Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

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Postby Bucky » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:36 am

Putting his wallet where his mouth is. Good on you Ichiro!
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Now the pressure is on other Japanese athletes to ante up.

Ichiro Suzuki hasn't wanted to speak openly about the devastation in Japan. But any thought that he is ambivalent about what is going on in his native land should end today with the news that he's donated $1.3 million dollars to the Japanese Red Cross to aid efforts in Japan, according to Kyodo
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Postby L S » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:55 am

AML wrote:Yea, see!?

Back home, ill have all the Zima a man could want!



Red Wine: Your Next Defense Against Nuclear Radiation?

This might just be the best excuse for heavy drinking we've ever heard.

Scientists may start recommending red wine consumption to defend against radiation exposure, the Telegraph reports. The natural antioxidant found in red wine, resveratol, may protect cells from damage.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine team believes that administering resveratol could prevent deaths in the wake of a nuclear attack. If they are right, they may create the first drug on the market to protect against radiation exposure.

Not the reason you thought you'd be downing red before a nuclear disaster, huh?
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Postby Longname » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:12 am

Will somebody please stop the Huffington Post from writing these horrific headlines painting Japan as on the brink of a nuclear holocaust.

Showing photographs taken to simulate the post Hiroshima blast photos is about as low as I have ever seen scumbag reporters go (and I've seen some low scumbag reporters)
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Postby Yokohammer » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:48 am

Hmm ... just did the calcs and I'm about 70.5 km from the Fukushima nuke plant.

Ah well, that's more than double Japan's announced exclusion zone.

Time for my morning coffee. :coffee:
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Postby Jack » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:56 am

Mike Oxlong wrote:CATDAT estimated loss after Japan tsunami : +100 billion US$

With 6539 confirmed killed, this makes the largest death toll from an earthquake ever to hit a developed country.
Kobe killed 6434 people.

http://earthquake-report.com/japan-march-11-tsunami/


Except most of the deaths are due to the tsunami, I believe. And, yes, the tsunami was caused by the earthquake.

I think that it speaks volume that a country as densely inhabitted as Japan is getting hit by the largest earthquake recorded in modern times and a tsunami of biblical proportions and yet, at most 10,000 people lost their lives, many of whom were lederly. In any other country the deathyn toll would be several times that.
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Postby Jack » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:59 am

2triky wrote:CNN = Channel of Nothing Newsworthy


Wolf Blitzer was interviewing this guy from Tokyo live via Skype and the guy said he was just feeling another tremor. Blitzer with his serious face asked the guy if he was feeling "sea sick or anything". I couldn't believe the guy.
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Postby canman » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:01 am

Hmm ... just did the calcs and I'm about 70.5 km from the Fukushima nuke plant.

Ah well, that's more than double Japan's announced exclusion zone.

Time for my morning coffee.

Do you have milk? Maybe ALM can lend you some!:evil:
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Postby canman » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:10 am

Does anybody have any information on how long the shinkansen will be down? That is one thing I haven't heard anything about. All I know is that the Kosoku is still closed and the trains are not running, but we haven't been given a time frame as to when these things will be back on line. Meaning we are still basically cut off. Mind you a grain ship was able to dock and unload for the first time, so that is a little good news.
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Postby Yokohammer » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:18 am

canman wrote:Do you have milk? Maybe ALM can lend you some!:evil:

Yes, as a matter of fact. I almost feel guilty.

I think we're going to have to wait a while for the Shinkansen. Maybe a month or more (just guessing of course). I hear the rails are doing their best to impersonate a pretzel in some places. Didn't it take about two months to get the Joetsu Shinkansen going after the Niigata quake?
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Postby Coligny » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:36 am

canman wrote:Does anybody have any information on how long the shinkansen will be down? That is one thing I haven't heard anything about. All I know is that the Kosoku is still closed and the trains are not running, but we haven't been given a time frame as to when these things will be back on line. Meaning we are still basically cut off. Mind you a grain ship was able to dock and unload for the first time, so that is a little good news.


Depend, do you want a summary of the suspension duration split by events ?

Quake damage; Tsunami damage; radiation -supposed- risk ?

FUN FACT, shinkansen and local railways don't have the same width (shikansen is 1435mm european standard, others are around 1m) therefore, if one line is damaged, you can't reroute temporarily through the other one. Might not help for fuel train supply as these fret lines are usually a bit more exposed to doom and gloom... (like if the 50-60Hz discrepancy was not fun enough to begin with...)
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Postby Coligny » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:50 am

Marked Trail wrote::confused: Nothing we didn't already know but...


