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Yeah all the hate on the german media for no reason. There is reason why they reported everything they got on the nuclear plants. If they or any politician were to withhold any information you cant imagine what kind of shit-storm wouldve happened here. But this is another topic. Ive been saying since page 30 or sth dont just blindly believe what the Japaneses Government is saying.
A Masspanic due to an Headline: à la Meltdown what be the worst. Especially in the aspect that in the affected area there is no more infrastructure.
Theres a huuuuuuuuge economical aspect for the companies who build nuclear plants and the Japaneses Government. 3 New Reactor were expected to be finished this year 11 are planned to be built. Also dont forget the technology to be sold to other countries.
The company that runs the plant Tepco has it share of scandals when it comes to hide or downplay nuclear accidents.
Anyways lets hope for the best and no big no long term damages.
All the news about the plants kinda puts the news about the tsunami drama back. I do wish to more know about the 10k missing in one of the cities. :/
Edit: The Quakes' magnitude has been changed to a 9.0
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Probably the best pics yet, they should be added to OP if possible.
It's one thing to hear that whole cities have been destroy, completely different to see it, Kashima seems to be completely terraformed. I knew halfway through that there wouldn't be a building standing on the after images. Deep respect to whoever build that nuclear power plant, compared to everything else, it barely has a scratch on it.
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NHK is saying there might be another hydrogen explosion on Reactor #3 x_x
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Does anyone know why Japan refused a help from china and only specifically requested help from USA, South Korea, New Zealand, UK, and Austrailia?
I'm guessing it has something to do with politics, but damn, accept all the help you can get, japan!
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Japan's Edano: fuel rods may have partially deformed but meltdown unlikely to have occurred
-Reuters
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On March 13 2011 15:41 kaisen wrote:
Does anyone know why Japan refused a help from china and only specifically requested help from USA, South Korea, New Zealand, UK, and Austrailia?
I'm guessing it has something to do with politics, but damn, accept all the help you can get, japan!
NHK says there's help from China. On the other hand I'm hearing they're rejecting Canadian help despite them being on standby within hours of the event.
I don't know what's going on on that front, but I suspect the media could also be playing a role in being selective.
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Confirmed that there'll almost certainly be at least 10,000 deaths in Miyagi.
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That is sad news. NHK announcer said deaths could top 10000 as well 
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Hey guys, I think I know how we can help.
I work for a Japanese community magazine here in Vancouver called The Fraser, and we've agreed to run a fundraiser for a physician/psychiatrist/philanthropist named Dr. Norihiko Kuwayama.
He runs a hospital in Miyagi, where the brunt of the tsunami damage is -- if you look at the second photo in that post, there's a new lake that's formed, wherein there are no doubt countless bodies. Normally he travels around ravaged places like Gaza and Cambodia as a volunteer doctor/therapist or touring Japan to spread awareness of those places, but right now obviously he's helping with the carnage just outside his door. The nurses are AWOL -- no word on why, but I doubt many of us here can help with that.
Anyway, he's also asking for monetary support for supplies and equipment to treat the patients, as clearly in that post you can see much of it has been destroyed. He has a bank account open in Japan, but from what I understand, wiring money to Japan from abroad can be a bit of a drag.
So this is where we're helping out: we're going to gather as much money as we can here in Vancouver (possibly using PayPal or whatever is the most convenient and transparent), and we're going to handle the logistics of delivering it to the doctor and to anyone else that needs it -- though I'm pretty sure the hospital is going to be out of money for the foreseeable future.
Anyone interested in donating or helping with the logistics/marketing? We want to do this as transparently as possible, because there's understandably a lot of concern regarding what share the recipients are actually getting.
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On March 13 2011 16:31 dump wrote:Hey guys, I think I know how we can help. I work for a Japanese community magazine here in Vancouver called The Fraser, and we've agreed to run a fundraiser for a physician/psychiatrist/philanthropist named Dr. Norihiko Kuwayama. He runs a hospital in Miyagi, where the brunt of the tsunami damage is -- if you look at the second photo in that post, there's a new lake that's formed, wherein there are no doubt countless bodies. Normally he travels around ravaged places like Gaza and Cambodia as a volunteer doctor/therapist or touring Japan to spread awareness of those places, but right now obviously he's helping with the carnage just outside his door. The nurses are AWOL -- no word on why, but I doubt many of us here can help with that. Anyway, he's also asking for monetary support for supplies and equipment to treat the patients, as clearly in that post you can see much of it has been destroyed. He has a bank account open in Japan, but from what I understand, wiring money to Japan from abroad can be a bit of a drag. So this is where we're helping out: we're going to gather as much money as we can here in Vancouver (possibly using PayPal or whatever is the most convenient and transparent), and we're going to handle the logistics of delivering it to the doctor and to anyone else that needs it -- though I'm pretty sure the hospital is going to be out of money for the foreseeable future. Anyone interested in donating or helping with the logistics/marketing? We want to do this as transparently as possible, because there's understandably a lot of concern regarding what share the recipients are actually getting.
I'd like to donate, but I'm a bit nervous that his bank might become full, and then he'll go AWOL like the nurses. Can you give me any reassurance?
