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Instead of that pretty little explanation of how he is a victim of posting and reposting his original message he should have just said "Ladies and Gentlemen thank you, but I digress." He would have gotten a little more respect and maybe even a laugh out of me.

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;789398]Ditto your thoughts on Japan and the people. I felt my only earthquake tremors there....and again agree, the mid-size ones are no fun. I'm not a big fan of sushi, but loved the Udon, had my only shark steak (excellent), and miss the "grill at your table" buffet places. I was there for three years back in 86-88 (Yokota AB), I think you may have mentioned before, but when were you there?[/quote]

I was there roughly at the same time as you (86-87), in Nagoya. At once it seems like a long time ago and seems like yesterday.

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Wow!

[url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid69900095001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEabvr4~,Wtd2HT-p_VhJQ6tgdykx3j23oh1YN-2U&bctid=833933309001]Channel 4 News: embed player[/url]

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Whoa, nice find

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the nuclear plants as seen from a helicopter. some close up views of just how much external damage there has been.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4gtiJQ-4eY&feature=player_embedded#at=101]YouTube - Japan's power plant from the air - Japan earthquake tsunami[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;789528]Wow!

[URL="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid69900095001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEabvr4~,Wtd2HT-p_VhJQ6tgdykx3j23oh1YN-2U&bctid=833933309001"]Channel 4 News: embed player[/URL][/quote]

That video shows what a difference a few seconds made getting to a safe place. If you watch the whole thing it was snowing in some of the clips.

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[quote=SmootSmack;789528]Wow!

[url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid69900095001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEabvr4~,Wtd2HT-p_VhJQ6tgdykx3j23oh1YN-2U&bctid=833933309001]Channel 4 News: embed player[/url][/quote]

It's great to see humanity in action at times. Great footage, and some of those people were very lucky.

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Another (probably biased) take on the reactor situation.

[url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100080636/japan-whatever-happened-to-the-nuclear-meltdown/]Japan: whatever happened to the nuclear meltdown? – Telegraph Blogs[/url]

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Also, they continue to have quakes:

Three earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 6.6, 6.4 and 6.6 hit Honshu, Japan, within 2.5 hours - USGS

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Someone found a live dolphin in a flooded rice field 12 days after the Tsunami.

[URL="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42231949/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/"]Dolphin rescued from rice field 12 days after tsunami - TODAY Pets & Animals - TODAY.com[/URL]

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[url=http://express.co.uk/posts/view/236508/Potholes-Japanese-road-fixed-in-just-6-days-after-earthquake]Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Earthquake-hit Japanese road fixed in just six days[/url]

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[quote=mlmpetert;790557][url=http://express.co.uk/posts/view/236508/Potholes-Japanese-road-fixed-in-just-6-days-after-earthquake]Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Earthquake-hit Japanese road fixed in just six days[/url][/quote]

thats crazy

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[url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/30/c_13805674.htm]Japan likely to scrap all reactors at contaminated Fukushima nuke plant[/url]

They really had no choice from the beginning but to scrap the damaged reactors.

Let the comparisons to Chernobyl now begin, because the article says that the people in the evacuated cities are not returning home "anytime soon". Looks like we have another Pripyat on our hands. Very sad.

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[quote=mlmpetert;790557][URL="http://express.co.uk/posts/view/236508/Potholes-Japanese-road-fixed-in-just-6-days-after-earthquake"]Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Earthquake-hit Japanese road fixed in just six days[/URL][/quote]
That project would take a year here just to get the approval for the permits. Then you would have one goverment worker actually working while six others lean on their shovel and 10 foreman yelling out instructions.

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[url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/31/japans-nuclear-rescuers-inevitable-die-weeks/]Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: 'Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks' - FoxNews.com[/url]

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No matter what the japan gov't says, this has obviously surpassed the Chernobyl Disaster as being the worst ever.

Japan has a 12 or 16 mile "Exclusion Zone"/"Zone of Alienation", whole neighborhoods will likely never be repopulated (a la Pripyat), and many many people disabled, sick, dead, or dying...

This should be a 7 on the nuclear disaster scale, easily....

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[quote=Mattyk;791431][url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/31/japans-nuclear-rescuers-inevitable-die-weeks/]Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: 'Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks' - FoxNews.com[/url][/quote]

I was already thinking about that. Those folks are real heroes. So sad for them, though.

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[quote=SolidSnake84;791440]No matter what the japan gov't says, this has obviously surpassed the Chernobyl Disaster as being the worst ever.

Japan has a 12 or 16 mile "Exclusion Zone"/"Zone of Alienation", whole neighborhoods will likely never be repopulated (a la Pripyat), and many many people disabled, sick, dead, or dying...

This should be a 7 on the nuclear disaster scale, easily....[/quote]

No, it's really not. Chernobyl was far beyond the pale of this, kinda like Hiroshima/Nagasaki was far beyond the pale of the Tokyo and Dresden firebombings. Mind you, all of these are horrible situations, and by saying it's not Chernobyl, I am not trying to minimize the loss of life or the depth of the situation. Just that Chernobyl was truly that far worse than this one as time will end up showing.

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Chernobyl didn't even have a containment system in place. As a result they had an immediate significant release of radioactive materials, that's just not happening in Japan. Different situations.

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[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/magnitude-74-earthquake-hits-off-japan-tsunami-alert-issued-for-ravaged-northeastern-coast/2011/04/06/AFv9QfrC_story.html]Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Japan; tsunami alert issued for ravaged northeastern coast - The Washington Post[/url]

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Crazy

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I cant believe this, thoughts and prayers. Theyve been through so much