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The Japanese people are in my prayers now. The media is still saying the reactors could go into nuclear meltdown. I hope they pull through this.Edited by: Jack Lambert
Some people behave well in disasters
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white is right
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This was what the "Nawlins" police department was doing during the rescue effort.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcajIRcBvA OMG.......chris371 said:
The tsunami devastated an important agricultural section of Japan (the coastal regions), which would hamper the country's efficiency to manage it's own food. They'll have to rely in imported food (RICE and FISH especially) for the foreseeable future. Industrially, the worst hit was clearly the Fukushima power plant, resulting to millions w/o electricity. The overall damage (IMO) is well into the hundred billions, which might regress Japan's economic picture back to about 3-5 years.
But, considering how proud and resilient the Japanese people are, no question they'll get back on their feet eventually. The thing that annoys me most, is the Fukushima dilemma. There's no question how deadly exposure to nuclear radiation is, but the MSM, anti-nuclear environmentalist nutheads are (once again) blowing the crisis out of proportion. Nuclear energy (IMO), has been for many years, SAFE and reliable, if managed responsibly and efficiently. Unlike fossil fuel, it DOES NOT affect the ozone layer. Managing nuclear waste is the real issue. Alternative/Green energy has a very long way to go, and for the most part, small scale, and inefficient.
I guess the latest Japan Quake/Tsunami has exposed how the pigheads of the Hollyweird industry (Clooney, Brangelina, U2, etc..) ONLY care for black people (New Orleans, Haiti quake). This fetishness for the black victims is so sickening.
But, considering how proud and resilient the Japanese people are, no question they'll get back on their feet eventually. The thing that annoys me most, is the Fukushima dilemma. There's no question how deadly exposure to nuclear radiation is, but the MSM, anti-nuclear environmentalist nutheads are (once again) blowing the crisis out of proportion. Nuclear energy (IMO), has been for many years, SAFE and reliable, if managed responsibly and efficiently. Unlike fossil fuel, it DOES NOT affect the ozone layer. Managing nuclear waste is the real issue. Alternative/Green energy has a very long way to go, and for the most part, small scale, and inefficient.
I guess the latest Japan Quake/Tsunami has exposed how the pigheads of the Hollyweird industry (Clooney, Brangelina, U2, etc..) ONLY care for black people (New Orleans, Haiti quake). This fetishness for the black victims is so sickening.
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Good points all around, j41181.
Here's an article that also points out this fake nuclear crisis that's essentially manufactured by the left-wing wackjobs in the media.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/262210/anti-nuclear-press-puts-japanese-lives-risk-robert-zubrin
Any comparions to Chernobyl or some fallout reaching the US West Coast is ridiculous and total nonsense. The real problem here is indeed those victims and areas that have been devastated by the earthquake and tsunami. That's where the focus should be, try to rescue and save as many people as possible.
As for the Hollyweird crowd being mostly quite, well, f*** them is what I say. They did not waste a second with Katrina/Haiti, holding telethons and benefits to raise money. But if it's White people or Asian people involved, they are nowhere to be found. Has anyone even pointed out that despite the aid given to Haiti, over a billion dollars, that dump is now even a bigger hellhole than before the earthquake? Virtually nothing of value has been done, it's almost as if the earthquake hit yesterday.
Here's an article that also points out this fake nuclear crisis that's essentially manufactured by the left-wing wackjobs in the media.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/262210/anti-nuclear-press-puts-japanese-lives-risk-robert-zubrin
Any comparions to Chernobyl or some fallout reaching the US West Coast is ridiculous and total nonsense. The real problem here is indeed those victims and areas that have been devastated by the earthquake and tsunami. That's where the focus should be, try to rescue and save as many people as possible.
As for the Hollyweird crowd being mostly quite, well, f*** them is what I say. They did not waste a second with Katrina/Haiti, holding telethons and benefits to raise money. But if it's White people or Asian people involved, they are nowhere to be found. Has anyone even pointed out that despite the aid given to Haiti, over a billion dollars, that dump is now even a bigger hellhole than before the earthquake? Virtually nothing of value has been done, it's almost as if the earthquake hit yesterday.
