RSS
Twitter
Facebook
YouTubeFinally had a chance to sit down and watch video footage of the news I've been skimming earlier today. Pretty devastating.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
:(
Columbus Underground Messageboard » General Columbus Discussion » Everyday Chit Chat
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami 2011
[167 posts] [36 contributors]
Topic Rating:
(Total Ratings: )
Rate this topic:
Rate this topic:
-
groundrules
Login to Send PM
anxiously awaiting Pat Roberson's take on this
Posted 1 year ago # -
th0m
Beechwold
Login to Send PM
groundrules wrote >>
anxiously awaiting Pat Roberson's take on thisprobably something like it's because of homosexuality. this is probably because he himself is gay and hasn't dealt with it. short of that perhaps something about non-christian asian beliefs. anyway, the only thing we should really talk about with regards to him is the sad fact the earth didn't expel all of this energy into shutting him up.
we should really donate to the red cross or pray for the living or something, but i don't know what else can be done. perhaps praise the engineers for the better buildings that did stand, and for all the people that are trying to make sense of the thing through twitter, government officials trying to help and organize, and the scientists around the world working to better understand how to predict or otherwise give warning.
Posted 1 year ago # -
michaelcoyote
!seabus
Login to Send PM
-
michaelcoyote
!seabus
Login to Send PM
Best coverage so far is Makiko Itoh who is a food blogger I follow on twitter. She's been translating NHK and posting it in English to twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/makiwi
ETA: here's the NHK feed: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-gtv
Posted 1 year ago # -
michaelcoyote
!seabus
Login to Send PM
Get the Video Plugins Posted 1 year ago # -
michaelcoyote
!seabus
Login to Send PM
From more useful stuff from Twitter:
From the South Florida Red Cross: Contact the US State Department 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225 for inquiries on US citizens living/traveling in Japan
Google Crisis Response links including people finder: http://www.google.co.jp/intl/en/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Posted 1 year ago # -
patient_zero
Falafel District
Login to Send PM
Man looks at scattered debris in the rice fields of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, close to the quakes epicenter.
Posted 1 year ago # -
racheltb
clintonville
Login to Send PM
I've been following Makiko Itoh since you mentioned her on twitter this morning, Michael. Thanks.
I emailed my friend Naoko in chiba at 9:30 am EST. She wrote me back within 15 minutes saying she and family were fine. Amazing that technology was able to afford me some relief of worry about a dear friend. My other friend and bridesmaid, Miyu, hasn't responded yet but I know power and phone services are out in many places still.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
Login to Send PM
Get the Video Plugins Posted 1 year ago # -
patient_zero
Falafel District
Login to Send PM
Toppled beer brewery tanks at the Kirin Brewery in Sendai
Just one of the many beer and saké breweries and restaurants in Japan that rely on rice from this region to produce their product.
These two photos juxtapositioned show to me not only how interconnected Japanese industry is, but how economically damaging this tsunami will be for the Japanese people.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Bear
The woods
Login to Send PM
Coverage I've seen has fixated on the tsunami and the nuclear reactor, and hasn't really emphasized the fact that an earthquake measuring 8.9-9.0 right on your doorstep --
-- is one monstrous Goddamned earthquake. A quick check puts it around the fifth largest since they started keeping records. The Richter scale isn't linear --
-- and although the effects won't be exactly proportional to the energy of the earthquake, I do know that a 7 feels a lot bigger than a 6.
Posted 1 year ago # -
rus
Login to Send PM
Interesting development on the relief efforts:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html
The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing crew members on deck to receive a month’s worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials said Sunday.
FYI, the Regan is one of the USN assets tagged for use in relief ops if required:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/idINIndia-55514820110311
Posted 1 year ago # -
Red Sun Rising
Login to Send PM
This is all really sad, and then there's the aftermath of nukes: - MSN Chernobyl Child- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20747225/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/8/
This is an old article, but one that you never forget.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Cookie
Flyntonville
Login to Send PM
I can't see your image, Bear, but this infographic compares the magnitude of some recent earthquakes.
Posted 1 year ago #
You must log in to post.
Launched in August 2010, TheMetropreneur.com is a local online resource devoted to small business development and entrepreneurship. Its aim is to tell the stories of Central Ohio's business community, foster regional economic development and assist entrepreneurs with its resource-heavy focus.