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[jason voorhees]

this is horrible all them people this is jest ...... undescribable on so many levels.






fingers crossed /x\

[Cloud]

God....

If this isn't mother nature at her worst causing stuff like this, I don't know what is. Man, no good news so far for the people.

[Insurrection]

Jesus...

It can't get worse and then it gets worse! Reuters reports that the French Embassy in Tokyo is saying weak radioactive contamination will reach Tokyo in 10 hrs.

[Codus N]

Codus, people all over the world expressed horror over what happened in Aceh, Indonesia in 2004. Aid poured in from all over the world, and something good came out of that great tragedy- there was finally peace agreement between GAM and the Indonesian government that is still holding.

This earthquake/tsunami/nuclear power plant meltdown to the Japanese people is the worst thing that has happened to them since WWII. Numbers of dead isn't the focus. It's the shock of the deaths no matter how few. For example, 31 people were killed in Brandenburg, KY on April 3, 1974 (as the result of an F5 tornado that was part of the infamous Super Outbreak ) in a town of then less than 3,000 but people all over Kentucky were stunned and mourned those that died. I didn't know any of those people and I was just 7 1/2 years old when that tornado happened, an F4 tornado killed 3 people in my hometown of Louisville (a metro area even then of over 700,000 people, nowadays over 1 million) but memories of the shock and devastation in my town and in Brandenburg is still vivid in my mind almost 40 years later.

We suffered far few deaths due actually having a city wide warning system and the very low tech radar of the time, but mainly because one of our AM radio traffic reporters of that time was actually in the air in his helicopter, warning people of where the tornado was headed.

The good thing that came out of that tragic weather desister was a major technological push and upping in federal funding for better radar and alert systems throughout the country. In 1974 my lucky town had around 30 seconds warning of an tornado touchdown, nowadays even most rural locations can have as much as 30 minutes. 30 seconds is just about long enough to grab a radio and flee to a basement, nothing else. Nowadays I have time to get dressed- if I'm in my nightgown, get my important documents and smaller precious things down to the basement, fill up a water container, grab my radio, cell phone and laptop and head to the basement.

Uhhh....yeah, that's pretty much what I said, didn't I?? I did say that I felt the same kind of feeling I had when I read about Aceh. Just that I was focusing about the death tolls and how remarkable their efforts paid off in preventing even more deaths.

Anyways.... kitten..... Tokyo is going to be contaminated?? welp, guess this means no manga for a few months, I guess.

[Cloud]

Possible 7.0 Earthquake Coming

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I have nothing to say.

[ciardha]

Positive news, Kia Asamiya reports that Nagasaki prefecture has 200 public housing residences that they are offering free of charge for the tsunami victims that are homeless. Kia Asamiya hopes this inspires other prefectures all over Japan to do the same. (Nagasaki is a long way from the Sendai region, on the southwest part of Japan, but it's a kind gesture none the less)

He was also talking about the panic buying in Tokyo and said he thought it was silly, because everything is okay in Tokyo, but he figures people are getting anxious because of the news reports about Fukushima. He went out earlier today to a local store to buy some candy for the family (store was sold out of it) and while he was in the store he heard the store owner announce they were out of toilet paper.

Edited by ciardha, 15 March 2011 - 04:01 AM.

[Evil Potato]

My prayers go out to them.

[ciardha]

Number of missing has risen to 17,000. 450,000 are in 2,500 shelters across the Sendai region.

[dl316bh]

People are f***ing dying in Japan and people are worried about stupid ****ing manga? That's just bull****. I'm so ****ing disgusted right now; it's like a ball of anger, disgust and sadness.

Edited by dl316bh, 15 March 2011 - 04:48 AM.

[Insurrection]

I feel like a doombringer, but as expect Japan's Economy has taken a beating from the disaster. The Nikkei was down 14% at one point. The BOJ is trying to pump yen in it to stabilize it, the Nuclear issue hasn't even ended yet, it's just wasting capital.

Plus there's that whole deal about entire towns are still missing because of a 9.0 earthquake, and a 30 ft Tsunami.

@Kodachi claws, there's always the Politics Thread for other sources of disaster. Psst. Saudi Arabia sent troops into Bahrain and Libya is mired in Civil war.

@dl316bh Yup.

Edited by Insurrection, 15 March 2011 - 04:50 AM.

[Lid]

Dang, In these situations you always expect the next day to bring some better news but it seems to just get worse.

[ciardha]

Kia Asamiya has heard from his parents, they are okay but their home in Iwate Prefecture suffered considerable damage. He says his home in Tokyo and his publishers office (also in Tokyo) had no damage.

[ShippudenGirl]

For the love of— my gosh... This seriously is killing me. I have never felt so useless in my entire life. Darnit, even when I donate I don't feel like it's enough! These poor people are suffering so much and it just won't stop!

My heart is with them. Screw the Manga, I don't care if it takes a year for another one to come out, I just want them to get back on their feet and pray they'll all be okay.

It's things like this that make me so grateful to be alive and well... I just want this disaster to stop...

[Greed-Sama]

Possible 7.0 Earthquake Coming

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I have nothing to say.

There isn't anything to say. Things really need to start settling down over there. It's getting plain ridiculous.

[Chivalrysae]

For the love of— my gosh... This seriously is killing me. I have never felt so useless in my entire life. Darnit, even when I donate I don't feel like it's enough! These poor people are suffering so much and it just won't stop!

My heart is with them. Screw the Manga, I don't care if it takes a year for another one to come out, I just want them to get back on their feet and pray they'll all be okay.

It's things like this that make me so grateful to be alive and well... I just want this disaster to stop...

I know what you mean. I would totally host someone or a family at my house if I knew someone that could (and wanted to) get out of Japan for a while until things got a little more settled.

[Sakura Blossoms]

My heart is with them. Screw the Manga, I don't care if it takes a year for another one to come out, I just want them to get back on their feet and pray they'll all be okay.

People are f***ing dying in Japan and people are worried about stupid ****ing manga? That's just bull****. I'm so ****ing disgusted right now; it's like a ball of anger, disgust and sadness.

These. Quoted for absolute truth.

[Derock]

People are f***ing dying in Japan and people are worried about stupid ****ing manga? That's just bull****. I'm so ****ing disgusted right now; it's like a ball of anger, disgust and sadness.

For the love of— my gosh... This seriously is killing me. I have never felt so useless in my entire life. Darnit, even when I donate I don't feel like it's enough! These poor people are suffering so much and it just won't stop!

My heart is with them. Screw the Manga, I don't care if it takes a year for another one to come out, I just want them to get back on their feet and pray they'll all be okay.

It's things like this that make me so grateful to be alive and well... I just want this disaster to stop...

100000% Agree with these statements! We can wait for at least a year for a new manga because as of now, I want and pray for the Japanese to be safe from any other upcoming dangers. They never deserve this kind of disaster.

[Sakura Blossoms]

I want and pray for the Japanese to be safe from any other upcoming dangers. They never deserve this kind of disaster.

It must seem like their own personal 2012 end of times hell come early to them, with one disaster after another happening =(

[Derock]

It must seem like their own personal 2012 end of times hell come early to them, with one disaster after another happening =(

And ours might come at the last minute.