means to. But if I get the opportunity to donate you can be 100% sure I'll donate as much as possible.

 

[a6m5]

I had to double check the amount Sandra Bullock donated........ $1Million. God bless her heart. That is amazing. She's amazing. 👍

Also found this while looking that up:

Celebrities, fashion designers, movie studios and the general public have all come together to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It’s nice to see people digging deep in their pockets to help those in need.

Here’s a rundown of some of the big donations from people in Hollywood and the fashion industry.

* Tadashi Yanai, president of Uniqlo is donating $12.2 million of his own fortune, $4.9 million from his company and $8.6 million in coats, jeans, towels and 300,000 pairs of its Heattech thermal underwear to victims.


* Demi Lovato is a changed woman since leaving rehab and wants to help those in need. She has donated $1 million of her own money to the relief cause.


* The Walt Disney Company has committed $2.5 million in humanitarian aid to the victims.


* Fashion house Coach donated $5 million to the Japanese Red Cross.


* Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros. have committed proceeds from Clint’s Hereafter DVD to Japan.


* New York Yankees have donated $50,000 to the Salvation Army and $50,000 to the Red Cross.


* Jack Johnson, who is touring in Japan, has cancelled his tour and is donating to Global Giving’s Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.


* Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, and his wife Wendy will match the first $100,000 donated via Citizen Effect to the American Red Cross.


* Lady Gaga designed a white bracelet with red lettering that retails on her website for $5. She raised $250k in 48 hours.


* Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to the American Red Cross.


* Charlie Sheen has announced that $1.00 from every ticket to his live show will go to the Red Cross.


* South Korean production company SM Entertainment has announced that they are donating $900,000 to Japanese Red Cross.



Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, P. Diddy, Justin Bieber, Conan O'Brien, Chris Brown, and many more haven’t really donated, but they’ve used Twitter to give their sympathies to those in Japan and encouraged fans to donate to the Red Cross.

If you haven’t made a donation yet, please visit Red Cross and do your part. You can also text "Redcross" to 90999 to donate $10. The donation will appear on your mobile phone bill.

Link

Huge contrast from the reactions of celebrities like 50 Cent, Gilbert Gottfried(terminated as AFLAC Duck) to the disaster. They've received some criticism for tweeting jokes about the tsunami disaster. Not saying they are bad people or anything like that, I personally love making jokes. I just don't get how some are able to find humor in massive casualties. I know people who can. I just don't get it.

 

[Prince.M5]

BMW Group also donates 1 Million Euro to the disaster victims...

 

[CodeRedR51]

If I was a billionaire and was still making profits of at least 100mil a year I would donate a billion and a bit.....

*cough*Bill Gates*cough*

Seriously, $100k from Microsoft? Pitiful.

I'll be donating some when I get back from Orlando. 👍

 

[a6m5]

*cough*Bill Gates*cough*

Seriously, $100k from Microsoft? Pitiful.

I'll be donating some when I get back from Orlando. 👍

Bill Gates is supposed to be quite a philanthropist. Isn't someone else in charge of Microsoft these days? I'm pretty sure Bill Gates will help the quake & tsunami victims.

 

[Smoothherb]

We have a benefit concert today in our sweet town, and I´m proud to see so many people are donating as I can see here too. But something is a little bit strange. There are no donation calls in the media here in Germany. It´s quite normal that you can donate after huge disasters. But nothing jet???
But I see, that this disaster is so huge, that the people starting to akt by them selves like we see here. That gives me Hope

 

[lbsf1]

Bill Gates is supposed to be quite a philanthropist. Isn't someone else in charge of Microsoft these days? I'm pretty sure Bill Gates will help the quake & tsunami victims.

Yeah Bill Gates is no longer in charge, however he still is around the company giving advice and such. Bill Gates says he is going to give away all of his money to charity before he dies so no doubt he's donating aswell like you said, however this microsoft donation is probably nothing to do with him.

 

[Alex.]

Oh man is that from the earthquake in Japan?

Nah dude I think he just decided to post a picture of a dirty controller in the Japan earthquake thread because it seemed like the best use of our time.

 

[nk4e]

The nuclear plants have fail safety inspections
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42188550/ns/world_news-asiapacific

 

[FoolKiller]

*cough*Bill Gates*cough*

Seriously, $100k from Microsoft? Pitiful.

I'll be donating some when I get back from Orlando. 👍

Before accusing Bill Gates of anything:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx

Also, remember he is the one who used half his wealth to start that organization and encouraged other billionaires to donate half their wealth as well.