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My prayers are also with the Japanese people. This disaster is estimated to cost Japan around $200 billion, to say nothing of the human cost. Yet, last month (February) alone, the US BORROWED $220 billion, over and aboverevenues, adding to the deficit. Massive tsunamis and earthquakes cost far less than our bloated government borrowsin ONE MONTH. Edited by: FootballDad
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Interesting point Football Dad.
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j41181 wrote:
"The tsunami devastated an important agricultural section of Japan (the coastal regions), which would hamper the country's efficiency to manage it's own food."
The last I remember, Japan is only about 40% self-sufficient in food production. As you say, this will be a huge blow to them for their agricultural production from a large area, and concerns from the nuclear fallout will affect fishing as well.
Japan gets somewhere around 30% of its electricity from nuclear power. All of the wackos worldwide who are calling for the immediate shutdown of nuclear power should ask themselves how the Japanese, and their own countries, could replace this huge power production source.
I still have a number of friends in Japan in the Tokyo area and they are all very concerned about the future, and what this catastrophe means for Japan for at least the next year or two.
"The tsunami devastated an important agricultural section of Japan (the coastal regions), which would hamper the country's efficiency to manage it's own food."
The last I remember, Japan is only about 40% self-sufficient in food production. As you say, this will be a huge blow to them for their agricultural production from a large area, and concerns from the nuclear fallout will affect fishing as well.
Japan gets somewhere around 30% of its electricity from nuclear power. All of the wackos worldwide who are calling for the immediate shutdown of nuclear power should ask themselves how the Japanese, and their own countries, could replace this huge power production source.
I still have a number of friends in Japan in the Tokyo area and they are all very concerned about the future, and what this catastrophe means for Japan for at least the next year or two.
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foobar75 wrote:
"Has anyone even pointed out that despite the aid given to Haiti, over a billion dollars, that dump is now even a bigger hellhole than before the earthquake? Virtually nothing of value has been done, it's almost as if the earthquake hit yesterday."
Once a shi*hole full of Negroes, always a shi*hole it will be.
"Has anyone even pointed out that despite the aid given to Haiti, over a billion dollars, that dump is now even a bigger hellhole than before the earthquake? Virtually nothing of value has been done, it's almost as if the earthquake hit yesterday."
Once a shi*hole full of Negroes, always a shi*hole it will be.
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"Jewn" Rivers makes a "joke" about the Japanese & fellow juden Howard Stern comes to her defense.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/03/joan-rivers-defends-jokes-about-japan-disaster/1?loc=interstitialskip
...Whilst Rivers & Stern defend fellow (equally untalented) jude Gilbert Gottfried as he makes a weak try at "humor"...
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/celebrities-stand-gilbert-gottfried-03-16-2011-1
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/03/joan-rivers-defends-jokes-about-japan-disaster/1?loc=interstitialskip
...Whilst Rivers & Stern defend fellow (equally untalented) jude Gilbert Gottfried as he makes a weak try at "humor"...
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/celebrities-stand-gilbert-gottfried-03-16-2011-1
Edited by: DixieDestroyer
I heard Sean Penn has given up on those industrious Haiti negros. The best idea of I can think is making sure all the "smart" negros "wiff" boats don't attempt to to come here. Turn them around 3 miles out and say "we got too many of your type. Stay with your breathen and make Haiti the diamond in the rough of the caribean."
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Interesting thing about Haiti, if you read its history, is that under the rule of White French Colonalists, it quickly became one of the richest and most prosperous colonies in the world. This was mainly due to its fertile soil and farmland, and the profits that came from sugar and coffee.
After the revolution in early 19th century, most of the Whites and other productive mixed people left. Those who stayed behind were slaughtered and thus began the black majority rule and the 200+ year decline.
