Earthquake in Japan....9.0...ouch!

I have to say I have Sky News on one screen muted and Bloomberg on the other... typically muted.

You might say what's the point... well, it makes me look important when people visit. :D
 
In between all the news updates you get to listen to the news 'anchors' calling each other trolls, would definitely lighten the mood :D

Well thats the thing with tsunami's isn't it. You can protect against earthquakes since its just violent ground acceleration and so long as you know what levels are expected you can protect against it. The tsunami you've not just got millions of gallons of water crashing into the sides you've got debris (pff, can't believe i forgot how to spell that) of all shapes and sizes hitting it too and its always pushing from 1 side rather than oscillating.
 
simulatorman said:
The combined talents of GD would make quite a newsroom. Maybe we should make a bid for Sky News. :D
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the few here who know the tiniest amount about what is actually happeneing have still done more research than anyone at Sky or CNN or anywhere else it seems.

But then we aren't trying to sell papers or advertising so we need actual content instead of "AMERICA SAYS "GET OUT BEFORE YOU DIES!!1oneone" that has been abound in places.
 
Friday night status report on the reactors:

Fukushima Daiichi plant

-- Reactor No. 1 - Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, partial melting of core, vapor vented, building housing reactor damaged March 12 by hydrogen explosion, roof blown off, seawater being pumped in.

-- Reactor No. 2 - Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, seawater being pumped in, fuel rods fully exposed temporarily, vapor vented, building housing reactor damaged Monday by blast at reactor No. 3, blast sound heard near suppression chamber of containment vessel on Tuesday, damage to containment structure feared.

-- Reactor No. 3 - Operation suspended after quake, cooling failure, partial melting of core feared, vapor vented, seawater being pumped in, building housing reactor badly damaged Monday by hydrogen explosion, high-level radiation measured nearby on Tuesday, plume of smoke observed Wednesday and presumed to have come from spent-fuel storage pool, seawater dumped over pool by helicopter on Thursday, water sprayed at it from ground on Thursday and Friday.

-- Reactor No. 4 - Under maintenance when quake struck, no fuel rods in reactor core, temperature in spent-fuel storage pool reached 84 C on Monday, fire Tuesday possibly caused by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, fire observed Wednesday at building housing reactor, pool water level feared receding, renewed nuclear chain reaction feared, only frame remains of reactor building roof.

-- Reactors No. 5, 6 - Under maintenance when quake struck, no fuel rods in reactor cores, water temperatures in spent-fuel storage pools increased to about 64 C on Thursday.

-- Spent-fuel storage pools - Cooling functions lost at pools of all reactors, water temperatures or levels unobservable at reactors No. 1 to 4, no immediate threat to water level at common spent fuel pool.

==Kyodo
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Something I'm finding really, irritating is Japan and news networks asking for donations.

If, INdonesia has a massive Tsunami, or Haiti a massive earthquake, they can't afford to pay for the thousands of tents, ratios, medical equipment, fuel, etc, etc required to help out, happy to donate.

Japan, how many billions of dollars have they pumped into the economy to prop it up.

Okay so in the Uk theres some company paid by charities to provide shelter kits, think tents, sleeping bag, blankets, bottles of water and some basic emergency ratio type food I think. Yes, it cost money it needs to be paid for and donations to charities help pay for it, more donations, more kits they can afford.

The problem is, Japan CAN afford to pay that company directly for the stuff, infact they can easily afford to pay for basically all the emergency supplies.

Thing is if I can only afford to donate £50, is it better off going to help genocide victims in africa, or help pay to get emergency supplies for Japan, when they can pay for it themselves? If they were broke, fine, if they weren't pumping hundreds of billions of cash into the economy to keep it strong, fine, but they are, pump 2 billion less in and start paying for supplies and emergency shelter kits.

Its strange, I got right to the point of signing up to donate on red cross when I just felt wrong about doing it.

They've raised very little, not sure if thats because from the outside they appear to be under control to a degree, or because people see Tokyo basically perfectly fine and compared to Haiti or Indonesia the obvious need for donations isn't apparent.

But I feel guilty for not donating, yet it feels wrong to donate cash to a country that can easily afford to pay for the stuff being sent.
 
You'd kinda hope people are saving there donations for Comic Relief. I agree though i can't see why Japan as a country would need donations, at least not now.
 
Ok, our airline is offering to change our flight to go to osaka instead of tokyo. They question is would you go to osaka right now? We change in seoul so have the alternative of going to south korea instead or flying to beijing and seeing around there and shanghai. What would you do?!! There doesn't seem to be any danger in osaka but would you not go out of respect, and will it be rammed with people travelling from tokyo/north?
 
drunkenmaster said:
Japan, how many billions of dollars have they pumped into the economy to prop it up.
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You have any idea how big Japans debt is? 190% of GDP. As of 2009 they were only second to Zimbabwe at 300%. Thier budget deficit isn't actually as bad as a lot of countries but they need every damn penny thet can get.

How many milions were donated to the US after 11/9? over a BILLION dollars. They certainly didn't need any help.

If we had a massive disaster here would you prefer if no-one helped us out because we can afford to deal with it ourselves? That money isnt helping the Japanese govt, its helping individuals who's lives have been shattered.
 
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