Members ChristianRock Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I know there are some forum members that live in Japan, so here's hoping and praying that guy guys are all safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cowby Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 watched the TV news and I am very shocked. Even the Hi-tech country Like Japan couldn't against the Nature. May God bless all of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted March 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I'm pretty sure koofi lives north of Tokyo, so when you read this koof, after internet access is restored, just let us know everything's alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernard Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was viewing the Kobe quake here :- http://shinzlogclips.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html last week, I was viewing that blog for other reason and spotted the entry. ''The deadly Kobe earthquake,which struck in January 1995, left more than 6000 dead and caused damage equal to more than 2% of gross domestic product'' That led to the downfall of Barings bank which was sold for 1 Pound to ING. I wonder if any more Nick Leesons were playing on Yen / Futures this time round... Seems they are already suggesting atleast 1000 dead... Also mention of the Moon at it closest for many years which is known to be associated with such events All the best to everyone affected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just saw some footage on the German news. Horrible sights.. I can't imagine what it must be like to experience something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was just reading about how Japan is "one of the most prepared" countries in the world to deal with disasters, which began after a devastating 1923 earthquake, and they have updated their building codes multiple times since in light of new earthquake science. Good for them. 7 years ago 200,000 people died in Indonesia from a tsunami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was just reading about how Japan is "one of the most prepared" countries in the world to deal with disasters, which began after a devastating 1923 earthquake, and they have updated their building codes multiple times since in light of new earthquake science. Good for them. 7 years ago 200,000 people died in Indonesia from a tsunami. I got a link to of skyscrapers swaying to one of the quakes. Tokyo's buildings apparently have held up really well from all reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gilbertopb Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I guess Ricoche (Jim Atwood) is in Nagano.But we have more members there. Hope they are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donaldcrunk Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 everyone pray to whatever diety you believe in that the nuclear reactor stays intact. the global implications of another nuclear meltdown would be catastrophic, affecting all of us in some form. they're still dealing with chernobyl, and that was '85... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cresshead Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 i have been watching the news, that wall of water/debris just looked unstoppable...everything in it's path was wiped away like matchwood, i hope most of the people had time to get to higher ground once the warning sounded and what we saw was mainly empty buildings and cars being washed away. crossed fingers for all the people caught up in this out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 i have been watching the news, that wall of water/debris just looked unstoppable...everything in it's path was wiped away like matchwood, i hope most of the people had time to get to higher ground once the warning sounded and what we saw was mainly empty buildings and cars being washed away. Yes. And not only the people but also think of the many cats, dogs and other various pets that were likely left behind unintentionally. Who has time to go outside calling for fluffy when there's a huge wave on the way? Sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angstwulf Posted March 11, 2011 Members Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was just reading about how Japan is "one of the most prepared" countries in the world to deal with disasters, which began after a devastating 1923 earthquake, and they have updated their building codes multiple times since in light of new earthquake science. Good for them. 7 years ago 200,000 people died in Indonesia from a tsunami. Indeed. It terrible to know that the expectation of the worst is a daily reality in Japan. As the video of that huge wave showed, they can't prevent the tragedy, they can only keep as many safe as is possible. Let's pray the resources to help those in need will become available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 It's testiment to their technical superiority and planning that the deathtoll will be so low. It's a tragedy, but if that happened somewhere else it would've been exponentially worse...... God bless 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nice keetee Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 I pray for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epyon77x Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 [video=youtube;DHfR_wybvw0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHfR_wybvw0&feature=player_embedded Things are getting really really bad. Hang in there guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 They deserve all the help they need. KSS probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for their geniuses:) Condolences to the families of those who perished. And I hope all the KSS members amongst us who live in Japan are safe, as well as every other person there. It is tragically ironic that the country whose structural engineering is the best in the world was hit not by the shaking of the earth for which its preparedness is excellent, but by a side-effect of it: water deluge. P.S: I don't know if you know this, but they issued an emergency warning 30 seconds before the earth started shaking. That is amazing, and it probably saved countless lives. We didn't have that when a 7.0 earthquake hit Algeria in 1980. I will never forget that feeling. It was simply indescribably scary. The aftershock, which occurred about 2.5 hours later, was actually deadlier. 1200 people perished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members epyon77x Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 You were there for El Asnam quake? Damn, I read a lot about it as a kid, scary scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 Yes epyon. The entire city was destroyed. It was then rebuilt as if it didn't exist before. They even changed its name to "Chlef" [after a river] afterwards. Ironically, "El Asnam" means "ruins" in Arabic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raymar Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 Was the Roland Factory spared? On a more serious note the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant's two reactors are melting down! It supposedly only affects a six mile area but that's crap, the radiation gets into the jet stream and travels. I hope this wakes people up to how dangerous these nuclear plants are along with drilling out deep in the ocean for oil. When I look at the devastation I picture California after the Big One hits which could be anytime because it seems earthquakes are in season around the globe lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shambler Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 Disasters like this just make me want to catch the next flight and get over there and help. Let's hope one day we are a global community and we could do just that. Until then the is the DEC which we all can donate to... http://www.dec.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernard Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 One reactor specialist in our country explained that the Zirconium used in the alloys of the fuel rod casings when very hot reacts with the cooling water to form Hydrogen. The Japanese made a late decisions to vent the reactor that flooded the containment building with Hydrogen and sparked a explosion. The buildings of some reactors are so strong that can withstand this (e.g USA Three Mile Island) this 40 year old building did not. One other expert feared that if they left it too long they may also have had rod cracked which would allow more radioactive material to escape with the vented steam and ensuing explosion. Japan has a very poor history for honesty when it come to Nuclear power generation. They describe this a scale 4. Chernobyl was the highest scale 7 and three mile island was a 5. Note in three mile Island they did not loose the building. Lets hope they did have time to fully shut down. The need for further cooling is the remaining hot products of reaction. It was the failure of the cooling system in the oldest building housing two reactors that led to this. Their decision now to use sea water to further cool the reactor pretty much writes it off as the sea water will corrode everything. I really hope they have not got a meltdown but I fear they will not tell us until it becomes obvious. The jet stream heads to the US... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McHale Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernard Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 Lets hope the world learns from this re Nuclear Power, it is just so risky. I read the Zirconium only needs to get to 200 degrees for the Hydrogen release. You can only imagine the poor engineers having to deal with a rapidly heating reactor and ask for permission to release the pressure that got well above permitted levels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernard Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 I am sure you have also seen this in the news, but it does demonstrate the power of tsunamis. Japan was well prepared for the earth quake but tsunamis are another story: ''About 9,500 people are unaccounted for in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture following Friday's powerful earthquake, prefectural officials said Saturday. The figure is more than half of the population of about 17,000 in the town on the Pacific coast, they said.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted March 12, 2011 Members Share Posted March 12, 2011 I am sure you have also seen this in the news, but it does demonstrate the power of tsunamis. Japan was well prepared for the earth quake but tsunamis are another story: Short of an extremely high seawall surrounding the country, I don't know how one can prepare for a 7-10 meter wall of water. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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