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Crisis in Japan - Page 63
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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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MidKnight
Lithuania884 Posts
Wow..It's scary I share the same species with those douchebags | ||
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
On March 12 2011 11:41 kaisen wrote: LOL, these guys are funny: http://youropenbook.org/?q=pearl harbor&gender=any Yeah, what's wrong with our country? ![[image loading]](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhvu1uHTJ21qzjwh8o1_500.png) I don't know what to say at times. FUCK. This situation is pretty bad, I still can't believe it myself. | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
Live coverage from Japanese TV station if people want it | ||
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Sanctimonius
United Kingdom861 Posts
There really is no chance of a Chernobyl, but venting is happening to release pressure which is obviously releasing radioactive materials, and there is still the chance of leakage. The state of emergency was a legal necessity in Japan, which apparently has a very well developed series of guidelines to follow in these kinds of cases. Japan has impressed me with the lack of panic and the preparation in place for disasters. Within hours of the quakes there were safety zones set up with food and water, everyone had a place to go. Of course that is in Fukushima-ken - Miyagi is the worrying one right now, very little news is coming through. | ||
Spica
United States5582 Posts
2.42am: The Japan Times is now reporting a radiation leak has been confirmed at Fukushima plant. Radiation leak confirmed at quake-hit Fukushima plant Kyodo News Radiation rose to an unusually high level in and near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant Saturday following the powerful earthquake that hit northern Japan the previous day, the nuclear safety agency said, making it the first case of an external leak of radioactive substances since the disaster. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/12/japan-tsunami-earthquake-live-coverage | ||
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
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Alexson
Belarus293 Posts
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dump
Japan514 Posts
On March 12 2011 10:13 Grettin wrote: Some other news from Korea: "S. Korean rescuers on standby to help quake-hit Japan" + Show Spoiler + SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Saturday its rescue workers and military cargo planes were ready to fly to Japan to help the neighboring country hit by the most powerful earthquake it has ever recorded. A team of 120 relief workers, medical personnel and three military transport planes were ready to depart for Japan, awaiting a request from the Japanese government, officials at Seoul's Foreign Ministry said. President Lee Myung-bak pledged full support on Friday to help the Japanese government recover from the major undersea quake that triggered a vast tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. "We are on standby to go to Japan within three hours after our government approves a departure," said an official at the Air Force. Separately, South Korea's Foreign Ministry will send Saturday a five-member emergency team to Japan to assess any injuries or damages to its nationals staying in the quake-hit areas, officials said. The team is scheduled to arrive in Sendai, a Japanese city closest to the earthquake's epicenter, on Saturday night, the ministry said. Officials in Seoul said they were trying to check for possible South Korean casualties, but telecommunication problems were hampering the efforts. The possibilities of Korean injuries or deaths cannot be ruled out because about 910,000 South Koreans live in Japan, some 10,000 of them in the Sendai area hit by the quake, they said. About 30 Korean nationals living in the Japanese prefecture of Iwate have not yet been contacted by a South Korean consulate in Sendai, according to officials. Im glad that Korea is doing something like this. Hasn't there been some little "grudge" between these countries because of the history they have had? Hopefully both of the countries appreciate each other a bit more from now on. 8) I hope so too. A lot of my Japanese friends have problems with the fact that a lot of my friends are Korean. It makes me feel lonely. | ||
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
On March 12 2011 11:56 jalstar wrote: i know this is gonna be used as an argument against nuclear power in the us, even though we have plenty of places far from fault lines, fuck. I agree. If that OpenBook link that was linked last page is an accurate indication of how stupid the American public is, they'll probably be biased against nuclear power. :| | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On March 12 2011 11:56 jalstar wrote: i know this is gonna be used as an argument against nuclear power in the us, even though we have plenty of places far from fault lines, fuck. Even if it's near a fault line like Japan, there's plenty of safeguards as well. The damage from radiation is completely exaggerated. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Fruscainte
