Thanks for sharing. Awesome. But the guy videoing it must be mad
On hindsight, I wouldn't have recognised the tsunami at beginning. It looks like a change to high tide. Those white waves in the background looked more like those at Gold Coast or Hawaii. If I were there, I would have died. No way I could run up a hill in 5minutes or drive more than 200km in a small toy car when waves enveloped the land that way.
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:42 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Thing is, what alternatives to the Japanese have? Wind power? Solar?
Those sources require large areas of space to be viable... Can you imagine Japan's beautiful landscape removed and dotted with wind turbines or solar panels?
Tough situation for them... Nuclear power is the most efficient from a land usage standpoint, I think.
Interesting... What natural power sources does Japan have in abundance?
-Obviously plenty of rain, if power could be generated from it...
-Geothermal, I am not sure how much it's being exploited...
-Wave power, I think there's no doubt now of the power of the sea which surrounds Japan.
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:30 am Post subject:
If you are watching the NHK-G or NHK World live feeds on Ustream, they will be ending them on Friday night 12:00A JST, which would be 8:00A tomorrow morning for folks in PDT. (adjust to your time zone appropriately).
If you are watching the NHK-G or NHK World live feeds on Ustream, they will be ending them on Friday night 12:00A JST, which would be 8:00A tomorrow morning for folks in PDT. (adjust to your time zone appropriately).
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:55 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Because the crisis isn't as urgent anymore?
Not sure.
For NHK World, you can continue to watch their feed on their website or using Livestation. I'm not sure if the regular NHK feed will be available elsewhere other than Keyhole TV.
BTW, probably coincidental, but TV Japan is unscrambled on my Comcast box during this time. It will likely end tomorrow as well or at the end of the month. I've been watching some Gou, the asadora, and Koshien in between the news programs.
Japan's nuclear safety agency says two workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were taken to hospital on Thursday after being exposed to high-level radiation at the Number 3 reactor.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the workers were standing on a flooded basement floor while working to reconnect power lines in the turbine building adjacent to the reactor. As a result, their feet were exposed to 170 to 180 millisieverts of radiation.
The workers were taken to a local hospital before being moved to the National Institute of Radiological Sciences for treatment.
A third worker was also exposed to the higher-level radiation but apparently did not require treatment.
The maximum level of radiation exposure allowed for nuclear plant workers in Japan is normally 100 millisieverts. But the health and labor ministry has recently raised that limit to 250 millisieverts for emergency crews at the Fukushima plant.
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Thing is, what alternatives to the Japanese have? Wind power? Solar?
Those sources require large areas of space to be viable... Can you imagine Japan's beautiful landscape removed and dotted with wind turbines or solar panels?
Tough situation for them... Nuclear power is the most efficient from a land usage standpoint, I think.
They have the geothermal technology option. Mostly, you don't have alternatives when you don't try to find one. IN France, AREVA do wathever they can to stop the alternatives to develop themselves, I'm sure it's the same in japan. Also, the japanese people were never asked if they wanted the nuclear technology ( the one I know are VERY reluctant for obvious reasons and they're not ecologists) just like in France ( no referendum) and I'm sure it's the same in the USA. Nuclear technology is very dangerous and poisonous ( in France we send the wastes in Africa so the African will get cancer instead of us) but we the people ( excellent band from the 60's) are not asked if we want it or not.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:06 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Because the crisis isn't as urgent anymore?
The Ustream page was updated saying they don't have the copyright permission to stream it anymore. I take that to mean that NHK is beginning to return to more regular programming.
Derrick Rose Japan Donation: Giving $1,000 For Every Point Scored Friday To Earthquake And Tsunami Relief
Derrick Rose has led his team to a performance few could have predicted this season. His Chicago Bulls are in first place by a game in the Eastern Conference, and he's played himself into serious contention for the league's MVP award.
He's also taking the lead in one of the league's charitable efforts: for Friday night's match-up with the Memphis Grizzlies, the superstar will donate $1,000 for every point he scores to Direct Relief International, a group that helps provide medical care for those affected by the disaster in Japan.
Rose, who averages 24.9 points per game, isn't the only NBA star getting in on the charity action: the Lakers' Pau Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge of the Trail Blazers, Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City, and many other big-time scorers have also agreed to chip in $1,000 per point, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
No Doubt singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani is donating $1 million to Save the Children's Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund to assist with the relief and recovery efforts following the recent disaster.
Stefani has been a devotee of Japanese culture and people since the band first toured the country in 1996 and has held a special affinity for the Harajuku art-fashion-music district in Tokyo. She wrote and recorded the song "Harajuku Girls" for her 2004 debut solo album, "Love.Angel.Music.Baby," and named her fashion clothing and fragrance line Harajuku Lovers.
Additionally, she's launching a charity auction next week on the band's website, where fans can bid to join her at a fundraising event in Los Angeles. She also has designed a limited-edition Harajuku Lovers T-shirt to be sold at NoDoubt.com, with 100% of proceeds going to the Japanese relief efforts.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:25 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Stefani donates to help Japan
No Doubt singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani is donating $1 million to Save the Children's Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund to assist with the relief and recovery efforts following the recent disaster.
After ripping off the japanese culture ( Harajuku, etc...) that's the least she can do.
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