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[Insurrection]

Things just went from bad to worse. And from worse to suck.

Reactor number 3 has just exploded at the Nuclear plant according to NHK. And residents in the North are told to head for higher ground after a 3-5M sea level change. There are reports of a Second Tsunami.

http://twitpic.com/49axa7 Here's a photo of the hydrogen explosion

Edited by Insurrection, 14 March 2011 - 02:40 AM.

[ShippudenGirl]

Oh... great...

[Insurrection]

The reactor is intact, just hydrogen explosion, but still on the edge.

Tsunami warnings cancelled so that's good news.

But, they found 2000 bodies in Miyagi provence.

[dl316bh]

These sort of situations are exactly why nuclear power has a bad name.

[Kyuudaime]

There are several reasons this comparison sucks. For one thing, one was a natural disaster and one was a tragedy caused by the cruelty of other men. If there really happened to be some correlation, both events on both dates would be the result of nature, not coincidence. For another, going by that logic, Katrina would be the most comparable loss of life in the US this past decade, but 8/29/05 doesn't add up so neatly so of course that's not the one used. Then there's the matter of the reality that... the Mayan calender isn't ending! It's just going from Baktun 12 to Baktun 13 on that date.

Oh I don't believe in this sort of jumbo anyway, I just thought it was interesting.
But a point you did make.

[Codus N]

Exactly. Please folks, resist the impulse to turn this into a "tragedy Olympics". Think about how we Americans felt about Hurricane Katrina.

Actually, I think of it as this way. A country is made up of its people. Without people, there wouldn't be a country at all. By losing so many people, your country is basically destroyed. What I feel about Japan's disaster in terms of body count is that they fared better than we did. The shock of losing 100.000 to me is very great compared to 10.000. Both of them are great numbers, but to me 100.000 leaves a much bigger impact on me. This disaster is definitely as devastating the Aceh disaster because I felt the same thing I felt when I read about the Aceh Tsunami. But if there's any consolation to go by, at least Japan had lesser death counts than we did because they were better prepared.

Besides, wasn't there one earthquake that Japan experienced in the past that was worse off than this?? they should be glad that by preparing themselves better, they didn't lose as much people. AS A NATION.

As a nation, Japan should feel grateful they didn't lose as many people in the past. Japan should feel PROUD that they managed to save a lot of people and managed to keep the death count as low as possible. They already did what they could, and the result was that they managed to keep the death count lower than in the past. This is thanks to their ideas of building earthquake-proof houses and holding emergency drills in preparation for this. They should be grateful for their efforts that prevented more people from dying.

And no, the comparisons I made was to point out my astonishment that even though there's so much destruction, they still managed to keep the deaths lower than we did. Meaning, their efforts in facing disasters like this really paid off. And Japan SHOULD be proud their efforts in preventing as many deaths as possible paid off. Whereas we were totally unprepared. I'm not trying to make Aceh or Japan's disaster look insignificant. If you think about it, we were totally unprepared for something like that back in 2004 which is completely UNDERSTANDABLE because it is very rare for us. But for Japan, it's not too rare for them, therefore they managed to prevent the deaths from rising so high. But for us, it was inevitable that the death count was so high, which is understandable and expected because we weren't prepared for it. In short, like I said, their efforts really paid off and they should be grateful for it. If they didn't put so much effort in it, they could've very well turned into another Aceh. I wouldn't want them to lose as much as we did, we were bad enough, and we definitely don't want anybody to suffer as much as we did. That's why I was relieved they managed to prevent so many deaths.

This is what I was getting at. Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to convey.

[Insurrection]

Japan's downplaying the thing. USS Ronald Reagan was 100 miles offshore and recieved 1 month of radiation in an hour.

http://www.huffingto...1_n_835279.html The fuel rods are melting.

[alexander]

If things are like this and the radiation levels are going critical, this indeed have a good chance to turn in another chernobyl in case some drastic precautions aren't taken.

[Sakura Blossoms]

The earthquake shifted Japan 15 feet closer to the United States, sunk Japan by two feet, shifted the earth's axis by 6.5 inches and shortened the days by 1.6 microseconds O.o

http://news.yahoo.co...e-of-the-planet

[catsi563]

yeah that last one is the oen that blows my mind utterly.

The planets rotation was shortened by 1.6 micro seconds. this quake actually shifted the planets orbit *mind boggle*

[ciardha]

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.

Edited by ciardha, 14 March 2011 - 08:02 PM.

[Ulgamoth]

So… does this mean no new chapter this week?

[Sakura Blossoms]

So… does this mean no new chapter this week?

Is that really important considering the death and devastation they have to deal with right now?

[Jenskott]

So… does this mean no new chapter this week?

That is a tad... callous, don't you think?

Who cares if there is no Naruto chapter this week? Kishimoto has more important things to be concerned about right now.

Personally I am horrified by the earthquake. It was terrifying watching the sea invading and flooding the land and sweeping and wiping everything out. And the bad news are piling up...

My heart and my prayers go to everyone in Japan right now.

Nonetheless, that people has lived through worse disasters... and has endured. They will recover. I know they will do.

Regarding missing mangakas, do I think Rumiko Takahashi and Naoko Takeuchi had already been found? And apparently Takehiko Inoue (creator of Slam Dunk) is alive. However there is no word about Go Nagai or Masami Kurumada...

[Ulgamoth]

Is that really important considering the death and devastation they have to deal with right now?

The death toll is gonna climb even higher if I don't find out what happens next on Naruto!
But I am legitimately sad for them, dbagness aside.

[ciardha]

So… does this mean no new chapter this week?

Tokyo, was relatively unscathed and according to everything I've heard- including from Kia Asamiya on Twitter, little to no delays in manga publishing, so it's likely there will be a release this week, but it depends on if the spoiler suppliers in Japan whether we get anything this week or not. They may have other things on their minds over new manga chapters.

[Sakura Blossoms]

The death toll is gonna climb even higher if I don't find out what happens next on Naruto!

Wow...that's kind of an a-holish statement to make, I really have to say

[Ulgamoth]

Wow...that's kind of an a-holish statement to make, I really have to say

I agree, I just enjoy that kind of humor, not saying it's funny they are in peril but that I'm enough of a dbag to say it.

[Kyuudaime]

So… does this mean no new chapter this week?