During that time, a whole number of corrupt black leaders came to power one after another, thru coups and assasinations, each more repugnant than the one before it, as the country kept going deeper and deeper into the sh*thole. Most notably in the 20th century, Papa and Baby Duvalier promoted more of the same black majority interests, which made things even worse, as if that was possible.
Fast forward to now, and the place is pretty close to unhabitable. They have destroyed almost 100% of their forests, which in turn has eliminated nearly all their farmland. In Haiti, you have an excellent case study of how black people can take over a country with so much potential and prosperity, and within a 100 years or so, completely devastate it. Heck, in Zimbabwe, it took them less than 25 years, so they are getting even better at nation-annihilation.
Sorry I'm getting a little off-topic here, and our prayers should be with the Japanese people in their time of need and tradegy. But it's important sometimes to point these other facts out, so all the cultural marxists who like to empower and worship black people realize what a monumental mistake that is.
After the revolution in early 19th century, most of the Whites and other productive mixed people left. Those who stayed behind were slaughtered and thus began the black majority rule and the 200+ year decline.
During that time, a whole number of corrupt black leaders came to power one after another, thru coups and assasinations, each more repugnant than the one before it, as the country kept going deeper and deeper into the sh*thole. Most notably in the 20th century, Papa and Baby Duvalier promoted more of the same black majority interests, which made things even worse, as if that was possible.
Fast forward to now, and the place is pretty close to unhabitable. They have destroyed almost 100% of their forests, which in turn has eliminated nearly all their farmland. In Haiti, you have an excellent case study of how black people can take over a country with so much potential and prosperity, and within a 100 years or so, completely devastate it. Heck, in Zimbabwe, it took them less than 25 years, so they are getting even better at nation-annihilation.
Sorry I'm getting a little off-topic here, and our prayers should be with the Japanese people in their time of need and tradegy. But it's important sometimes to point these other facts out, so all the cultural marxists who like to empower and worship black people realize what a monumental mistake that is.
Good post foobar75, your right ever now and then, mostly now, people need to be reminded of history and not sugar coat things, especially anything run by blacks.
You are also right, our prayers and charity should be directed at Japan, with its great history(except for the pearl harbor blunder) and people. Man, they will need it.
You are also right, our prayers and charity should be directed at Japan, with its great history(except for the pearl harbor blunder) and people. Man, they will need it.
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If you want to see how badly run Haiti is look at the dividing line between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. One side has a lush forest the other side looks like Agent Orange was sprayed on their forest....foobar75 said:
This may be just a weird coincidence, but yesterday I was talking with my brother about how Obama seems to be minimizing the radiation threat. I said he probably wouldn't be anywhere near the West coast himself. Without knowing, my brother said that he would probably go on some trip - somewhere like South America to avoid any possible radiation. Today I found out that he is going to South America. I was a total guess - neither of us knew about the trip yesterday.
BO honestly is the worst President in the last 50 years. USA barrows over 4 billion a day. Yet he has no sense of urgency to cut spending, rather spend more on so called "investments!" The press has completely put the blinders on to this. Walks around as if unemployment is 4.5% instead of the mind blowing 10% or more going on two years!!
He talks about March Madness brackets, when the world is in crisis mode with Japan on the brink, the middle east on fire. He takes a trip to exotic lands, stays at 5 star resorts, parties etc. The press doesn't bat an eye. If it was Bush, they would be going apesh*t.
This BO calls cops stupid, tells America not to trash the Unions, but F the TEA Party as racists. Again the press just stares or agrees this imposter of a president. BO thinks America has 57 states and that sick children should be put on breathalyziers and the lists goes on and on, the press is silent. Probably DWFs as well. America is in a big mess. and yet the press doesn't seem to care.
Come 2012 I hope America gets it right and throws him and his ugly wife out of the White House and the rest of the dems and repubs who are playing the game and serving themselves. If not, it will become every man or group of men for themselves, with firearms at the ready.
He talks about March Madness brackets, when the world is in crisis mode with Japan on the brink, the middle east on fire. He takes a trip to exotic lands, stays at 5 star resorts, parties etc. The press doesn't bat an eye. If it was Bush, they would be going apesh*t.
