Stans Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 The situation on the northeast coast of Japan is terrible. Problems continue as two reactors are thought to be in partial meltdown and there is a good chance of a 7+ earthquake in the next couple of days. Thoughts and prayers for the victims. Some photos. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365569/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-10-000-people-missing-Minamisanriku-aftershocks-hamper-rescue-efforts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Some of those areas look like it's the end of the world. So many may never be found. Prayers to those who perished, and those that have survived, as many have lost everything except the clothes they were wearing when the events took place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraj Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 so sad, but the people are a model of how you should be after a disaster, they are incredible. One rescue worker there from America said people were so honored and surprised that he would come from so far away to help them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraj Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 hope this link works, amazing way to see before and after pics.. My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ain't it funny how the media has no sense of perspective? The Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 killed over 200,000 people. Japan has been hit by at least four tsunamis since 1771, all of which dwarf this one in terms of the death toll (unless this one goes considerably higher). The problems at the reactor sites are fueling a lot of hot air, mostly uninformed speculation. I'm not saying this isn't a disaster and I'm glad to see American assistance welcomed. But it's only the massive media coverage that is putting this on our radar screens to the extent that it is. I suspect the people of Japan will come out of this disaster just fine, despite all the frantic news coverage. OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well said OG. The Japanese will cope better than most because of their culture and state of readines. I do not mean to diminish the extent of the disaster but simply to agree with you that it's all about the media spin. If Lindsey Lohan or Brittany Spears happened to have been in Japan at the time it would have been 1000000 times worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 It wouldn't surprise me if the death toll from this exceeds 100000 simply because I can't believe it's possible to get the population out of the way in the time available. I hope I'm wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ain't it funny how the media has no sense of perspective? The Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 killed over 200,000 people. Japan has been hit by at least four tsunamis since 1771, all of which dwarf this one in terms of the death toll (unless this one goes considerably higher). The problems at the reactor sites are fueling a lot of hot air, mostly uninformed speculation. I'm not saying this isn't a disaster and I'm glad to see American assistance welcomed. But it's only the massive media coverage that is putting this on our radar screens to the extent that it is. I suspect the people of Japan will come out of this disaster just fine, despite all the frantic news coverage. OG Just remember that CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, BBC, and other news networks are all in a battle for viewers, and to make money. And this disaster is a money maker for them. Lottie and I were watching some CNN coverage this weekend, and they would run 2-3 minutes of commercials for every 7-8 minutes of live coverage. And CNN was running "Natural Gas Association" had ads constantly. Hmmmm...no nuke fallout with natural gas eh? Wink wink. I would think that the price of running those ads are probably higher during this event too. And companies will pay it for the prime minutes during this disaster coverage. Really isn't any different than what companies pay to have ads during the Super Bowl. Just not nearly as expensive of course. I would guess that this coverage is getting higher ratings than the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 because the USA, Canada, Europe are much more interest in Japan than Indonesia, because Japan is high tech, highly educated, and rich. Indonesia, and I know this will sound racist, but they are mostly poor, overpopulated and mostly uneducated. So they are probably not cared about in the way the Japanese, or Europeans, North Americans, etc. We all know that Japan and the Japanese people will recover fairly quickly because they are so disciplined, and they are not poor to begin with. You see the video of them waiting in lines for food and water. No fighting, no crying, orderly. Remember the videos from New Orleans? Total chaos within hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I don't think there have been any reports of looting either, it's a totally different culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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