For those who don't read Thread Central, Archinecter jump is safe but still waiting to hear that all of his family is safe also. Please keep him and all others in your thoughts.
i hadnt seen that tsunami footage either. we were so lucky the epicentre was so far north or things wouuld have been much worse.
the cars parked in front of my building were dancing up and down like one of those weird 1930's animations where the whole planet dnaces. i was expecting them to fall over. actually i half expected my building to fall over, it was swaying just as much.
Maybe the dumbest video that CNN has ever played. I've seen it about 4 times now, and it keeps getting stranger. The 'ireporter' August Armbrister is completely ridiculous. He now has a fanbase on twitter as the next 'double rainbow' guy.
"It should be no harm to US economy." ny pencil
What kind of an idiot would say something like that? it had to be a freaking Rem koolh ass fan.
"Many Americans on Facebook see the tsunami as payback for Pearl Harbor." harold
I dont know if you agree with "many facebook Americans" harold, but the idea that its payback for pearl harbor is stupid, because if you ever took high school or even middle school history you would know that we dropped 2 atomic bombs over in Japan which made pearl harbor look like a walk in Disney lands park.
I was the first one to respond to this message! That means I think this is severe but not as severe as I should be aware. On the contrast, I don't think most americans care about it. Can't you see how short this thread is?
At that time, I thought I should write some words positive instead of just "condolence". I feel pain for Japanese too.
To watch the news coverage on Japan for 4 days straight... Both horrified and thoughtful.
Something is fundamentally flawed with the 24hr news format - it becomes spectacle and completely unchecked speculation.
Right. And random YouTube posters are called "reporters." What next ?
The news tonight about radiation isn't good. This is the worst blow to nuclear power since Chernobyl. Small-scale "local" reactors are the future -- or they might have been, before this week ?
glad mediatheque survived. amazing video. that was pretty much my own experience. longest earthquake i ever have been in. also most serious shaking i've experienced. but in new buildings like sendai there is no reason to worry.
but this nuclear things is scary as hell. and the people, nearly half a million, now in shelters? those things both are horrific.
i am amazed at how well japan has stood up to things though. everyone here is quite resilient.
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Unfortunately, things will probably get worse before they get better. It takes a rather complex supply infrastructure of water & power to keep nuclear material sufficiently cool and that infrastructure took a big hit in the earthquake/tsunami battering. How long will it take to fix that? And even after this nuclear crisis passes, what are the long term financial implications for a debt-ridden government that has to revise its energy infrastructure?
On the bright side, at least the citizens of Japan are polite, humble and hardworking. Just imagine the chaos when "the big one" finally hits California? The every-man-for-himself mentality of the American western cowboy may lead to a total bloodbath in that post-disaster lootscape, yo!
is the best article, in a long series of excellent articles by this author, that I've read about the actual threat of radiation from Fukushima.
He summarizes what the recorded readings have been and places them in a table showing how long exposure at a given distance will cause a specific type of damage at that level. For example, at current highest readings of radiation, a male living in Tokyo will receive enough radiation to cause permanent sterilization after 238 years. By contrast, a male flying a helicopter above the reactor plant will receive the same dose (and damage) in only 3.5 hours.
I'm not trying to say that the situation isn't dangerous, it definitely is. I just like having a factual analysis of what the risks are. This presupposes, of course, that the radiation readings being released to the public are factual.
SENDAI 8.9 EARTHQUAKE+TSUNAMI
Oh no!
in the news
It should be no harm to US economy.
For those who don't read Thread Central, Archinecter jump is safe but still waiting to hear that all of his family is safe also. Please keep him and all others in your thoughts.
And it seems jump's family is safe, too.
On a positive note, here is some footage of towers swaying in the quake, just as they are supposed to do. Kiss a structural engineer today!
Good to hear he's okay - the articles and photos show utter devastation.
that video: just wow.
RIP Sendai Mediatheque?