This BO calls cops stupid, tells America not to trash the Unions, but F the TEA Party as racists. Again the press just stares or agrees this imposter of a president. BO thinks America has 57 states and that sick children should be put on breathalyziers and the lists goes on and on, the press is silent. Probably DWFs as well. America is in a big mess. and yet the press doesn't seem to care.
Come 2012 I hope America gets it right and throws him and his ugly wife out of the White House and the rest of the dems and repubs who are playing the game and serving themselves. If not, it will become every man or group of men for themselves, with firearms at the ready.
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KARAKUWA, Japan â€" There may be no water, no power and
no cell phone reception in this tsunami-struck town, but in the school
that serves as a shelter, there are sizzling pans of fat, pink shrimp.
Relief supplies have only trickled into the long
strip of northeast Japan demolished by a powerful earthquake and the
wave it unleashed a week ago, leaving affected communities to fend for
themselves.
Many have risen to the occasion.
No water for the toilets? No problem. Students in
Karakuwa bring buckets of water from the school swimming pool to give
survivors the dignity of a proper flush. In the kitchen, a giant rice
cooker given to the school by a resident sits on a table, steam rising
from the heaping mounds of rice inside.
"For a long time, in the countryside, even if you
didn't have enough for yourself, you shared with others," said Noriko
Sasaki, 63, as she sat on the ground outside another relief center in
the town. "That is our culture. Even if they're not relatives, we feel
as if they're sisters or brothers."
There are hardships, a junior high hardly offers
the comforts of home and while the sense of community runs all along
the coast, not all survivors are as well off.
Blustery snow, fuel shortages and widespread damage
to airports, roads and rails have hampered delivery of badly needed
assistance to more than 450,000 homeless trying to stay fed and warm,
often without electricity and running water in shelters cobbled together
in schools and other public buildings.
More than 6,900 people are confirmed dead so far and
another 10,700 are missing. The disaster also damaged a seaside nuclear
power plant, which remains in crisis as workers struggle under dangerous
conditions to prevent a meltdown and major radiation leaks.
In the flattened hamlet of Shizugawa, Koji Sato, a carpenter who usually builds homes, is making coffins.
He said he hasn't had time to really think about the hardship he's faced. "All I have been doing is making coffins."
In Hirota, helicopters have delivered some food, but
not much. So far, the survivors have instant noodles, fruit and bread.
Water comes from wells and mountain rivers. Companies and residents
unaffected by the disaster have donated bedding and blankets.
Kouetsu Sasaki, a 60-year-old city hall worker, said
they still need gas, vegetables, socks, underwear, wet wipes and
anti-bacterial lotion. There is some medicine, but not enough.
"People here aren't angry or frustrated yet. ... But
it's a big question mark whether we can keep living like this for weeks
or months," said Sasaki, who is not related to Noriko. "I try to
concentrate on what I need to do this morning, this day, and not think
about how long it might last."
With roads and airport runways being cleared of debris, aid workers hope to ramp up relief soon.
Helicopters operating from two U.S. aircraft carriers off the coast of Japan are already ferrying in supplies.
Two American helicopters touched down on a hilltop
above Shizugawa on Friday with boxes of canned beans and powdered milk
for a community center that has become a shelter for those who lost
their homes.
But snow has limited helicopter flights, and American
aircraft are also under orders to skirt the area around the nuclear
plant to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.
The region can expect some relief in about 24 hours in the way of warmer
weather replacing bitter cold and snow, said Herbert Puempel of the
U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization in Geneva. He said temperatures
should climb enough to "take a little pressure off the people who are
not housed."
"It's frustrating," said U.S. Navy rescue swimmer Jeff Pearson, 25, of
Amarillo, Texas. "But we're doing all we can do. I think we are going to
be able to get much more involved very soon."
His helicopter crew, based on the southern island of Okinawa, was
heading farther north from Japan's Jinmachi Air Base in Yamagata city.
