Massive earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan
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magneze
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Médecins Sans Frontières are always a good option.
http://www.msf.org.uk/
http://www.msf.org.uk/
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Whaaat!
bi0boy
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Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
Agreed, but the problem is that there is relatively little information outside the fact that there seems to be a lack of fuel to transport goods, and severe problems getting to certain parts due to damaged roads.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
that is totally ridiculous. The estimated amt. of money this is going to cost Japan is into the $100s of billions. Also, that was before the latest nuclear crises. Also, they are using as little electricity as they can (and of course there still is no electricity many areas), so the factories that produce all those goods that made them wealthy are losing more and more days of production.
TruXta
tired
I'm not stating this as a fact (that the JRC said this), merely that I've seen it stated in for example the NYT. Either way, I don't think donations is going to solve the massive problems this will cause Japan. Which isn't in any sense an argument against cash donations.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
True enough, but then if they don't sort the reactors out, there's going to be a much bigger problem.
Food and shelter is on its way to Japan but how long it's going to take and whether it'll be hit by red-tape or other problems such as getting it to the places where it's needed is a different matter, which is why I was wondering why the Chinooks don't seem to have been used for those difficult to reach places.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
sorry, my comment wasn't directed at you, but at what frogwoman said people on the internet were saying.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Some people were saying that yesterday at my wifes work (she is Japanese and works for a Japanese company), she went apeshit.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Would they be the same people that would quite happily donate to flooding victims in this rich country? Or donate to the Madeleine McCann fund to find a missing child that they've never met?
Japan needs all the help it can get at the moment
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Idiots
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Japan isn't as rich as most would think. They've been economically stagnant for many years and their debt is somewhere north of 2 times GNP. That's only sustainable because of their high savings rate.
In any case, they're people who need help just as much as anywhere else there's been a natural disaster.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Three disasters at once even.
I have just been speaking to friends in Tokyo (and my in laws this morning) nobody is remotely worried (well one wife of a friend is a little bit and is off to visit family in Hiroshima). They are all saying I (we) worry too much and to get over and bring digestives and Jaffa Cakes fast. I felt my mind was at ease and went to pick my daughter up from the nursery to be confronted by all the mums saying "arrh, you can't go" "fallout" "I guess you won't be going now then" "have you not seen the latest news?"
I don't know if my daughter has picked up on all this but she keeps saying she wants to see her cousins.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
I'd go.
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
claphamboy
The wheels on the bus go round and round....
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
oh no. UK and US search teams pulling out of Japan tomorrow 
elbows
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oh no. UK and US search teams pulling out of Japan tomorrow
Source please.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
oh no. UK and US search teams pulling out of Japan tomorrow
For what reason?
bi0boy
Power User
Apparently it was on the SkyNews ticker, I wouldn't be surprised if they got it from Twitter
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Was on Sky. Switched over to see if it was on BBC but not seen anything yet. Said there was little chance of finding any survivors. I'm not sure whether it's the Governments pulling them out or what or the teams themselves withdrawing.
However, I don't believe the statement that they're pulling out as there's little chance of finding survivors as survivors have been found up to 2 weeks after being buried. Obviously they have the tsunami and the snow as well against them as well as being buried, but as far as one of the British workers was concerned earlier in the week, even if they found one survivor, going over there would have been worth it.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Right, it would seem that DfID has said they will be leaving.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
On Thursday the UK's Department for International Development said that it's search and rescue team will be leaving Japan, after extensive search and rescue efforts in the north of the country. Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, said: "We are all extremely proud of the UK Fire and Rescue Team. Sadly, the chance of them finding further survivors is now extremely low and so their specialist skills are no longer necessary in Japan."
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