Gotta appreciate their engineering genius though. After such a big earthquake only 48 people died.
wow donna, that is amazing.
i hadnt seen that tsunami footage either. we were so lucky the epicentre was so far north or things wouuld have been much worse.
the cars parked in front of my building were dancing up and down like one of those weird 1930's animations where the whole planet dnaces. i was expecting them to fall over. actually i half expected my building to fall over, it was swaying just as much.
engineers totally rock.
Maybe the dumbest video that CNN has ever played. I've seen it about 4 times now, and it keeps getting stranger. The 'ireporter' August Armbrister is completely ridiculous. He now has a fanbase on twitter as the next 'double rainbow' guy.
Many Americans on Facebook see the tsunami as payback for Pearl Habour.
link
Wtf! That reporter is totally making animal noises and he seems to be happy about the explosion! Wtf!
"It should be no harm to US economy." ny pencil
What kind of an idiot would say something like that? it had to be a freaking Rem koolh ass fan.
"Many Americans on Facebook see the tsunami as payback for Pearl Harbor." harold
I dont know if you agree with "many facebook Americans" harold, but the idea that its payback for pearl harbor is stupid, because if you ever took high school or even middle school history you would know that we dropped 2 atomic bombs over in Japan which made pearl harbor look like a walk in Disney lands park.
I would expect more class from real Architects.
ce: easy!
I was the first one to respond to this message! That means I think this is severe but not as severe as I should be aware. On the contrast, I don't think most americans care about it. Can't you see how short this thread is?
At that time, I thought I should write some words positive instead of just "condolence". I feel pain for Japanese too.
To watch the news coverage on Japan for 4 days straight... Both horrified and thoughtful.
Something is fundamentally flawed with the 24hr news format - it becomes spectacle and completely unchecked speculation.
Right. And random YouTube posters are called "reporters." What next ?
The news tonight about radiation isn't good. This is the worst blow to nuclear power since Chernobyl. Small-scale "local" reactors are the future -- or they might have been, before this week ?
Can't believe not many architects care about the problem in Japan. This equals to 2009 of USA!
glad mediatheque survived. amazing video. that was pretty much my own experience. longest earthquake i ever have been in. also most serious shaking i've experienced. but in new buildings like sendai there is no reason to worry.
but this nuclear things is scary as hell. and the people, nearly half a million, now in shelters? those things both are horrific.
i am amazed at how well japan has stood up to things though. everyone here is quite resilient.
Unfortunately, things will probably get worse before they get better. It takes a rather complex supply infrastructure of water & power to keep nuclear material sufficiently cool and that infrastructure took a big hit in the earthquake/tsunami battering. How long will it take to fix that? And even after this nuclear crisis passes, what are the long term financial implications for a debt-ridden government that has to revise its energy infrastructure?
On the bright side, at least the citizens of Japan are polite, humble and hardworking. Just imagine the chaos when "the big one" finally hits California? The every-man-for-himself mentality of the American western cowboy may lead to a total bloodbath in that post-disaster lootscape, yo!
is the best article, in a long series of excellent articles by this author, that I've read about the actual threat of radiation from Fukushima.
He summarizes what the recorded readings have been and places them in a table showing how long exposure at a given distance will cause a specific type of damage at that level. For example, at current highest readings of radiation, a male living in Tokyo will receive enough radiation to cause permanent sterilization after 238 years. By contrast, a male flying a helicopter above the reactor plant will receive the same dose (and damage) in only 3.5 hours.
I'm not trying to say that the situation isn't dangerous, it definitely is. I just like having a factual analysis of what the risks are. This presupposes, of course, that the radiation readings being released to the public are factual.
I am amazed by their composure in these desperate times. Truly impressed.
Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut
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Letters from Fukushima: Tepco Worker Emails
link
Great Pyramids of Fukushima? The shit just keeps getting weirder, yo!
will this actually make unicorns & rainbows appear? no, that didn't work.
unicorns & rainbows?
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