Crisis in Japan - Page 35

On March 11 2011 21:45 Zidane wrote:
Has anyone seen this shit? This lady pretty much predicted this to happen. Her videos are scaring me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95zMdTvoqcQ&feature=channel_video_title

On March 11 2011 21:45 Zidane wrote:
Has anyone seen this shit? This lady pretty much predicted this to happen. Her videos are scaring me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95zMdTvoqcQ&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7QAZPb-IEQ&feature=channel_video_title

also, i'm sorry if i'm derailing, feel free to delete this if mods think its not the right place.
I do think its worth a view though.

On March 11 2011 21:16 Sokalo wrote:
This is a scary event. Every life lost is a tragedy and the destruction to some of the coastal towns looks down right horrific.

With that said I'm still bothered with the spin some of the news networks are putting on it. Watching some of the standard cable news channels it started to sound like Japan had been leveled and sunk and this was the end. Nuclear reactors having meltdowns. Untold casualties on the coasts. Buildings collapsing inland. Tsunamis washing miles and miles over farmlands. A tsunami of unknown size headed for Hawaii and possibly elsewhere.

And then I turn it to BBC. One of their Tokyo correspondents is remarking how there's no damage to any major buildings in the city from the quake, no mass injuries/fatalities, and most people are walking around, shopping working, and everyone is a little relieved it wasn't the "big one" that they're always waiting for and just keeping tabs on what was happening around the coastal that were hit. They then remark that there was a coastal power plant that was shut down as a security precaution and that there is still a Tsunami warning for most of the Pacific Basin and there might be some coastal flooding for Hawaii. Japan is also issuing a national emergency and will probably be relying on international help to best respond to the areas requiring aid.

Horrible yes. Anything nearing the destruction and loss of life caused by the recent Myanmar cyclone, Thai tsunami, or Haitian earthquake, probably not. But it'll still receive 5x the media coverage because of the affluence of the affected areas and the availability of material to cover that will increase viewership and revenue.

Let me reiterate that this is a tragedy. I'm doubly bothered by the cha-ching cha-ching that for profitable media sees it as.

On March 11 2011 21:52 Rannasha wrote:


There are people claiming predictions of global events all the time based on their religion or some kind of pseudo-science. 99.9% of the time nothing happens and these people are ignored as being nutcases. Every once in a while something major does happen, like this quake. It's not surprising that with the amount of doomsday-predictors, some have to score a "lucky hit" every now and then. It's just statistics.

On March 11 2011 22:01 Macabre wrote:
BBC's techno music is just chilling.

On March 11 2011 21:59 Manifesto7 wrote:
600 firefighters just left Osaka for the affected areas. They are driving up all their trucks. From the photo I saw it is an amazing convoy.

On March 11 2011 22:01 Macabre wrote:
BBC's techno music is just chilling.

On March 11 2011 21:56 RoosterSamurai wrote:
Supposedly the US has 3 aircraft carriers on standby to help Japan off the coast. But CNN reported that the ships in pearl harbor refuse to go help. I hope Obama slaps some sense into them, and I hope Japan will be okay.

On March 11 2011 22:04 Caelixx wrote:


Is there an online BBC link anyone has? I can't seem to find anything online, or find it on my T.V. except for CNN, which keeps annoyingly looping itself.