A 24-vehicle U.S. Marines convoy reached the base Friday, where the
Marines will run a refueling hub, move supplies by road and provide
communications support.
Also Friday, the airport in Sendai, the city closest to the epicenter,
was declared ready to receive aid deliveries on jumbo C-130 and C-17
military transport planes. The tsunami had flooded the tarmac, piling up
small planes and cars and leaving behind a layer of muck and debris.
At the school in Karakuwa, 43-year-old Emi Yoshida reads a book, still
wearing the same clothes she had on the day the tsunami roared into
town. She has not showered in a week and longs for a bed. Still, she is
grateful for the comfort the community has provided her and her two
sons.
Nearby, 62-year-old Yoko Komatsu and her 88-year-old father-in-law
Tetsuo Komatsu sit in a patch of sunlight streaming in through the giant
classroom windows, warming themselves next to an oil-powered heater.
Yoko feels trapped by the one thing the volunteers cannot give her: a
way to communicate with the outside world. She has no idea if her
relatives, who live in other hard-hit coastal towns, are alive.
"I want to go there to check on them," she said. "Even if I go, I can't come back, so I can't move. What I want most is gas."
In the kitchen, teachers, mothers of students and the newly homeless whip up three meals and two snacks a day.
The women mix together squid, shrimp and stir-fried vegetables in large
pots, turning it into a nourishing stew that they ladle onto bowls of
rice. They're delivered with slices of apples throughout the building.
In the middle of one classroom, a group of boys plunk themselves in
seats around a table, the bowls of stew sending plumes of steam into the
air. In unison, they bow their heads.
"Thank you," they say. "For everything."
Then, their chilled hands armed with chopsticks, they gobble their dinner down.
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KARAKUWA, Japan â€" There may be no water, no power and
no cell phone reception in this tsunami-struck town, but in the school
that serves as a shelter, there are sizzling pans of fat, pink shrimp.
Relief supplies have only trickled into the long
strip of northeast Japan demolished by a powerful earthquake and the
wave it unleashed a week ago, leaving affected communities to fend for
themselves.
Many have risen to the occasion.
No water for the toilets? No problem. Students in
Karakuwa bring buckets of water from the school swimming pool to give
survivors the dignity of a proper flush. In the kitchen, a giant rice
cooker given to the school by a resident sits on a table, steam rising
from the heaping mounds of rice inside.
"For a long time, in the countryside, even if you
didn't have enough for yourself, you shared with others," said Noriko
Sasaki, 63, as she sat on the ground outside another relief center in
the town. "That is our culture. Even if they're not relatives, we feel
as if they're sisters or brothers."
There are hardships, a junior high hardly offers
the comforts of home and while the sense of community runs all along
the coast, not all survivors are as well off.
Blustery snow, fuel shortages and widespread damage
to airports, roads and rails have hampered delivery of badly needed
assistance to more than 450,000 homeless trying to stay fed and warm,
often without electricity and running water in shelters cobbled together
in schools and other public buildings.
More than 6,900 people are confirmed dead so far and
another 10,700 are missing. The disaster also damaged a seaside nuclear
power plant, which remains in crisis as workers struggle under dangerous
conditions to prevent a meltdown and major radiation leaks.
In the flattened hamlet of Shizugawa, Koji Sato, a carpenter who usually builds homes, is making coffins.
He said he hasn't had time to really think about the hardship he's faced. "All I have been doing is making coffins."
In Hirota, helicopters have delivered some food, but
not much. So far, the survivors have instant noodles, fruit and bread.
Water comes from wells and mountain rivers. Companies and residents
unaffected by the disaster have donated bedding and blankets.
Kouetsu Sasaki, a 60-year-old city hall worker, said
they still need gas, vegetables, socks, underwear, wet wipes and
anti-bacterial lotion. There is some medicine, but not enough.
"People here aren't angry or frustrated yet. ... But
it's a big question mark whether we can keep living like this for weeks
or months," said Sasaki, who is not related to Noriko. "I try to
concentrate on what I need to do this morning, this day, and not think
about how long it might last."
