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Massive earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan

editor said:
This is heart renderingly tragic.
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You got that right man. This whole tragedy, is absolutley mind boggling. the videos, the pictures, and the heart string pulling stories, are just bewildering. It's hard to comprehend any of it to be honest. It's like we're not watching real events, it's almost like a film. But it's not. These are real people, going through some real fucked up shit. And my heart truly does bleed for them, this is monumental. And it's not over yet. Unfortunatly. The nuclear stuff that has yet to unfold, and the earth stuff that is to come. It's a very sad time for humans everywhere. We're all in greif for this event, and we can all count our luck that it's not us right now. Words can't ever begin to take on how big an effect this will have on people who are effected. Action os what is needed.
 
editor said:
BBC says: "Two thousand bodies have been found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture, Japanese media are reporting"

This is heart renderingly tragic.
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and it just doesn't seem like it's going to get any better with all those other thousands missing
 
It is sad. And I guess it hits home more because it's happening in a first world country so people can relate to it more. The Pakistan/ Bangladesh earthquakes about a year ago were on and off the news so quick that I can't even remember exactly where they were but I wouldn't be surprised if they had similar death tolls.
 
8115 said:
It is sad. And I guess it hits home more because it's happening in a first world country so people can relate to it more. The Pakistan/ Bangladesh earthquakes about a year ago were on and off the news so quick that I can't even remember exactly where they were but I wouldn't be surprised if they had similar death tolls.
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The pakistan floods had a massivly high death toll. Their plight is also just begining. But you're right,the news has lost interest, so, so did the rest of the world. Same thing will happen here, within a week or 2, this will not be in the news anymore. And we'll all but forget about it. Sad, but true.
 
xes said:
The pakistan floods had a massivly high death toll. Their plight is also just begining. But you're right,the news has lost interest, so, so did the rest of the world. Same thing will happen here, within a week or 2, this will not be in the news anymore. And we'll all but forget about it. Sad, but true.
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It will remain very much in the Japanese psyche for years to come.
 
xes said:
The pakistan floods had a massivly high death toll. Their plight is also just begining. But you're right,the news has lost interest, so, so did the rest of the world. Same thing will happen here, within a week or 2, this will not be in the news anymore. And we'll all but forget about it. Sad, but true.
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I don't think it's so much that. I think people get used to seeing that region of the world flooding (although not to the extent that it did). People are used to seeing earthquakes, but when you get the two of them together, along with threats of nuclear meltdowns etc. it's like a triple disaster rolled into one. Let's just hope the volcanoes that have been kicking off over there don't decide to kick-off big time
 
xes said:
The pakistan floods had a massivly high death toll. Their plight is also just begining. But you're right,the news has lost interest, so, so did the rest of the world. Same thing will happen here, within a week or 2, this will not be in the news anymore. And we'll all but forget about it. Sad, but true.
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Islamic Relief were collecting for the Pakistani flood victims and for Japan outside Whitechapel tube on Saturday - of course, people in East London may have more familial and cultural ties to South Asia than in other parts of the country - hope they did okay in their collection.
 
There was a guy from ShelterBox on the radio just now saying that the first place they arrived at didn't appear to have any survivors. A town of 20,000 people :(
 
lagtbd said:
Islamic Relief were collecting for the Pakistani flood victims and for Japan outside Whitechapel tube on Saturday - of course, people in East London may have more familial and cultural ties to South Asia than in other parts of the country - hope they did okay in their collection.
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I'll second that motion! There's only 1 shop I know of in my local area, who is still collecting for the pakistan floods. I always give my change to him when I buy stuff in the shop. I guess there's just so much going on in the world, that it's hard to keep up. I mean, it'd be 24/7 dissaster porn on the news if it was given the coverage that was deserved.
 
ska invita said:
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by the way, talking of financial markets etc. i read in city am today that bankers are selling up assets to buy up all the yen they can, so that when insurers come to having to pay people back (billions) the bankscum will cash in on the demand for yen. string the fuckers up
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It's fucking sickening isn't it. To these "people" money is far more important than human life. If there is a hell, there'll be a special place for these cunts.
 
Natural gas prices rising. Probably we'll see oil price movement as well. Commodities futures traders will be having a big day.
Edit: Oil down due to the reduction in demand.
 
On the news last night they were talking about oil prices going down. As Japan will need more gas than oil at the moment. I find it really fucking crude (pun intended) that this is even a subject of talk at the moment. Ok, it is how it is, but that doesn't change the fact that it's so very callous, talking about profits, and the prices of things, when so many are in such utter dire trouble.
 
I have to admit that I bought some stock this morning. In my defense, its one I've been watching for a while and the P/E ratio just hit my price point. Also, its nothing that would directly benefit from the misery in Japan. If it wasn't this disaster bringing the price down it would have been unemployment news. Feel free to hate on me. :oops:
 
trashpony said:
There was a guy from ShelterBox on the radio just now saying that the first place they arrived at didn't appear to have any survivors. A town of 20,000 people :(
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Saying there are no survivors sitting around or trapped in buildings after two days is a bit different from saying the entire town died.

I bet most were either out of town working or managed to get out following the Tsunami warning, or else managed to survive and get themselves out afterwards.
 
trashpony said:
There was a guy from ShelterBox on the radio just now saying that the first place they arrived at didn't appear to have any survivors. A town of 20,000 people :(
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I wouldn't be surprised to hear that this is the case with more of these places. Some shots seem to show a relative absence of survivors - although there could be other reasons for this
 
8115 said:
It is sad. And I guess it hits home more because it's happening in a first world country so people can relate to it more. The Pakistan/ Bangladesh earthquakes about a year ago were on and off the news so quick that I can't even remember exactly where they were but I wouldn't be surprised if they had similar death tolls.
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I've noticed that they're getting water service restored and stores open far faster than Haiti. Living in a first world country definitely has its advantages. :(
 
bi0boy said:
Saying there are no survivors sitting around or trapped in buildings after two days is a bit different from saying the entire town died.

I bet most were either out of town working or managed to get out following the Tsunami warning, or else managed to survive and get themselves out afterwards.
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He then went on to say that he thought it looked like no one had survived. I don't know how much of a gap there was between the warning and the tsunami hitting
 
"Everything is destroyed and flattened. This is a complete disaster. In my long career in the Red Cross, this is the worst I have ever seen," he said.

Fires burned in the hills overlooking Otsuchi, complicating rescue efforts. Near-freezing temperatures, and the extent of the devastation, made chances for surviving this disaster slim.

"It really doesn't get any worse than this -- I've never seen anything so bad," said Patrick Fuller of the International Red Cross Federation. "I don't think you will find anywhere worse on the coastline."

"There are just kilometres of wasteland, twisted metal and people picking though it all for bodies."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/14/uk-japan-quake-scene-idUSLNE72D02Q20110314?pageNumber=1
 
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