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canman wrote:I don't want to sound rude or uncaring, but are earthquakes good or bad for the economy. It seems that a lot of the buildings that have been destroyed were quite old and frail, and had those kawara tile roofs. Now there will be a huge building boom to recover what was destroyed, or will this mean another huge exodus to Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo?
Takechanpoo wrote:20 cases of burglars breaking into empty house and empty office were reported around Kumamoto city.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160 ... 4-mai-soci
legion wrote:canman wrote:I don't want to sound rude or uncaring, but are earthquakes good or bad for the economy. It seems that a lot of the buildings that have been destroyed were quite old and frail, and had those kawara tile roofs. Now there will be a huge building boom to recover what was destroyed, or will this mean another huge exodus to Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo?
All of the above
There are still people in Ishinomaki living in temporary accommodation, still a lot of empty plots of land near the sea too.
Mysterious foam fills the streets of Japanese city in the wake of the country's second deadly earthquake this week
A mystery layer of foam covered the streets of a city in Japan in the aftermath of an earthquake which hit the country this week.
The foamy substance appeared in the centre of the southern city of Fukuoka in the early hours of Saturday, following a 7-magnitude quake which shook the Kumamoto region.
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake had struck the same area on Thursday night, but residents of Fukuoka reported little damage in the aftermath of either.
People posted images and a video of the unexplained foam on Twitter, leading many to speculate on its cause, with one theory that a tremor may have caused a underground water pipe to burst.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Mysterious foam fills the streets of Japanese city in the wake of the country's second deadly earthquake this week
A mystery layer of foam covered the streets of a city in Japan in the aftermath of an earthquake which hit the country this week.
The foamy substance appeared in the centre of the southern city of Fukuoka in the early hours of Saturday, following a 7-magnitude quake which shook the Kumamoto region.
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake had struck the same area on Thursday night, but residents of Fukuoka reported little damage in the aftermath of either.
People posted images and a video of the unexplained foam on Twitter, leading many to speculate on its cause, with one theory that a tremor may have caused a underground water pipe to burst.
canman wrote:Yokohammer, when Sendai and Nattori were hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami, was there a shortage of food and water. I don't remember hearing here in Hachinohe about shortages. I'm a bit surprised they haven't been able to get anything through to the survivors.
canman wrote:I wonder how many people are going to complain now that the US military Ospreys are the only thing that can land and take off in the disaster struck area! I tried to post a comment like that on JT and the bastards refused to keep it. Bunch of haters they are over there.
Yokohammer, when Sendai and Nattori were hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami, was there a shortage of food and water. I don't remember hearing here in Hachinohe about shortages. I'm a bit surprised they haven't been able to get anything through to the survivors.
canman wrote:I wonder how many people are going to complain now that the US military Ospreys are the only thing that can land and take off in the disaster struck area! I tried to post a comment like that on JT and the bastards refused to keep it. Bunch of haters they are over there.
Yokohammer, when Sendai and Nattori were hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami, was there a shortage of food and water. I don't remember hearing here in Hachinohe about shortages. I'm a bit surprised they haven't been able to get anything through to the survivors.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I've got a coworker from the area and her parents and other relatives are all in evacuation centers right now. She's very grateful for the help the US military is providing.
Wage Slave wrote:The advantage of Ospreys is they can fly lot faster as well as land more or less anywhere. Useful when you need to quickly get a smallish amount of people and stuff in and out of somewhere to do a dirty deed. Helicopters are a bit slow and easy to shoot down.
yanpa wrote:Wage Slave wrote:The advantage of Ospreys is they can fly lot faster as well as land more or less anywhere. Useful when you need to quickly get a smallish amount of people and stuff in and out of somewhere to do a dirty deed. Helicopters are a bit slow and easy to shoot down.
This is not a problem in Kyushu, I believe.
Wage Slave wrote:yanpa wrote:Wage Slave wrote:The advantage of Ospreys is they can fly lot faster as well as land more or less anywhere. Useful when you need to quickly get a smallish amount of people and stuff in and out of somewhere to do a dirty deed. Helicopters are a bit slow and easy to shoot down.
This is not a problem in Kyushu, I believe.
Not at the moment. When and if it develops to be so, Ospreys may then be the only way of safely getting supplies in.
yanpa wrote:Wage Slave wrote:yanpa wrote:Wage Slave wrote:The advantage of Ospreys is they can fly lot faster as well as land more or less anywhere. Useful when you need to quickly get a smallish amount of people and stuff in and out of somewhere to do a dirty deed. Helicopters are a bit slow and easy to shoot down.
This is not a problem in Kyushu, I believe.
Not at the moment. When and if it develops to be so, Ospreys may then be the only way of safely getting supplies in.
We must pray for Kumamon.
yanpa wrote:Wage Slave wrote:The advantage of Ospreys is they can fly lot faster as well as land more or less anywhere. Useful when you need to quickly get a smallish amount of people and stuff in and out of somewhere to do a dirty deed. Helicopters are a bit slow and easy to shoot down.
This is not a problem in Kyushu, I believe.
Russell wrote:yanpa wrote:Wage Slave wrote:The advantage of Ospreys is they can fly lot faster as well as land more or less anywhere. Useful when you need to quickly get a smallish amount of people and stuff in and out of somewhere to do a dirty deed. Helicopters are a bit slow and easy to shoot down.
This is not a problem in Kyushu, I believe.
Never seen a volcano shooting up rocks?!?
Grumpy Gramps wrote:Wasn't able to buy bottled water today at our local home center. Looks like every single box of it was taken down to Kumamoto.
BigInJapan wrote:Quake update from Kyushu - Tue. April 19th.
We've felt three aftershocks here in eastern Fukuoka today (so far).
All quite short and weak (M1 or so). The one around 5PM was apparently a "strong 5" in Kumamoto.
Mrs. BIJ talked to a friend in Kumamoto city today, and although their house is OK, many people are still leery of sleeping in their houses, and traffic is pretty bad. Supermarkets are just opening back up today after getting cleaned up, and supplies in. Some (many?) large companies remain closed as of today.
Let's hope the aftershocks end before too long...
Yokohammer wrote:Grumpy Gramps wrote:Wasn't able to buy bottled water today at our local home center. Looks like every single box of it was taken down to Kumamoto.
The locals tend to buy up all available stock when things like this happen too.
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