With roads and airport runways being cleared of debris, aid workers hope to ramp up relief soon.
Helicopters operating from two U.S. aircraft carriers off the coast of Japan are already ferrying in supplies.
Two American helicopters touched down on a hilltop
above Shizugawa on Friday with boxes of canned beans and powdered milk
for a community center that has become a shelter for those who lost
their homes.
But snow has limited helicopter flights, and American
aircraft are also under orders to skirt the area around the nuclear
plant to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.
The region can expect some relief in about 24 hours in the way of warmer
weather replacing bitter cold and snow, said Herbert Puempel of the
U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization in Geneva. He said temperatures
should climb enough to "take a little pressure off the people who are
not housed."
"It's frustrating," said U.S. Navy rescue swimmer Jeff Pearson, 25, of
Amarillo, Texas. "But we're doing all we can do. I think we are going to
be able to get much more involved very soon."
His helicopter crew, based on the southern island of Okinawa, was
heading farther north from Japan's Jinmachi Air Base in Yamagata city.
A 24-vehicle U.S. Marines convoy reached the base Friday, where the
Marines will run a refueling hub, move supplies by road and provide
communications support.
Also Friday, the airport in Sendai, the city closest to the epicenter,
was declared ready to receive aid deliveries on jumbo C-130 and C-17
military transport planes. The tsunami had flooded the tarmac, piling up
small planes and cars and leaving behind a layer of muck and debris.
At the school in Karakuwa, 43-year-old Emi Yoshida reads a book, still
wearing the same clothes she had on the day the tsunami roared into
town. She has not showered in a week and longs for a bed. Still, she is
grateful for the comfort the community has provided her and her two
sons.
Nearby, 62-year-old Yoko Komatsu and her 88-year-old father-in-law
Tetsuo Komatsu sit in a patch of sunlight streaming in through the giant
classroom windows, warming themselves next to an oil-powered heater.
Yoko feels trapped by the one thing the volunteers cannot give her: a
way to communicate with the outside world. She has no idea if her
relatives, who live in other hard-hit coastal towns, are alive.
"I want to go there to check on them," she said. "Even if I go, I can't come back, so I can't move. What I want most is gas."
In the kitchen, teachers, mothers of students and the newly homeless whip up three meals and two snacks a day.
The women mix together squid, shrimp and stir-fried vegetables in large
pots, turning it into a nourishing stew that they ladle onto bowls of
rice. They're delivered with slices of apples throughout the building.
In the middle of one classroom, a group of boys plunk themselves in
seats around a table, the bowls of stew sending plumes of steam into the
air. In unison, they bow their heads.
"Thank you," they say. "For everything."
Then, their chilled hands armed with chopsticks, they gobble their dinner down.
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Freethinker
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Pastor Manning summing up why some people behave well in disasters and others don't. He tells it like it is.
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeA7OOBhlDk[/TUBE]
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeA7OOBhlDk[/TUBE]
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This guy tells it like it is. You have to respect him unlike so many other leaders who do nothing but lie. Great speech. It's just too bad that most of them will ignore him as usual.
Farrakan and Manning should organize a million man cruise to Jamacia and scold all the blacks for their abhoret behavior for the ages. After, persuade them to stay there, then leap frog to Haiti and attempt to fix that mess. I will give them slim to no chance at all.
Except for the few exceptions like this man and Farrakan, blacks as a whole are burden for all of humanity. I have said it before, the biggest mistake in the forming of America was slavery.
Except for the few exceptions like this man and Farrakan, blacks as a whole are burden for all of humanity. I have said it before, the biggest mistake in the forming of America was slavery.
