Poor Japan

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:47 pm

Really sad for Japan, I'm can't wait for a lad, who will use this tragedy for money, so I could send him to Libya... The best that I can do right now is to donate few dollars for red cross.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:12 am

Truly horrific. My thoughts are with all affected.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:24 am

My sympathies go to the victims of this disaster too. I'll make sure any lad who sinks low enough to try profit from this disaster suffers!

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:21 am

There's no need to quote the post immediately above' we can see it /\/\ - Spot

Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:22 am

The latest estimates put fatalities at about 1,000, tens of thousands are missing.

A friend in Hawaii emailed me and said the police cleared the beaches and fortunately the waves were a bit smaller than expected. No casualties.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:57 am

Quote:

0324: Michael Tonge, a teacher from Sendai, tells the BBC: "Going to take a few days for things to get a bit better. Still experiencing strong aftershocks. No trains running so many people stuck and sleeping rough in freezing conditions as had heavy snow storm just after quake when people running to go to evacuation points in parks."

from the BBC live coverage.
My bolding.

From 20 minutes ago

Quote:

0731: More from NHK TV: People outside a 10km radius from the Fukushima-Daiichi plant should be safe. About 80,000 people live within a 10km radius of the plant, and evacuations of those people began at 1000 local time.
0728: NHK TV says authorities are pumping water into the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant to try to cool it but that the level of cooling water is sinking.
0725: Japanese public broadcaster NHK is reporting that cesium has been detected around the nuclear power plant Fukushima-Daiichi. It quotes an expert as saying a small part of a fuel rod may have melted, but that fuel is almost entirely inside reactor

edited 9:18

Quote:

0914: Japanese authorities have extended the evacuation area at the Fukushima-Daini plant - also know as Fukushima II - to 10km, the same distance as for the Fukushima-Daiichi, or Fukushima I plant.

0908: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is urgently seeking information about the explosion at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant

Quote:

A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after Friday's devastating earthquake.

A huge pall of smoke was seen coming from the plant at Fukushima and several workers were injured.

Japanese officials fear a meltdown at one of the plant's reactors after radioactive material was detected outside it.

For the story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12720219

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:24 am

Glad Thomas and his family are OK. Don't know of any other baiters that live there. I will continue to pray.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:43 am

Before and after.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

Wow.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:06 pm

^^^Terrible images.

From BBC:

Quote:

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co (tepco) is preparing to put sea water into the No 2 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi, or Fukushima 1, power station, Reuters reports. It has already been pouring water into reactors No 1 and 3 to try to cool them.

Quote:

1353: A state of emergency has been declared at a second nuclear power plant in Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said. "Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that the first, or lowest, state of emergency at the Onagawa nuclear power plant has been reported by Tohoku Electric Power Company," a statement said, according to the AFP news agency. The alert was declared "as a consequence of radioactivity readings exceeding allowed levels in the area surrounding the plant". "Japanese authorities are investigating the source of radiation," it added.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:32 pm

Just heard back from all of my friends in Japan. They are all right.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Holy shit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zfCBCq-8I

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:09 pm

The only words to describe it is what PF said.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:19 pm

^^ Agreed. Holy shit is exactly what I said when the ship fell sideways under the bridge.

And everyone, do yourselves a favour and don't bother reading the idiotic comments left on youtube by racist ignorants. It'll just make you mad, and they're truly not worth the time of day.

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:51 am

Holy shit PF...

Also the SOOI pictures got me breathless...

At least Japan is involved country and it will be easier, yet still hard, for them to recover.

My thoughts with the people

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Hubby has heard through facebook that most of the people he knows in Japan are safe

Its seems the scams are starting already BBC
Seems there's a fake text warning going out in the Far East re radiation

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:44 pm

Slightlyoutofit wrote:

Before and after.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

Wow.

Good god...that really puts it in perspective, compare to just seeing the devastation...