Terran
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i mean i was commenting on what i saw and out of nowhere personal attacks get launched at me, and instead of getting people to stay on topic like before, i get harassed even moreseriosuly dude? this isn't about you being right or wrong, just disregard that guy who said that comment about you.
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The people are yelling "run, run, hurry!". It looks like a group of people stopped to help someone.
i think we saw a longer version on Japanese TV and at the end you can see a couple 0n the left get swept away.
LOL what now
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It's a strange angle. Not sure if everyone in their group made it. Hopefully. It looks like they come around a corner so it is hard to tell if there were others just behind them.
yea no kidding, especially with the SLR getting in the way i couldn't really be sure
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Jeez, did you not listen to the voice-over???? The reporter said they escaped, but just barely.
when i first watched the video a few days ago i thought one of them got swept away (note the guy in black sort of falling at the end there) so i was under the impression that one of them got swept away
and no there was no commentary in the original video
and no i did not re-watch it again
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Yeah, that one. People are quite far from the filmer and at one point an SLR gets in the way. Same one ?
yes
it looked like they were really old so i doubt they had the ability to get away in time so they didn't really bother
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There's one video they keep showing of a Tsunami making it's way in and people at the bottom of a hill. The water comes right up to them and they don't seem to make much of an effort to get away. Scary stuff.
where? i've watched so many videos but i don't think i've seen that one yet (unless you're talking about the one where people are at the bottom left corner of the video)?
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read this for a better understanding of what's actually meant by 'radiation' since the media's just throwing it around like a new buzzword
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/03/fukushima_crisis_radiation_exp.html
Still, the two main elements of concern from a radiation leak would be radioactive iodine and cesium, [the latter of] which has a half-life of 30 years, so it stays around for a little while.By contrast, alpha and beta radiation cannot penetrate far beyond skin or clothing. These latter types are completely harmless if you're properly protected, but if you ingest or inhale some of the material, it has the potential to make you very ill. That is because once you have taken on alpha or beta radiation, there is no way to escape its effects. It's a bit like carrying an x-ray machine in your chest. Iodine-131 is particularly dangerous because it is readily absorbed by the thyroid and can cause cancer. (It's worth noting that caesium-137, though a gamma emitter, can also be absorbed by the body). -
Why is there no looting in Japan?
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/?hpt=T1
pretty good read
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:
In the wake of Japan's deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant explosions, we have witnessed the almost indescribable chaos that follows a disaster of this magnitude: loss of life, severe injuries, homelessness, lack of water, food and proper medical care, the physical destruction of towns and cities, and a growing fear of radioactive contamination from power plants that seem beyond anyone's ability to control.
But one heart-wrenching byproduct of disasters like this one has been missing in Japan, and that’s looting and lawlessness.
Looting is something we see after almost every tragedy; for example: last year's earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the floods in England in 2007, and of course Hurricane Katrina back in 2005. It happens when some people who've seen life as they know it get tossed out the window feel that all morality has been tossed out too. It's survival of the fittest and whatever you can get your hands on is yours, no matter who it belongs to.
But that's not happening in Japan.
Journalist and social commentator Ed West wrote in the UK Telegraph yesterday how struck he was by the Japanese culture throughout this ordeal. He observed how supermarkets cut their prices in the days following the quake and how vending machine owners were giving out free drinks as "people work together to survive." And West was most surprised by the fact that there was no looting.
Many have pointed to the popularity of Japan's distinctive Buddhist and Shinto religions as well as how the values of conformity and consensus are considered virtues in their culture. That's one explanation, but it probably has something to do with remaining true to your moral code even in the darkest hours.
Here’s my question to you: Why is there no looting in Japan?
Interested to know which ones made it on air?
Kim:
Because Japanese culture, unlike all other modern cultures, is based primarily on honor and dignity. Unlike our Katrina disaster, the Japanese don't see this as an opportunity to steal everything in sight. The so-called civilized world can learn much from the stoic Japanese.
Greg in Arkansas:
Two words: National pride. The people of Japan love their country and do what is best for the nation, unlike the United States where we love our country and do what is best for ourselves.
Natasha:
The Japanese are resourceful, innovative and disciplined people with a great sense of national pride. While they also have criminals and felons, it is not quite in comparison to the sleaze balls we have in our streets. It was disgusting to watch these scum bags loot stores in New Orleans during Katrina when they should have helped their fellow citizens in need. While watching the devastation in Japan is heart wrenching, it is so refreshing to see the civility of people within the calamity they are facing.
Larry in Georgetown, Texas:
Jack, I was blessed to visit Japan several years ago on business and was told that if I lost my wallet in downtown Tokyo that the person who found it would make it their mission to return it to me in tact. These people are very gracious and kind.
