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where are u getting ur news?

Some news links for those who prefer to not get the simplified CNN or Faux News garbage which is designed for 'Murican mush heads who have attention spans of a gnat.

NHK's English language televison news - it is being broadcast online:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

Streaming Japanese news broadcast in English is available at JIBTV:

http://jibtv.com/program/index.aspx?page=0

Also BBC's Asia/Pacific coverage is very good:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12711226

BBC broadcasts:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

CBC's News is much superior to CNN.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/

CBC special coverage of the quake and its aftermath:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/11/f-japan-earthquake-topix.html

Here is one of the best graphics showing the earthquake effects that I have seen. Helps to understand the reports from various areas of Japan:

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CBC has an interactive map of Japan using Google earth and interactive clicks for videos of the affected areas:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/11/f-japan-earthquake-topix.html

The Vancouver Sun has a special on-line section which is quite good:

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/special-series/index.html

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so if something like this were to happen to vancouver..where do u guys think the 'safe zone' begins on the south side of the burrard inlet/ubc/SW marine drive area..

dunbar/16th area is like the most elevated area i can think of other than the mountains O_O

Like ill tell you my secret place ;).

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I would think SFU Burnaby, since it has concrete walls and sits on top of a hill.

BC Place is also being built to withstand natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes as well, so it would serve as a public shelter should it happen here.. That's the first place I'm taking my family if it does.

thats too far away O_O

thx wetcoaster

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where are u getting ur news?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

I've also been getting information from my family in Gunma prefecture. There's a lot of big local news that isn't being covered, but I can understand why with the looming crisis in Fukushima.

Gas lines have exploded in her local town yesterday and a section of it is on fire right now. There's been fire trucks and helicopters circling all day. But that kinda takes a backseat to a potential nuclear disaster.

They're scheduled to shut down power in 1 hour from now that will last for 6 hours. They also sent a notice to everyone that they are cutting off water too (why????)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

I've also been getting information from my family in Gunma prefecture. There's a lot of big local news that isn't being covered, but I can understand why with the looming crisis in Fukushima.

Gas lines have exploded in her local town yesterday and a section of it is on fire right now. There's been fire trucks and helicopters circling all day. But that kinda takes a backseat to a potential nuclear disaster.

They're scheduled to shut down power in 1 hour from now that will last for 6 hours. They also sent a notice to everyone that they are cutting off water too (why????)

Perhaps the water pump station will have its electricity shut off as well?
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The Tokyo stock market has dropped significantly across most sectors. I heard a report that only the construction sector is holding steady while manufacturing has taken a massive hit along woth nuclear and other power stocks.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged in early trading on Monday as investors reacted to the consequences of a massive natural disaster that is still unfolding.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 619 points, or six per cent, at 9,635 about four hours after the market opened at 9 a.m. Monday local time (8 p.m. ET Sunday).

The Bank of Japan initially said Monday it would inject 7 trillion yen ($84 billion Cdn) into the money markets, "the largest amount ever," to ensure the financial system continued to operate normally.

But about three hours after the market opened, it boosted that to 15 trillion yen (about $178 billion Cdn).

Other Asian markets were off but just a fraction of the losses in Tokyo. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell and Singapore's Straits Times index were both down about 0.5 per cent.

The tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan on Friday about the time the market closed may have killed more than 10,000 people. It has caused a massive disruption to transportation in the northeastern part of the country, and led to severe damage to several nuclear plants.

The electricity shortage caused by the damage has forced leading Japanese car companies — Toyota, Honda and Nissan —to close for an indefinite period, and electricity companies are warning of rotating blackouts on Monday to conserve power.

However, the Tokyo exchange said Sunday that it would keep its normal hours on Monday.

On Monday morning, the Bank conducted a same-day funds-supplying operation totalling 7 trillion yen, and a future-day-start funds-supplying operation totalling 3 trillion yen. The Bank said it will do its utmost to continue ensuring stability in the financial markets and securing smooth settlement of funds, including providing liquidity.

On Friday, the Nikkei fell 200 points to about 10,254.

The 1995 earthquake that devastated Kobe cost $132 billion US, said Sheila Smith, an expert in Japan Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, a U.S. think tank.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/03/13/asian-markets-mondya-tsunami.html

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  1. 0521: China's Premier, Wen Jiabao, has sent his condolences to Japan. Usually little love is lost between the two Asian giants, locked in territorial disputes and embittered by wartime memories, but all of that was set aside when the premier spoke in Beijing. "I want to use today's opportunity to extend our deep condolences for the loss of lives in this disaster and to express our sincere sympathy to the Japanese people," he said. "China is also a country that is prone to earthquake disasters and we fully empathise with how the Japanese people feel now. When the massive Wenchuan [sichuan] earthquake hit [in 2008], the Japanese government sent a rescue team to China and also offered supplies." A Chinese rescue team arrived in Japan on Sunday.

xox

This made me tear up a bit. My grandparents are from China and there are terrible wartime stories about what the Japanese did to their people, and to see the countries getting along is warming, despite the disasters.

xox

  1. 0535: Like China, Russia has had difficult relations with Japan at times but it, too, is helping out now. A transport plane carrying 50 rescue workers and equipment has departed Moscow and, closer to Japan, a helicopter carrying a further 25 rescuers has left Khabarovsk.

:)

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A US aircraft carrier of the coast of Japan and helicopters flying missions received doses of radioactivity.

The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing crew members on deck to receive a month’s worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials said Sunday.

The officials added that American helicopters flying missions about 60 miles north of the damaged reactors became coated with particulate radiation that had to be washed off.

There was no indication that any of the military personnel had experienced ill effects from the exposure. (Everyone is exposed to a small amount of natural background radiation.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html?_r=1&ref=asia

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so if something like this were to happen to vancouver..where do u guys think the 'safe zone' begins on the south side of the burrard inlet/ubc/SW marine drive area..

dunbar/16th area is like the most elevated area i can think of other than the mountains O_O

Not sure if the Lower Mainland would get a tsunami like the one in Japan......maybe Mid to Northern Coastal B.C., but it depends on where the epicenter was located. I honestly think we've got some protection from Vancouver Island and the smaller ones just south of Blaine and East of the bottom tip of Vancouver Island.

tsunami_hazard_e.jpg

Hope that puts you at a little more ease.

But here's a couple of links if you want to find out more info and get information on how to be prepared for an earthquake here.

http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/earthquake_preparedness.html

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/prepare-preparer/index-eng.php

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Not sure if the Lower Mainland would get a tsunami like the one in Japan......maybe Mid to Northern Coastal B.C., but it depends on where the epicenter was located. I honestly think we've got some protection from Vancouver Island and the smaller ones just south of Blaine and East of the bottom tip of Vancouver Island.

tsunami_hazard_e.jpg

Hope that puts you at a little more ease.

But here's a couple of links if you want to find out more info and get information on how to be prepared for an earthquake here.

http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/earthquake_preparedness.html

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/prepare-preparer/index-eng.php

o yeaaaa vancouver island would act as a shield :mellow:

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Dear God, please let this end...

0636: AFP news agency has just run the same story from Jiji - this is definitely Reactor 2 we are talking about.

0631: This is the first time today that we are hearing of problems in Reactor 2. This morning, there was a huge explosion at Reactor 3, and there was a blast at Reactor 1 on Saturday. But both of those reactors are said to be intact.

0629: Urgent news: Cooling functions have stopped and water levels are falling in Reactor 2 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant - Jiji news agency, quoted by Reuters.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

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