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On March 13 2011 16:33 RoosterSamurai wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2011 16:31 dump wrote:Hey guys, I think I know how we can help. I work for a Japanese community magazine here in Vancouver called The Fraser, and we've agreed to run a fundraiser for a physician/psychiatrist/philanthropist named Dr. Norihiko Kuwayama. He runs a hospital in Miyagi, where the brunt of the tsunami damage is -- if you look at the second photo in that post, there's a new lake that's formed, wherein there are no doubt countless bodies. Normally he travels around ravaged places like Gaza and Cambodia as a volunteer doctor/therapist or touring Japan to spread awareness of those places, but right now obviously he's helping with the carnage just outside his door. The nurses are AWOL -- no word on why, but I doubt many of us here can help with that. Anyway, he's also asking for monetary support for supplies and equipment to treat the patients, as clearly in that post you can see much of it has been destroyed. He has a bank account open in Japan, but from what I understand, wiring money to Japan from abroad can be a bit of a drag. So this is where we're helping out: we're going to gather as much money as we can here in Vancouver (possibly using PayPal or whatever is the most convenient and transparent), and we're going to handle the logistics of delivering it to the doctor and to anyone else that needs it -- though I'm pretty sure the hospital is going to be out of money for the foreseeable future. Anyone interested in donating or helping with the logistics/marketing? We want to do this as transparently as possible, because there's understandably a lot of concern regarding what share the recipients are actually getting. I'd like to donate, but I'm a bit nervous that his bank might become full, and then he'll go AWOL like the nurses. Can you give me any reassurance?
Good question.
As far as the nurses go, they're AWOL only because they're living in shelters (and the phones aren't working), or... well, in that water.
As for how I can assure you that he won't dash with the money, all I can do without the psionics of a high templar is to give you information on his activities from various sources. (He's also an amateur musician.)
First off, here's the website for the clinic that he runs, Tohoku International Clinic. They care largely for post-traumatic-stress patients, but they also do a lot of general hospital work as well.
Here's his non-profit organization, Chikyu no Stage aka Frontline. That guy in glasses is Dr. Kuwayama.
Our report on the awareness event he held in Vancouver last year (I translated/interpreted for him).
Preview for a documentary movie about his work, produced by an NHK documentarian named Iichiro Sato.
If I can think of more ways to validate his work I'll let you know, but rest assured, I know him in person and he's an awesome guy.
Of course, we could always donate through Red Cross or Google, but donating to individuals can be more satisfying and reassuring.
Edit: his blog documents his travels and work.
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Any news from your fire figther relative Mani?
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Bleh...there are 285 deaths and 10,000 people missing. I am glad my grandmother got out of Japan before the shit hit the fan. But looking at the 1923 Earthquake in Kanto, Japan is in much better shape overall at the moment.
But what is scary is that 300,000 out of Japan's population of 126 million had to be evacuated due to nuclear radiation alone. I recently heard that 1.4 million people do not have water (some cannot drink any due to possible radiation) and four and a half million homes destroyed which is probably more than more than 1 percent of Japanese homes destroyed.
EDIT: Are people really getting bored of Japan already? Talk about losing interest after the Wikileaks and Egypt events.
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Who's getting bored?
Us not in Japan rely on foreign media/japanese streamers and at the moment no major news are reported.
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On March 13 2011 17:51 Shiragaku wrote:
EDIT: Are people really getting bored of Japan already? Talk about losing interest after the Wikileaks and Egypt events.
Nothing new to report, what do you want us to do, fight over the creditability of German/American media?
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Rolling blackouts are possibly scheduled for Monday. Government is asking everyone in Japan to save energy as much as possible in order to not run into major blackouts.
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looks like you got Amensia *badadum tis*
that link is interesting and sad btway
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On March 13 2011 16:52 dump wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2011 16:33 RoosterSamurai wrote:On March 13 2011 16:31 dump wrote:Hey guys, I think I know how we can help. I work for a Japanese community magazine here in Vancouver called The Fraser, and we've agreed to run a fundraiser for a physician/psychiatrist/philanthropist named Dr. Norihiko Kuwayama. He runs a hospital in Miyagi, where the brunt of the tsunami damage is -- if you look at the second photo in that post, there's a new lake that's formed, wherein there are no doubt countless bodies. Normally he travels around ravaged places like Gaza and Cambodia as a volunteer doctor/therapist or touring Japan to spread awareness of those places, but right now obviously he's helping with the carnage just outside his door. The nurses are AWOL -- no word on why, but I doubt many of us here can help with that. Anyway, he's also asking for monetary support for supplies and equipment to treat the patients, as clearly in that post you can see much of it has been destroyed. He has a bank account open in Japan, but from what I understand, wiring money to Japan from abroad can be a bit of a drag. So this is where we're helping out: we're going to gather as much money as we can here in Vancouver (possibly using PayPal or whatever is the most convenient and transparent), and we're going to handle the logistics of delivering it to the doctor and to anyone else that needs it -- though I'm pretty sure the hospital is going to be out of money for the foreseeable future. Anyone interested in donating or helping with the logistics/marketing? We want to do this as transparently as possible, because there's understandably a lot of concern regarding what share the recipients are actually getting. I'd like to donate, but I'm a bit nervous that his bank might become full, and then he'll go AWOL like the nurses. Can you give me any reassurance? Good question. As far as the nurses go, they're AWOL only because they're living in shelters (and the phones aren't working), or... well, in that water. As for how I can assure you that he won't dash with the money, all I can do without the psionics of a high templar is to give you information on his activities from various sources. (He's also an amateur musician.) First off, here's the website for the clinic that he runs, Tohoku International Clinic. They care largely for post-traumatic-stress patients, but they also do a lot of general hospital work as well. Here's his non-profit organization, Chikyu no Stage aka Frontline. That guy in glasses is Dr. Kuwayama. Our report on the awareness event he held in Vancouver last year (I translated/interpreted for him). Preview for a documentary movie about his work, produced by an NHK documentarian named Iichiro Sato. If I can think of more ways to validate his work I'll let you know, but rest assured, I know him in person and he's an awesome guy. Of course, we could always donate through Red Cross or Google, but donating to individuals can be more satisfying and reassuring. Edit: his blog documents his travels and work.
Any news on this? I would donate to this guy directly. You said something about his bank account taking donations or so?
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