Cracker1234 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Ah ok, I thought you meant another tsunami from the aftershocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Im struggling to get my head round exactly how bad this is!?!?! I know its bad just cant comprehend on what scale of bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 11, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 11, 2011 Well if, as is being rumoured*, there are 88,000 people unaccounted for/missing - and you'd think given the scale of it that that's by no means impossible - then it really doesn't bear thinking about. * - I can't find an original link, only the constantly reproduced rumour of it via twatterings etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Well if, as is being rumoured, there are 88,000 people unaccounted for/missing - and you'd think given the scale of it that that's by no means impossible - then it really doesn't bear thinking about. Thats what i mean, i dont think i really want to accept how many lives could be lost. Are we talking, one of the worst natural disasters of all time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2011 * - I can't find an original link, only the constantly reproduced rumour of it via twatterings etc. I originally saw it on the BBC live feeds bit but it now says: Japan's Kyodo news agency is now saying the death toll has risen to 137, with 531 people missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limvillian Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 It is massive alright but will it come near the 230,000 killed in the 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 11, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 11, 2011 I originally saw it on the BBC live feeds bit but it now says: Japan's Kyodo news agency is now saying the death toll has risen to 137, with 531 people missing. Yeah one is a confirmed death toll, the other is people missing or unaccounted for. I think they probably don't want to let it be known just how many people are unaccounted for until they have to. No point further panicking people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 No point further panicking people. Is that even possible?!?! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 11, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 11, 2011 Is that even possible?!?! Of course it is. "Eh folks we seem to be missing the top half of our country" - would probably do the trick !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Well if, as is being rumoured, there are 88,000 people unaccounted for/missing - and you'd think given the scale of it that that's by no means impossible - then it really doesn't bear thinking about. Thats what i mean, i dont think i really want to accept how many lives could be lost. Are we talking, one of the worst natural disasters of all time? 227,898 dead off the west coast of northern Sumatra in 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Is that even possible?!?! Of course it is. "Eh folks we seem to be missing the top half of our country" - would probably do the trick !! or "Eh folks, well you know that nuclear power plant with the broken cooling chamber...we'll we've got some bad news..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Im struggling to get my head round exactly how bad this is!?!?! I know its bad just cant comprehend on what scale of bad. Seismologists are saying it's the most devastating quake in Japan for over a thousand years, sixth most powerful in the world since measurements have been taken, and 8,000 times more powerful than the recent NZ quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How densely populated is Northern Japan? If the majority of it countryside, I'd presume it's relatively sporadic. I don't think it'll be as bad as '04, thankfully. 2nd train unaccounted for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaninireland Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 4th train now unaccounted for. Just gets worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Some bad shit over there. It just shows that no matter what we achieve as a species we can still be wiped out in a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How densely populated is Northern Japan? If the majority of it countryside, I'd presume it's relatively sporadic. I don't think it'll be as bad as '04, thankfully. 2nd train unaccounted for It's fairly rural. Most people in Japan live in Tokyo, which has a population of about 35 million (!) and then the population is mostly centred along the south coast heading westwards towards Osaka. There is a red area north of Tokyo on this map though, near the star, and that is Sendai, where about a million people live. Sendai got hit hard. I cant see the casualty numbers being anything like the ones following the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, but they will be big. Luckily Japan is a developed country where they have lots of resources and strict building regulations about making buildings earthquake proof. I think the city centres held up remarkably well given the magnitude of the quake and how densely populated city centres are. The people in Japan are pretty clued up on what to do in the event of an earthquake. They get lots of quakes over there so they teach their kids about how to behave in earthquakes at school. The emergency services have plans of action in how to deal with this kind of thing, so all in all I think Japan is the best equipped country in the world to handle this. The death toll will still be very very high, but thanks to a lot of foresight, I think countless lives have been saved too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Radiation 1,000 times above normal around the plant, for somebody who knows nothing about how bad that is (to me it sounds really bad) how bad is it exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Radiation 1,000 times above normal around the plant, for somebody who knows nothing about how bad that is (to me it sounds really bad) how bad is it exactly? Not being a scientist, I'd say it's about a thousand times worse than normal. In fact if I lived there, I'd get the **** out. Please note that I am not a scientist, and my opinions should accordingly be treated with scorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just found a news article saying the area around Chernobyl is 200 above normal, 22 years on (as an example) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 11, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 11, 2011 In fact if I lived there, I'd get the **** out. If you lived within 10 km then the Prime Minister has just asked you to. I guess when you're evacuating a 6.2 miles radius we can assume it's a pretty serious situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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