Guys, as a white American who was born and raised in Japan I would like to let you in on a little information about what is really going on over there. The disaster is horrendous there is a massive loss of life, rough estimates in Japan is around 8,000 as reported by NHK. Yesterday JSDF were clearing rubble at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant using 2 type 74 tanks. Over three times the holding capability of the spent fuel rod pool in reactor 3 has been poured in up to this point, so they are hopeful that this should improve the situation. They are now concentrating on filling the reactor 4 pool. Reactors 1,2,5,6 all have external power. They are running system checks of all control boards and equipment to make sure they are functional before turning anything on. Tokyo Electric reported today that radioactive iodine about 127 times normal levels and radioactive cesium about 25 times above the norm were detected in seawater 100 meters off the Fukushima nuclear plant. Despite that concentration, a senior official at the International Atomic Energy Agency said the ocean was capable of absorbing vast amounts of radiation with no effect and that â€" comparatively â€" the radioactivity released so far by the plant was minor.
All that to say the people there are still in a state of emergency. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue here in an identical situation? Anyway, please keep Japan in your thoughts. And if possible after putting food on your own table, help em out.
To be honest I was slightly worried that everyone on this site would not view the Japaneses people in a positive light. But it is quite encouraging to me that we are able to separate our dislike for some races without throwing them all out completely. This should be evidence to any silly attacks on this site, i. e. that we are all racist ect. Thank you all for your kind words.
All that to say the people there are still in a state of emergency. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue here in an identical situation? Anyway, please keep Japan in your thoughts. And if possible after putting food on your own table, help em out.
To be honest I was slightly worried that everyone on this site would not view the Japaneses people in a positive light. But it is quite encouraging to me that we are able to separate our dislike for some races without throwing them all out completely. This should be evidence to any silly attacks on this site, i. e. that we are all racist ect. Thank you all for your kind words.
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chris8812, I have a great deal of respect for the Japanese people. Like Europeans, they have great culture, tradition and innovation. Look at their beautiful architecture, clean cities, high speed trains and advanced technology. They respect family values and education as well as having a strong sense of nationalism. Limiting immigration has allowed all of this. America should take note and follow step.
I would say that it annoys me that Japan still has an Emperor. I understand he is a figure head like England, but they should boot out the monarchs and establish a true Republic with a constitution.
I would say that it annoys me that Japan still has an Emperor. I understand he is a figure head like England, but they should boot out the monarchs and establish a true Republic with a constitution.
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I heard second hand reports that even vending machines haven't been broken into to steal snack food and pop or currency. In a true disaster like this even I might break into these machines to eat or drink. I guess that Gilligan's Island episode about Japanese soldiers never surrendering while being out in the brush isn't that much of an exaggeration.....Highlander said:<div>
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KARAKUWA, Japan â€" There may be no water, no power and
no cell phone reception in this tsunami-struck town, but in the school
that serves as a shelter, there are sizzling pans of fat, pink shrimp.
Relief supplies have only trickled into the long
strip of northeast Japan demolished by a powerful earthquake and the
wave it unleashed a week ago, leaving affected communities to fend for
themselves.
Many have risen to the occasion.
No water for the toilets? No problem. Students in
Karakuwa bring buckets of water from the school swimming pool to give
survivors the dignity of a proper flush. In the kitchen, a giant rice
cooker given to the school by a resident sits on a table, steam rising
from the heaping mounds of rice inside.
"For a long time, in the countryside, even if you
didn't have enough for yourself, you shared with others," said Noriko
Sasaki, 63, as she sat on the ground outside another relief center in
the town. "That is our culture. Even if they're not relatives, we feel
as if they're sisters or brothers."
There are hardships, a junior high hardly offers
the comforts of home and while the sense of community runs all along
the coast, not all survivors are as well off.
Blustery snow, fuel shortages and widespread damage
to airports, roads and rails have hampered delivery of badly needed
assistance to more than 450,000 homeless trying to stay fed and warm,
often without electricity and running water in shelters cobbled together
in schools and other public buildings.
More than 6,900 people are confirmed dead so far and
another 10,700 are missing. The disaster also damaged a seaside nuclear
power plant, which remains in crisis as workers struggle under dangerous
conditions to prevent a meltdown and major radiation leaks.
In the flattened hamlet of Shizugawa, Koji Sato, a carpenter who usually builds homes, is making coffins.