As for the Bing campaign, Twitter didn't take kindly to it either.
http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/12/bing-sees-backlash-for-japan-quake-donation-campaign/ (language warning as the article quotes some angry tweets).

But truth be told, any corporation that announces their donations or offers to donate a percentage of profits or matches donations is just taking advantage of the situation as a marketing opportunity. We see it with the breast cancer stuff all the time.

 

[spiker]

But truth be told, any corporation that announces their donations or offers to donate a percentage of profits or matches donations is just taking advantage of the situation as a marketing opportunity. We see it with the breast cancer stuff all the time.

Sadly, I would agree with you here.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Before accusing Bill Gates of anything:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx

Also, remember he is the one who used half his wealth to start that organization and encouraged other billionaires to donate half their wealth as well.

As for the Bing campaign, Twitter didn't take kindly to it either.
http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/12/bing-sees-backlash-for-japan-quake-donation-campaign/ (language warning as the article quotes some angry tweets).

But truth be told, any corporation that announces their donations or offers to donate a percentage of profits or matches donations is just taking advantage of the situation as a marketing opportunity. We see it with the breast cancer stuff all the time.

At least they're donating instead of hoarding all of the money.

 

[FoolKiller]

At least they're donating instead of hoarding all of the money.

They are making more money after the donations. They use the donation scheme as a way to make you buy from them when you normally wouldn't.

 

[nk4e]

FK, for example the Breast Cancer Awareness Tool set from Craftsman?

 

[FoolKiller]

FK, for example the Breast Cancer Awareness Tool set from Craftsman?

Yep, paint it pink, charge $5 more, donate $2 for each, or something similar. And sell twice as many as normal.

 

[a6m5]

-> I'm glad I just donated USD$2 to the American Red Cross thru my PS3's Aid Japan Campaign. I felt relieved that I'm a part of the cause now.

I just saw this on my PSN tonight. Since I had three dollars and some change on the account forever, I did make that "$2" donation from the credit I had on there. They even gave me a free PSN theme for it. 👍

 

[GT-BigFan4]

it was really scary

 

[Akira AC]

A buddy of mine send me this(it's not obviously him but you'll my point):



Maybe the immersion sense in black ops is that good.

 

[hambone8611]

They are making more money after the donations. They use the donation scheme as a way to make you buy from them when you normally wouldn't.

You say that like it’s a bad thing. The company makes money; the cancer research gets money, the customer feel good about themselves. I call that a tryfecta.

 

[a6m5]

A buddy of mine send me this

Kid got some issues. It was funny that his mom ran outside without grabbing him.

 

[Stevisiov]

You say that like it’s a bad thing. The company makes money; the cancer research gets money, the customer feel good about themselves. I call that a tryfecta.

Yes its good in a sense, but its still trying to fashion suffering and disaster into profit. If all that extra profit goes to donation then its fair enough.

 

[Speedy Samurai]

it was really scary

yes it was.

here's my workplace in tochigi when the quake struck. (i was already outside at the time this video kicks in. I knew immediately it would be bad and walked outside right away)

 

[FoolKiller]

You say that like it’s a bad thing. The company makes money; the cancer research gets money, the customer feel good about themselves. I call that a tryfecta.

If you are going to buy something for $20 that is only worth $15 just to help charity go buy the normal version for $15 and give the whole $5 to the charity.

If you don't need the item just give the $20 to charity.

The only person that has a maximized efficiency win from this is the company selling the product. You spent $3 more on a product than it is worth, the charity only got $2 of the $5 extra you put up for them, and you may have bought something you don't need for $20 for charity but only really donated $2.

 

[Rue]

yes it was.

here's my workplace in tochigi when the quake struck. (i was already outside at the time this video kicks in. I knew immediately it would be bad and walked outside right away)

Scary stuff. I thought that it is advised to stay in the building during an earthquake though???

 

[G.T.Ace]

Unless you are in a Skyscraper where hundreds of people could be hurt in panic while they try to escape, I would say it's better to go outside, so you won't be buried if the building collapses. Just need to be careful that nothing will fall on your head.

 

[FoolKiller]

Unless you are in a Skyscraper where hundreds of people could be hurt in panic while they try to escape, I would say it's better to go outside, so you won't be buried if the building collapses. Just need to be careful that nothing will fall on your head.

Actually, the stuff possibly falling on your head is more likely to hurt you than the building collapsing. The suggested protocol is to get near the nearest cover (table, desk) or support structure (doorway). Once it stops then get outside and as far away from any buildings until they are cleared for safety.

The only way I can see heading outside immediately is if you are in the doorway of a building next to a wide open field.

However, Japanese protocol may be different due to their building regulations.