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Crisis in Japan - Page 49
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Thread is about the various issues surrounding Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. Don't bring the shit side of the internet to the thread, and post with the realization that this thread is very important, and very real, to your fellow members. Do not post speculative and unconfirmed news you saw on TV or anywhere else. Generally the more dramatic it sounds the less likely it's true. | ||
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sung_moon
United States10110 Posts
the pictures i'm seeing is like something from a huge million dollar disaster movie | ||
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billyX333
United States1360 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:41 hifriend wrote: Anyone else confused at obama's speech? He seems mostly worried about oil prices.. well he already went over the disaster in japan and what he was going to do then went on to say "before i take questions i want to go over oil" i think hes worried about the markets | ||
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Zocat
Germany2229 Posts
And I hope other countries see the difference in casualties and invest heavily in technology who keeps all humans save(r). | ||
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Broodwich
United States393 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:42 hmunkey wrote: That doesn't mean they'l spontaneously explode. Once again, modern engineering and government codes will keep people safe. They came out later and said the cooling systems were back on at the most troublesome one. They have backup diesel generators to run the cooling systems, and the systems are designed to be fine without power for awhile. NYTimes made it sound like they were under control. | ||
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fanta[Rn]
Japan2465 Posts
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Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:45 fanta[Rn] wrote: any news on the powerplant? I read somewhere that US Airforce already sent cooling to it, did that not help? think its been explained in the past few posts. Sounds like they got in under control. | ||
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:03 unknown.sam wrote: this is just really unfortunate mother nature is becoming more and more destructive Mother Nature has always been destructive. It's just more obvious due to how fast information travels nowadays. | ||
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
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omgclayaiken
Russian Federation1 Post
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:12 Nich wrote: I have heard about it before and what exactly makes it this strong to be able to sustain the quake? If you let buildings sway with the earthquake instead of trying to stand still, they are less likely to be damaged. | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:48 Ownos wrote: I was playing SC2 last night and this came on the TV. They showed the rushing waters from a helicopter it was crazy. I hope no one was hurt. Certainly they have good warning systems in place especially after the Indonesia tsunami? I think even before that Japan had the best tsunami warning system, afterwards it probably got even better... But you can't do much more than warn the people, no way to stop this shit when it's coming. But anyway, I'd say Japan is the first country you'd want to be in if you're hit by an earthquake and a tsunami of this scale :/ | ||
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Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:49 omgclayaiken wrote: --- Nuked --- GJ ninja mods :D His post was completely pathetic | ||
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Broodwich
United States393 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:48 Ownos wrote: I was playing SC2 last night and this came on the TV. They showed the rushing waters from a helicopter it was crazy. I hope no one was hurt. Certainly they have good warning systems in place especially after the Indonesia tsunami? Japan has always been traditionally more prepared than its neighbors for these disasters due to its history of earthquakes and better economic situation. | ||
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Serejai
6007 Posts
1751: All Japanese ports have reportedly been closed. "It's a big mess. All discharge operations are suspended in the area," a Japanese ship broker told the Reuters news agency. Another broker said: "Most or all coal stocks will be washed out at many of the coal-fired power plants. Ports will be closed at least for a short time until damage assessments can take place." | ||
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Jackos
Chile59 Posts
Best hopes to Japan from here. | ||
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PolSC2
United States634 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15391 Posts
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Jackos
Chile59 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:55 Mohdoo wrote: It's really sad as an oregon resident to realize that the earthquake we are expecting in the next 50 years is going to be just as strong, yet our building standards are considerably worse What's more sad is that we're also expecting yet ANOTHER earthquake here in the really next future (haven't had one there in more than 100 years) but in the northern regions, where the building standard is primitive to say the least... | ||
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Broodwich
United States393 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:55 Mohdoo wrote: It's really sad as an oregon resident to realize that the earthquake we are expecting in the next 50 years is going to be just as strong, yet our building standards are considerably worse Eh, we're fairly prepared. At least where I grew up (near a fault line), our building codes are pretty solid and we did a bunch of earthquake drills in the schools when I was a kid. And if the earthquake's bad enough, there's only so much you can do. Had that earthquake been closer to Tokyo instead of up north, those buildings probably would not have fared as well. | ||
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On March 12 2011 02:21 KwarK wrote: The entire building is designed to bend so it can move with the quakes, absorbing the shock throughout the length of it where a more rigid building would break. But the fact that we can intentionally design a skyscraper to be flexible is staggering. I learned about this in... physics? But to actually see it in action is wow... Never thought I'd see skyscrapers swaying like that. | ||
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