He said he hasn't had time to really think about the hardship he's faced. "All I have been doing is making coffins."
In Hirota, helicopters have delivered some food, but
not much. So far, the survivors have instant noodles, fruit and bread.
Water comes from wells and mountain rivers. Companies and residents
unaffected by the disaster have donated bedding and blankets.
Kouetsu Sasaki, a 60-year-old city hall worker, said
they still need gas, vegetables, socks, underwear, wet wipes and
anti-bacterial lotion. There is some medicine, but not enough.
"People here aren't angry or frustrated yet. ... But
it's a big question mark whether we can keep living like this for weeks
or months," said Sasaki, who is not related to Noriko. "I try to
concentrate on what I need to do this morning, this day, and not think
about how long it might last."
With roads and airport runways being cleared of debris, aid workers hope to ramp up relief soon.
Helicopters operating from two U.S. aircraft carriers off the coast of Japan are already ferrying in supplies.
Two American helicopters touched down on a hilltop
above Shizugawa on Friday with boxes of canned beans and powdered milk
for a community center that has become a shelter for those who lost
their homes.
But snow has limited helicopter flights, and American
aircraft are also under orders to skirt the area around the nuclear
plant to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.
The region can expect some relief in about 24 hours in the way of warmer
weather replacing bitter cold and snow, said Herbert Puempel of the
U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization in Geneva. He said temperatures
should climb enough to "take a little pressure off the people who are
not housed."
"It's frustrating," said U.S. Navy rescue swimmer Jeff Pearson, 25, of
Amarillo, Texas. "But we're doing all we can do. I think we are going to
be able to get much more involved very soon."
His helicopter crew, based on the southern island of Okinawa, was
heading farther north from Japan's Jinmachi Air Base in Yamagata city.
A 24-vehicle U.S. Marines convoy reached the base Friday, where the
Marines will run a refueling hub, move supplies by road and provide
communications support.
Also Friday, the airport in Sendai, the city closest to the epicenter,
was declared ready to receive aid deliveries on jumbo C-130 and C-17
military transport planes. The tsunami had flooded the tarmac, piling up
small planes and cars and leaving behind a layer of muck and debris.
At the school in Karakuwa, 43-year-old Emi Yoshida reads a book, still
wearing the same clothes she had on the day the tsunami roared into
town. She has not showered in a week and longs for a bed. Still, she is
grateful for the comfort the community has provided her and her two
sons.
Nearby, 62-year-old Yoko Komatsu and her 88-year-old father-in-law
Tetsuo Komatsu sit in a patch of sunlight streaming in through the giant
classroom windows, warming themselves next to an oil-powered heater.
Yoko feels trapped by the one thing the volunteers cannot give her: a
way to communicate with the outside world. She has no idea if her
relatives, who live in other hard-hit coastal towns, are alive.
"I want to go there to check on them," she said. "Even if I go, I can't come back, so I can't move. What I want most is gas."
In the kitchen, teachers, mothers of students and the newly homeless whip up three meals and two snacks a day.
The women mix together squid, shrimp and stir-fried vegetables in large
pots, turning it into a nourishing stew that they ladle onto bowls of
rice. They're delivered with slices of apples throughout the building.
In the middle of one classroom, a group of boys plunk themselves in
seats around a table, the bowls of stew sending plumes of steam into the
air. In unison, they bow their heads.
"Thank you," they say. "For everything."
Then, their chilled hands armed with chopsticks, they gobble their dinner down. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110318/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake_devastation
WIR that Gilligan's Island episode was based on real life. After WW II, a Japanese unit lost all communication with its command. Their last order was to fight to the death. The soliders hid in the jungle to attack wayward American forces. The waited years. These Japanese soliders never knew the war had ended. If I remember correctly, they were found 20 years later alive, thinking they were still at War with America. Man, what discipline and loyality to your people. How many Americans would do the same? How many affeletic types would rob, rape and kill their comrades just to live or release their barbaric tension? Alot!