Japan

PureandEasy

chiquimonkey wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

These photos just made me cry :(

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan ... eafter.htm

That's unbelievable.

Just seeing whole neighborhoods decimated, and to think how many people could have been in those homes? It's incomprehensible, all that devastation. No matter how many photos or footage I see, it is still hard to wrap one's head around it.

It really is B, especially with little to no warning. Those poor people, hopefully the didn't even see it coming.

I'd rather that than staring into the face of death with no where to go.

dcfaithful

chiquimonkey wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

These photos just made me cry :(

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan ... eafter.htm

That's unbelievable.

Just seeing whole neighborhoods decimated, and to think how many people could have been in those homes? It's incomprehensible, all that devastation. No matter how many photos or footage I see, it is still hard to wrap one's head around it.

No kidding... it's just unreal to see the topical damage. When you put into perspective the damage done to all the lives, and even the amount of lives taken is when the severity of this thing begins to sink it's deepest. :(

I hope and pray that Japan receives all the help they need from other countries.

chiquimonkey

PureandEasy wrote:

It really is B, especially with little to no warning. Those poor people, hopefully the didn't even see it coming.

I'd rather that than staring into the face of death with no where to go.

Same here, best to go out quick....though those last seconds of their lives must have been terrifying.

And for people who managed to survive but are buried under all that rubble, people trying to find their loved ones..just the level of anguish that whole island is experiencing, jesus. The ripple effect of that extends so far and deep.

Living in earthquake country, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. The plates are shifting so much, it's just a matter of time.

chiquimonkey

dcfaithful wrote:

No kidding... it's just unreal to see the topical damage. When you put into perspective the damage done to all the lives, and even the amount of lives taken is when the severity of this thing begins to sink it's deepest. :(

I hope and pray that Japan receives all the help they need from other countries.

Exactly, it goes beyond the physical damage. I mean god how long will it take to clean all that up? And the scars this is leaving on people's psyches and hearts there...blows my mind :(

Lizard

chiquimonkey wrote:

Living in earthquake country, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. The plates are shifting so much, it's just a matter of time.

I know!!!!!!!!!!

And like you said---it is hard to wrap your heard around the immense tragedy and devastation. With all the havoc that nature can create we are still dealing with freaking *&#(*&%ZD#@)man-made bulllshit going on!!!

PureandEasy

I know, I saw some footage of a woman with a little girl, she couldn't have been more than 8 years old, the child looked in complete shock, then the woman held the child to her shielding her. But those images will never go away for that little girl. Breaks your heart.

chiquimonkey

Lizard wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

Living in earthquake country, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. The plates are shifting so much, it's just a matter of time.

I know!!!!!!!!!!

It's pretty safe to say as a state, we are screwed. WAY screwed. I don't think we're as prepared as the Japanese were...and even with all the preparation, you see all the devastation they experienced.

The Hayward fault has been due for a big one for a long time....I live and work right along it, so it freaks me out. Seeing all these photos and footage doesn't help the anxiety any, but I guess all one can do is be prepared as you can.

This is a good opportunity for those who live in earthquake-prone areas to get an emergency kit together! And if you have critters, to be sure to have extra food and meds for them.

dcfaithful

chiquimonkey wrote:

Lizard wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

Living in earthquake country, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. The plates are shifting so much, it's just a matter of time.

I know!!!!!!!!!!

It's pretty safe to say as a state, we are screwed. WAY screwed. I don't think we're as prepared as the Japanese were...and even with all the preparation, you see all the devastation they experienced.

The Hayward fault has been due for a big one for a long time....I live and work right along it, so it freaks me out. Seeing all these photos and footage doesn't help the anxiety any, but I guess all one can do is be prepared as you can.

This is a good opportunity for those who live in earthquake-prone areas to get an emergency kit together! And if you have critters, to be sure to have extra food and meds for them.

I live in Salt Lake City, which lies on a huge fault in the western United States, the Wasatch Fault:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasatch_fault

It's pretty frightening, considering that we as well are very over due for another quake...

This paragraph is really what gives me chills...

The urban areas of Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo, known collectively as the Wasatch Front, lie on soft lake sediments, a remnant of Lake Bonneville. During strong earthquakes, this sediment will cause Earthquake liquefaction, which acts as quicksand. An earthquake on the Wasatch Fault could severely damage gas, electric, water, communication, and transportation lifelines, crippling the 2,000,000 strong Wasatch Front urban area.

chiquimonkey

dcfaithful wrote:

I live in Salt Lake City, which lies on a huge fault in the western United States, the Wasatch Fault:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasatch_fault

It's pretty frightening, considering that we as well are very over due for another quake...