Carol:
Sociologists will tell you that the lack of looting is just the result of large numbers of people developing a more orderly society to cope with living in a smaller land mass. Personally, I've always thought it's because they're a more highly evolved race.
Joy:
It's the Japanese culture - very refined, dignified, disciplined and civilized. We should all learn from them. They're the types of people you help out willingly because you know that they'll make full use of any opportunity to get back on their feet.
Richard:
I don't really know. It would be easy to say that they are a very homogeneous society and perhaps in a way consider each other family. In any case they are to be applauded.
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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.
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
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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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So much news is coming out, I don't think I could even post it all.
where are u getting ur news?
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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
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2000 bodies just found in Miyagi Prececture.
u getting this from cnn live?
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I decided to finally pin this. Man, are times rough in Japan right now. It sounds like some serious stuff is still going down.
sounds like
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Okay, as if all the issues already facing Japan weren't enough, reports are coming out now that a volcano is erupting in the south of Japan. Unreal.
volcanoes erupt all the time, it's not really a big deal
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Shintoism?
I didn't understand your intention that it was a quote, no. Still, I assume you were quoting it because you felt it was accurate so its still funny to me.
you're clearly overanalyzing the fact the person said 'mother nature' as though some sort of an earth goddess exists..no hypocrisy here buddy, nice try
also, that quote was probably in response to youtube comments like
Cant help but share a Bible verse that spells this out in detail. Luke 21:25-28. Thanks friend for updates. When i saw these events at 5 this morning i threw a vid up. Trying to inform but at the same time give perspective. Take care.Well, it could be the earthquakes triggering the volcanoes. Or it could be the fact that the volcanoes were getting ready to erupt and caused the earthquakes. And, I don't know if it means anything at all. But, the bible does say there will be earthquakes fires and floods in the end days.
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Not a doomsdayer by any stretch but I find it hilarious that you would, in the same breath, denigrate others religious views while at the same time invoke an Earth goddess to explain natural phenomenom.
didn't see the quote?
obviously there's no such thing as 'earth goddess' but rather "a common personification of nature...in the form of the mother."
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things just getting worse for japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44LaGiPD-Ms&feature=youtube_gdata_player
quoting..
With volcanoes in such close proximity to the quake this should be expected. You can't have an 8.9 magnitude earthquake with a volcano sitting on top of the fault line and not have this kind of activity. To all the bible banging bed wetters who think this is the second coming, go change your diapers and come on back to reality. No omnipotent sky-fairy here, just mother nature doing her work.
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So ridiculous to see all these tragedies happening. you know whats the weird thing, take the date of when the twin towers went down 9-11-01, and add it to the date that the earthquake happend in japan, 3-10-11 and you get 12-21-2012. Quite scary considering thats the date the world is suppose to end.
add 1-12-10 for haiti and it becomes the new 2012? and katrina? 2010 chile?
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It's ok. He's right, I'm not the only one. It's just been the stress because I haven't slept or ate really since this whole thing started. It's been 28 hours without break and I'm too high strung.
I shouldn't have reacted like that. No matter how trying this has been, what they are experiencing now is far more. They are the ones who need us.
when i said i got family in japan i didn't mean you're not the only one with family in japan..i meant im as equally concerned regarding this as you are...and that what i said had no ill-will against those in japan
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I'm sorry. I've just been through a lot with my family there. I didn't read what he said, I just reacted. I'm sorry about that, really.
I hope you can accept my apology.
yea don't worry about it, just some misunderstanding i suppose
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Someone please smack him for me.
Edit: Just so you know pal, my wife and kids are 188km away from it. It might be safe, it might not. But don't dare tell people they're stupid for worrying. Got it?
Some people here have family there, not just myself. There are many japanese-canadians in Vancouver.
calm down buddy, you're not the ONLY one with relatives in japan and vancouver. i just thought what he said sounded rather selfish. Got it?
i swear i had typed only...
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Easy tiger.....i'm not sure you're taking it as he meant it. I believe he meant if the worst comes to worst as in, if a total meltdown occurs....which is the worst that can happen, then the nuclear fallout and material ejected could reach here, on the West Coast as well.
I tend to disagree slightly, but, still there's nothing to get offended about from his statement.
he phrased it like what had happened to the japanese wasn't already bad enough..and even if a nuclear disaster were to occur, the worst case scenario would be that he would be affected while disregarding what's going to happen to those living in japan/those living near japan
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Take it with a grain of salt folks, but worst comes the worst, that fallout reaches us in about 10 days reportedly.
it's only the 'worst' because it would affect you right
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OMG Earthquake?
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yea i've noticed a lot of footages just get cut out right before moving cars get swept away by the tsunami..it's just really sad to see