[quote]Lohryx5 wrote:
Dogs are wonderful. Mankind really did choose the best animal for a friend.
[quote]Lohryx5 wrote:
Aw… that made me sad.
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
Just read the status updates about people talking about Karma and Pearl Harbour… Almost 70 years ago in a completely different time…
I hope Karma hits them people.
Yeah 2300 people died at pearl Harbour… But didn’t America get payback with 2 Atomic bombs and killing 140,000 people?
Anyway, prayers out to Japan[/quote]
Agree.
I’ve posted this before, but while on the subject of the loyalty of (Japanese) dogs…
[quote]Lohryx5 wrote:
Well, that made me teary-eyed.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I’ve posted this before, but while on the subject of the loyalty of (Japanese) dogs…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachikō[/quote]
Thanks for that link. Hachiko’s story was sad yet beautiful.
Does anyone have any current news on the radiation problems?
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
Does anyone have any current news on the radiation problems?[/quote]
If you check out the American and British embassies’ websites (from tokyo) up to the minute information is generally available.
Also NHK (the Japanese version of BBC) has an English language site called “NHK World”
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I’ve posted this before, but while on the subject of the loyalty of (Japanese) dogs…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachikō[/quote]
Thanks for that link. Hachiko’s story was sad yet beautiful.
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Indeed, cheers for that! That’s a pretty awesome story.
“His faithfulness to his master’s memory impressed the people of Japan as a spirit of family loyalty all should strive to achieve. Teachers and parents used Hachiko’s vigil as an example for children to follow.”
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
Does anyone have any current news on the radiation problems?[/quote]
If you check out the American and British embassies’ websites (from tokyo) up to the minute information is generally available.
Also NHK (the Japanese version of BBC) has an English language site called “NHK World”
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Thank you very much
Well I just watched the presidents speech he said there was no harm , then immediately after the brief a news anchor said the radiation will reach California tomorrow. Uhhhhhh
[quote]earthquake wrote:
Well I just watched the presidents speech he said there was no harm , then immediately after the brief a news anchor said the radiation will reach California tomorrow. Uhhhhhh[/quote]
I would take that news report well salted. I haven’t heard any credible reports of radiation that would be harmful to humans outside of approximately 30km range. For example:
Tests in the city of Fukushima, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the plant, found radiation measuring above the average reading but still well below the level considered harmful to humans. Small, harmless amounts of iodine – a potential byproduct of a nuclear meltdown – were found in the city’s water. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=C1
I posted the embassies and NHK above for additional sources.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]Lohryx5 wrote:
Dogs are wonderful. Mankind really did choose the best animal for a friend.[/quote]
Well actually mankind didn’t really choose. Dogs are the only available animals meeting all the useful characteristics and requirements for an almost perfect friend.
Video of a local film crew barely escaping the tsunami. Pretty scary shit.
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
Video of a local film crew barely escaping the tsunami. Pretty scary shit.[/quote]
God-damn. You really don’t realize the power of that kind of disaster until you see some closeup footage.
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
Video of a local film crew barely escaping the tsunami. Pretty scary shit.[/quote]
Awesome! They all lived. At first I was expecting that the dad and kid would be swept away.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
Video of a local film crew barely escaping the tsunami. Pretty scary shit.[/quote]
Awesome! They all lived. At first I was expecting that the dad and kid would be swept away.
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As a dad with a daughter, seeing that dad helpless clutching his 2 girls really hit me hard. I was elated that they were rescued by that film crew.
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
Video of a local film crew barely escaping the tsunami. Pretty scary shit.[/quote]
Awesome! They all lived. At first I was expecting that the dad and kid would be swept away.
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As a dad with a daughter, seeing that dad helpless clutching his 2 girls really hit me hard. I was elated that they were rescued by that film crew. [/quote]
Exactly. Not to seem callous, but they were the ones I was MOST concerned about (me being a dad as well.)
As a parent, this story was pretty brutal.
I hear that donations this time around are lagging far behind Haiti. Probably because Japan is seen as a rich nation and these people can probably fend for themselves. People, this disaster brought the people affected to the same level as Haiti but IN THE WINTER.
These people have little shelter, their belongings, their life savings (often kept in a drawer somewhere as older people don’t really use banks), their parents, children, pets, cars, jobs, all gone. They’re surviving on rations of what amounts to a slice of bread and half an egg A DAY. Roads are gone and some coastal towns have yet to be reached and the on-going nuclear disaster isn’t helping either. If you have it in you and you have the means, please donate (but check to make sure you’re not donating to a scam).
WHO: No radiation risk outside evacuation zone
The World Health Organization has said radiation levels outside the evacuation zone in Japan are not harmful for human health.
WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl made the remarks at a regular news conference in Geneva on Friday.