Tsunami

by **JackT** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:01 am

Whole towns apparently gone in Japan. I am afraid that they have been messed up bad over there. Apparently they prepare for this so perhaps the toll is not what the pictures suggest.

by **withahip** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:16 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhCqf7M_tv4[/youtube]

by **withahip** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:28 am

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... _Is_Rocked

by **watercolors** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:27 pm

kinda glad I live up on a mountain! :eek:

by **Voodoo Billy** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:07 am

As long as there isn't smoke and molten rock bubbling out of the top of it you should be OK.

by **JackT** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:51 pm

Doesn't one of our members currently reside in Japan?
It's the worst disaster of all time over there. Maybe tens of thousands perished.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:48 pm

Maybe the "worst disaster since World War Two" might be a better way to describe it, rather than all time. Although it probably is more like hell for those living in the areas affected.

by **Mr. Brian** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:10 am

JackT wrote:Doesn't one of our members currently reside in Japan?

happy_loss lists a location as Nagoya, Japan

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:20 am

Southern Japan, Nagoya so Happy_Loss should be fine.

by **withahip** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:03 am

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

by **JackT** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:15 pm

the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:Maybe the "worst disaster since World War Two" might be a better way to describe it, rather than all time. Although it probably is more like hell for those living in the areas affected.

I'm not worried that I overstated the magnitude.

I know that, for instance, the asteroid that caused the global mass extinction event was likely worse, as was the disappearance of Atlantis.

I also do not think World War two is properly described as a "disaster".

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:52 pm

JackT wrote:I also do not think World War two is properly described as a "disaster".

It was for Japan at the time in terms of lives lost and damage to the country, particularly from the Tokyo fire bombings and two cities being the recipient of a little boy and a fat man. There's been nothing similar since in terms of a disaster for Japan with scores of people dead, land areas and infrastructure damaged or destroyed. Then there is the knock-on effect on Japanese industry and the general economy, etc. That is what I was alluding to, much as the Japanese Prime Minister meant when he also called it the worst Japanese disaster since WW2. I didn't mean in general.

by **withahip** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:13 pm

The Hanshin Quake was pretty bad.

by **JackT** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:04 pm

the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:It was for Japan at the time in terms of lives lost and damage to the country, particularly from the Tokyo fire bombings and two cities being the recipient of a little boy and a fat man. There's been nothing similar since in terms of a disaster for Japan with scores of people dead, land areas and infrastructure damaged or destroyed. Then there is the knock-on effect on Japanese industry and the general economy, etc. That is what I was alluding to, much as the Japanese Prime Minister meant when he also called it the worst Japanese disaster since WW2. I didn't mean in general.

So summing up, what exactly is your point?

by **Voodoo Billy** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:16 pm

JackT wrote:So summing up, what exactly is your point?

I think what he is alluding to is Japan's worst 'natural' disaster, that is a disaster resulting from 'forces of nature' as opposed to the 'other' disaster which was caused by the US dropping something on them.

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