Quake was sort of OK... Tsunami ruined the day...
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Postby canman » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:27 am

Wow, young guy pulled out of house 8 days after the earthquake and tsunami. Taking him to Kesenuma hospital, but he wasn't able to speak. Can:t believe this guy survived this long in the wet and cold.
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Postby Coligny » Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:14 pm

Recorded sound of the earthquake... (with picture of the tsunami... #science_reporting_fail)

http://www.eitb.com/video/en/news/world/detail/620203/this-was-the-sound-the-quake-rocked-japan/
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Postby Taka-Okami » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:56 pm

canman wrote:Wow, young guy pulled out of house 8 days after the earthquake and tsunami. Taking him to Kesenuma hospital, but he wasn't able to speak. Can:t believe this guy survived this long in the wet and cold.



He probably was well insulated under all the rubble, and must have had access to a bit of water.
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Postby Coligny » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:59 pm

Taka-Okami wrote:He probably was well insulated under all the rubble, and must have had access to a bit of water.


Confusing CNN tweet aboot dat':

Man reported to be trapped in rubble of Japan quake was actually visiting home after spending days in shelter http://on.cnn.com/i3TCAg
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Postby Bucky » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:35 pm

Escape in the nick of time by the Sea Shepherds, Love 'em or hate 'em, it was a close call.

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Postby pheyton » Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:04 pm

Bucky wrote:Escape in the nick of time by the Sea Shepherds, Love 'em or hate 'em, it was a close call.

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Postby canman » Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:05 pm

Oh no! This guy lied about spending 9 days in the ruble! He had already spent time in a shelter and went back to his house for only one night. How could he do that to other families who are holding out hope against hope that their love ones could be found alive. He is just as bad as the people preying upon elderly people to turn in their gold and valuables to help pay for rescue and rebuilding. Do these people have no conscience?
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Postby Coligny » Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:20 pm

pheyton wrote:No emotion at all, from any of them.


You prefer drama queens shooting "oh my god, oh my go, ooohh my god"?

Sometimes switching into survival mode involve shutting down the -feeling- part of the brain... They just ran away from a tsunami,they will have plenty of time to shit their pants after that...
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Postby FG Lurker » Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:48 pm

canman wrote:Oh no! This guy lied about spending 9 days in the ruble! He had already spent time in a shelter and went back to his house for only one night. How could he do that to other families who are holding out hope against hope that their love ones could be found alive. He is just as bad as the people preying upon elderly people to turn in their gold and valuables to help pay for rescue and rebuilding. Do these people have no conscience?

Could easily be that the rescuers assumed he had been there all that time. It would be a logical assumption really, especially if the guy was in bad shape when they found him.
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Postby CrankyBastard » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:02 pm

I agree with FG, the guy was probably under severe stress and just wanted to return to the imagined safety of his home.
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Postby Crystal Skull » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:20 pm

Hey, just got my power bill from Tepco.
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Postby Iraira » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:26 pm

Crystal Skull wrote:Hey, just got my power bill from Tepco.


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Postby wuchan » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:43 pm

I was just down by yokota for lunch and I didn't see many gaijin outside. Usually there are a lot of base family members out and about especially on a nice day like today. Something up?
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Postby canman » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:54 pm

I understand that Cranky, and I'm sure there are so many people suffering from anxiety, stress, you name it. But I just feel bad for people who may have got false hope for their own loved ones still being alive and possibly rescued.
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Postby Coligny » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:11 pm

wuchan wrote:I was just down by yokota for lunch and I didn't see many gaijin outside. Usually there are a lot of base family members out and about especially on a nice day like today. Something up?


You should follow the fleet activities of Sasebo facebook page... cool infos whatever happen or not...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Commander-Fleet-Activities-Sasebo-Japan/94347828257
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Postby CrankyBastard » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:20 pm

canman wrote:I understand that Cranky, and I'm sure there are so many people suffering from anxiety, stress, you name it. But I just feel bad for people who may have got false hope for their own loved ones still being alive and possibly rescued.


It's tough on everyone, more so for you folk up north in the front line.:bowdown:
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Postby tidbits » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:58 pm

Holly cow, that was quite big!
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Postby Yokohammer » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:00 pm

5+ in northern Ibaraki!

It felt pretty darn strong up here too (but it was only a 4).
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