4596 Posts
On March 12 2011 12:04 oneofthem wrote: unfortunately, nuclear power will receive some undeserved criticism from all this. It has nothing to do with Nuclear Power, but more of a 8.9 fucking Earth Quake But of course no one will recognize this. | ||
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LaiShin
Australia978 Posts
On March 12 2011 11:41 kaisen wrote: LOL, these guys are funny: http://youropenbook.org/?q=pearl harbor&gender=any User was warned for this post This making me rage...WTF | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
Im raging hard at these people's posts...omg | ||
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Caelixx
United States283 Posts
On March 12 2011 12:18 thoradycus wrote: Im raging hard at these people's posts...omg I like how all of the people making these retarded posts on the said website look like they're <18 years old. As if we didn't retaliate for pearl harbor right after it happened and it was just an attack we never responded to. Uneducated americans are uneducated. I feel ashamed of living here and reading those pasty kids posts. | ||
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Alexson
Belarus293 Posts
On March 12 2011 12:22 Caelixx wrote: I like how all of the people making these retarded posts on the said website look like they're <18 years old. As if we didn't retaliate for pearl harbor right after it happened and it was just an attack we never responded to. Uneducated americans are uneducated. I feel ashamed of living here and reading those pasty kids posts. Wow, I just read through all of those... I think I might just move away, far far away, from the U.S. | ||
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Galtakar
Sweden374 Posts
On March 12 2011 12:26 Alexson wrote: Wow, I just read through all of those... I think I might just move away, far far away, from the U.S. Worst part is that they are mostly trolling. | ||
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kaisen
United States601 Posts
RBC: We Can 'Easily' See Economic Losses Exceeding $100 BILLION In Japan We'll learn a lot more about the economic impact of the Japan devastation in the coming days. This is RBC's flash commentary on costs. Note the difference between "economic costs" and the far smaller "industry costs" (i.e. costs that specifically have to be borne by insurers): The last catastrophic earthquake to hit Japan was the 1995 Kobe earthquake, which was much lower in magnitude (“only” 7.2), but hit much closer to a highly populous and industrialized area. The entire city was effectively destroyed (from an economic impact, at least), and economic losses were estimated to be at least $100 billion. However, due to the low penetration of earthquake insurance, total industry losses were only $3 billion (WillisRe estimate) to $6 billion (Congressional Budget Office estimate), with much of these losses borne by the government. Another (very rough) benchmark would be company probable maximum loss (PML) estimates. Very few reinsurers specifically break out Japanese PMLs, but one large reinsurer’s (XL Group’s) “1-in-100” PML for Japan earthquake is $209 million, according to its 2010 10-K filing. Given XL’s overall industry position, we estimate that that figure translates to a $10 billion industry loss. $5 billion to $20 billion in losses Given the many complicating factors involved, we would have to draw a very wide circle around any industry loss estimates. We can easily see economic losses approaching or exceeding the $100 billion-plus Kobe figure, and would expect total industry losses to be proportionally higher (maybe $5 billion to $20 billion), given our view of a) the more widespread nature of the damage and b) the relatively higher commercial and industrial exposure (which falls more heavily on the private (re)insurance industry). We would also expect reinsurers to pick up most of the private industry tab. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rbc-we-can-easily-economic-losses-exceeding-100-billion-in-japan-2011-3#ixzz1GPmaEaKA Keep in mind that this natural disaster happened while japan was in the middle of economic recovery. The timing couldn't have been worse for japan... | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On March 12 2011 12:08 Fruscainte wrote: It has nothing to do with Nuclear Power, but more of a 8.9 fucking Earth Quake But of course no one will recognize this. to be fair, nuclear power does present large harm IF there are severe natural disasters in the vicinity. this is a legitimate worry about nuclear power, and when you plan them you gotta take disasters into account. however, i think the threat with these particular plants here is being exaggerated. | ||
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Turkoyze
United States9 Posts
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