This paragraph is really what gives me chills...

The urban areas of Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo, known collectively as the Wasatch Front, lie on soft lake sediments, a remnant of Lake Bonneville. During strong earthquakes, this sediment will cause Earthquake liquefaction, which acts as quicksand. An earthquake on the Wasatch Fault could severely damage gas, electric, water, communication, and transportation lifelines, crippling the 2,000,000 strong Wasatch Front urban area.

Aw man, that is scary! :( The quicksand thing in particular.

Here is some info from the Red Cross, everyone in earthquake country should check it out: http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/ ... mt=default

The Hayward fault is more populated than the one that was affected in the Loma Prieta quake back in '89, so when it does hit, it'll cause a lot more damage and casualties :(

*sigh* just goes to show, as much as we try to exert control over our lives and situations, in the end the earth owns us, lock stock and barrel.

dcfaithful

chiquimonkey wrote:

*sigh* just goes to show, as much as we try to exert control over our lives and situations, in the end the earth owns us, lock stock and barrel.

It should be obvious to all of us now, that there is no defying the incredible force of nature and the planet that we live on. Nothing will stop things like this from happening, and to be honest, we should expect every and all natural disasters to happen eventually in order for us to at least be in some state of preparedness.

chiquimonkey

dcfaithful wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

*sigh* just goes to show, as much as we try to exert control over our lives and situations, in the end the earth owns us, lock stock and barrel.

It should be obvious to all of us now, that there is no defying the incredible force of nature and the planet that we live on. Nothing will stop things like this from happening, and to be honest, we should expect every and all natural disasters to happen eventually in order for us to at least be in some state of preparedness.

Absolutely. I think people get lulled into a false sense of security, so if any good can come out of this, is that people get reminded that they NEED to have a plan set for *when* it happens, because it's not a matter of 'if'.

RKCNDY

GOOD NEWS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbegrtbMULc

Incredibly, he was spotted by a maritime self-defence force destroyer taking part in the rescue effort as he clung to the wreckage with one hand and waved a self-made red flag with the other. He had been at sea for two days.

Reports said that on being handed a drink aboard the rescue boat, Shinkawa gulped it down and immediately burst into tears. His wife, with whom he had returned home as the tsunami approached, is still missing.

He was quoted as saying: “No helicopters or boats that came nearby noticed me. I thought that day was going to be the last day of my life.”

Officials said Shinkawa was in good condition after being taken to hospital by helicopter.

I hope that they will look a little harder in the waters off the coast of Japan...

Get_Right

RKCNDY wrote:

GOOD NEWS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbegrtbMULc

Incredibly, he was spotted by a maritime self-defence force destroyer taking part in the rescue effort as he clung to the wreckage with one hand and waved a self-made red flag with the other. He had been at sea for two days.

Reports said that on being handed a drink aboard the rescue boat, Shinkawa gulped it down and immediately burst into tears. His wife, with whom he had returned home as the tsunami approached, is still missing.

He was quoted as saying: “No helicopters or boats that came nearby noticed me. I thought that day was going to be the last day of my life.”

Officials said Shinkawa was in good condition after being taken to hospital by helicopter.I hope that they will look a little harder in the waters off the coast of Japan...

a tribute to the Japanese spirit
hopefully one of many more miracles to be reported

haffajappa

this morning i hung my japan flag on the window of our house...
all those poor souls

Jearlpam0925

http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc6/8 ... cd6dc12abf

JOEJOEJOE

manutd3581 wrote:

Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan

Lord help us!

JOEJOEJOE

haffajappa wrote:

this morning i hung my japan flag on the window of our house...
all those poor souls

My wife is Japanese, so these events have new meaning to me.

Loulou

Those poor people. They must be so scared, what is happening to our world????? I know awful things happen all around the world everyday but the amount of people dying from the massive natural disasters is just phenomenal!!! So very tragic.

chiquimonkey

This is amazing! A 4-month old surviving, and her parents are alive too!! Awesome they found the 70 year old lady as well, hope there are more stories like this.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110315/w ... worldyahoo

chiquimonkey

I follow this graphic designer on FB/twitter, and he created this beautiful tribute to Japan:



You can read about it here:
http://justcreativedesign.com/2011/03/11/japan-tribute/