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Post by mmhmm on Mar 11, 2011 20:53:17 GMT -5
Isn't it amazing how the world can pull together when there's a real disaster to deal with? I'm sure more countries will sign on as the real extent of need is realized.
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Post by marjar on Mar 11, 2011 20:58:39 GMT -5
Search and rescue teams from 45 countries are said to be ready to help. The first to arrive in Japan will be from the US, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, the UN says. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12709694 |
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 11, 2011 20:58:43 GMT -5
It's been reported that the Earth's crust over in Japan has torn open a large hole in the Earth. 150 miles in length X 50 miles wide. Something bigger is on it's way. California, here I come. |
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Post by marjar on Mar 11, 2011 21:09:00 GMT -5
5 reactors are "in trouble."
More than 1,000 feared dead in Japan's northeast — most from the tsunami that followed
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 11, 2011 21:12:23 GMT -5
5 reactors are "in trouble." Me thinks the reactors are just reacting. It is the Japanese people in trouble. Anyone for more nuclear reactors here?  |
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Post by handyman2 on Mar 11, 2011 21:17:19 GMT -5
Labeled as most likely the worst natural disaster in history it will have many effects all around the globe. So sad to see such a calamity on the Japaneese people. The impact on their struggling economy and loss of life will be years for the country to recover. Much of the low farm land will be useless for some time due to salt water intrusion. The transportation systems that move 10 million people a day will take a decade to rebuild. For them the world has changed forever.
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Post by marjar on Mar 11, 2011 21:18:50 GMT -5
The Japanese are in a great deal of trouble. The destruction and devastation are horrific.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 12:24:06 GMT -5
Explosion at nuke plant 100 miles from Tokyo. People being giving iodine tablets.. guess that is treatment for radiation??? Geez, what a nightmare, and not over yet. Now the entire global economy will meltdown, right, as Japan is such a huge economy?
The Nostradamus and other end of the world people must be freaking out. It's enough to make me freak out, and I am not an end of the world type.
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Post by SweetVirginia on Mar 12, 2011 12:48:01 GMT -5
I am so sad for these victims. I usually donate to the red cross when disasters happen. Is that the best way to send help? Any other ideas?
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Post by SweetVirginia on Mar 12, 2011 12:58:51 GMT -5
Thank you very much mmhmm. |
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 12, 2011 13:00:09 GMT -5
You're welcome, hon. I think all of us are feeling a bit helpless right now, and would like to do something to help those poor people!
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Post by SweetVirginia on Mar 12, 2011 13:04:52 GMT -5
You're welcome, hon. I think all of us are feeling a bit helpless right now, and would like to do something to help those poor people! So true mmhmm. And living in CA, I cant help but feel especially worried about something like this happening here. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 13:47:52 GMT -5
sweet-- is this freaking you out as much as me?
we all know MSM does not tell the whole truth, and even what they ARE telling is really scary. I feel so sorry for those people. Sorry for what is sure to be many typos on here. I usually don't even use spell check, and this is weird. My hard drive fried-- no idea why-- am using a kid's friend's laptop. Very different than a PC.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 12, 2011 14:10:13 GMT -5
It's been reported that the Earth's crust over in Japan has torn open a large hole in the Earth. 150 miles in length X 50 miles wide. Something bigger is on it's way. California, here I come. For real???!!! I hadn't heard this. Living in CA, this causes me concern. Predicting earthquakes is an "iffy" business, at best, lonewolf. It's difficult to predict exactly where one will hit, and even more difficult to predict how strong it will be. "The Big One" has been being predicted for California for years, and years, and years. Someday, those predictions might come true, but nobody knows for sure. |
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 12, 2011 14:10:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 14:18:25 GMT -5
Oh, man-- now a RED ALERT reported from another nuke plant. This is horrible, just horrible. shit-- how safe are we when these nuke plants go bad? Seriously. I don't know much about energy, but I hear coal is babbadbad, being screwed to death, oil is badbadbad, being screwed to the wall. Where does this nuke shit fit in?? Is this one of the future "goods" we hear so much about?? Bet those millions in the meltdown area wish they were using anything except nuke power..................... s we hear so much about?  " |
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Post by marjar on Mar 12, 2011 14:20:03 GMT -5
If I offend anyone on this board, too bad. How anyone can see these images and believe we shouldn't send help - just remember, karma is a b1tch.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 12, 2011 14:24:18 GMT -5
Heh. I'm with you, marjar. There will always be those who choose to be offended, just as there will always be those who are more concerned with themselves than with anything else. This disaster has impacted the Japanese people in a terrible way, and that matters to me. If someone wants to be offended, s'okay wit' me! ;D
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Post by Mad Dawg Wiccan on Mar 12, 2011 14:27:10 GMT -5
5 reactors are "in trouble." Me thinks the reactors are just reacting. It is the Japanese people in trouble. Anyone for more nuclear reactors here? Yes, I am. There are vast regions of this country where earthquakes are highly unlikely. |
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Post by SweetVirginia on Mar 12, 2011 14:38:51 GMT -5
sweet-- is this freaking you out as much as me? we all know MSM does not tell the whole truth, and even what they ARE telling is really scary. I feel so sorry for those people. Sorry for what is sure to be many typos on here. I usually don't even use spell check, and this is weird. My hard drive fried-- no idea why-- am using a kid's friend's laptop. Very different than a PC. Hi krickitt! I have been through quite a few earthquakes, but seeing the destruction in Japan is making me feel uneasy. I know we are due for a big one here in So Cal. It is scary. How have you been? Hope well |
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Post by marjar on Mar 12, 2011 14:43:16 GMT -5
I did some reading and actually, according to some experts, the northern part of CA and parts of the Pacific Northwest may be at greater odds of the big one.
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Post by marjar on Mar 12, 2011 14:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 14:45:29 GMT -5
I'm fair, sweet. Still out of work and relying mainly on the kids. Say mainly because I am free daycare for my GBs, and that is a small fortune-- if you choose to see it as such. Far better off than those people in Japan , though.
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Post by Mad Dawg Wiccan on Mar 12, 2011 14:52:32 GMT -5
<<I think they said 8.9 is strongest on record...>>
It is for Japan.
<<I've read some theories on climate change and earthquake volcano increases... mostly stuff like as glaciers melt, they allow the plates to rebound differently, and change stress on faults, apparently there is some historical evidence that as ice caps melted, earthquakes increased.>>
Different type of quake, not caused by shifting plates. It's know as the "Elastic Rebound Theory". The line of thought is that the weight of the ice sheets compresses the soil, which can then "spring back" and cause quakes in areas where no fault lines exist. It is not widely accepted, or at least it wasn't when I was a geology major.
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Post by marjar on Mar 12, 2011 15:11:17 GMT -5
It moved the coastline 8 feet - never underestimate the power of mother nature.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 12, 2011 16:04:48 GMT -5
It moved the coastline 8 feet - never underestimate the power of mother nature. SOMEBODY should DO SOMETHING about these earthquakes. We need to pass a law to make them illegal-- or at least safe and rare when they do happen. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2011 16:17:40 GMT -5
My sister is in Seattle? ... any thoughts...
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 12, 2011 16:42:07 GMT -5
My sister is in Seattle? ... any thoughts... Lucky gal. Beautiful city. |
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