Comments on: Japan Sendai Quake and Tsunami: big photo gallery

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

God bless Japan. We are all praying for you. My heart goes out to the victims. I feel so bad about this incident. Soon Japan will rise again!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

ganbaremasho. Good luck Japan and everyone

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

MY PRAY FOR ALL PEOPLE IN JAPAN..MY DEEPLY SORRY FOR YOU.
OUR INDONESIAN SUPPORT FOR YOU..ALWYAS FOR ALL YOU..MY OLD BROTHERS..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Google has a person-finder: http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en
and all of the Japanese companies have a special messageboard where you can enter someone’s number and find out if they’ve left a message, or if you’re in Japan, you can call 171 and check someone’s number to see if they’ve called in recently.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Entomological Friends of Japan :

If you know me and need help please email me . I can provide food and shelter
in my home, Malaysia. Your friend – K.C. Liew of Taiping.

By: Nelson.C

Nelson.C — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Tatebayashi is about 300 km from the epicentre, and well inland, so probably not much more shaken than Tokyo. The major casualties and damage seem to be in Sendai and the coast nearby.

By: Der

Der — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Gunma is inland. I’m sure people felt the quake, but it wouldn’t have been strong enough to cause any damage. And certainly no tsunami.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dont forget the whole world is with you all

By: benher

benher — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Japanese law requires them to declare a nuclear emergency given the conditions of the Fukui reactor. It is 95% under control now. It was our country’s first declared Nuclear Emergency.

Thank you to everyone who has shown their support since this disaster occurred. Please keep Japan in your thoughts and prayers.

By: MooseDesign

MooseDesign — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The footage of the tsunamis is absolutely terrifying… just totally unstoppable. got a quick email from my brother in Tokyo (under a desk) and he said that it just kept going and going and going. I assume he’s fine but haven’t heard anything since then, but I imagine he’s just trying to get home which may take a while without the subways running…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Tatebashi, Gunma is quite far from the earthquake and did not get damaged very badly from the earthquake, and they do not touch the ocean, so the tsunami did not affect them…hope that helps!

By: JayByrd

JayByrd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

A 3-kilometer evacuation has been ordered around the Fukushima plant. Apparently they have insufficient backup power to run coolant pumps necessary to stabilize the reactor.

From CNN: “Fire broke out at a second facility, the Onagawa plant, but crews were able to put that fire out, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Edano said workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant were having trouble generating sufficient electricity to pump water into the cooling system. They were using all available backup electricity, he said.
“The emergency shutdown has been conducted but the process of cooling down the reaction is currently not going as planned,” he said.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If the quake ruptured the nuclear plants you could have a meltdown. Those plants SHOULD be top priority to avert further disaster.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i watched for a few minutes and then had to turn away,this is going to turn out worse than we can think of..and i’m not talking about the power plant.

By: Sapa

Sapa — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s time we started using the sun and wind and sea for energy that is safe, especially in places where we are at the mercy of natural events.

I can’t imagine how it was for the people in Japan, I have nothing to reference it to except two very small quakes that we had here in uk. I hope the people who have survived will be cared for.

I think it’s ironic to pray for people if you believe that there is “a god” who has power to prevent these events, but I share the sentiment of feeling hopelessly unable to do anything useful myself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Japan has the power and wisdom to overcome even worse events. Persaonal inconveniences are nothing compared to the loss of lives. The people of Sendai will overcome this disaster and rise again like the phoenix.

By: carriem

carriem — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My sources tell me Fukushima-daiici unit 2 may be in trouble. They have ordered the evacuation of the 2km radius, as a precaution.
Sad day for nukes, my friends. Sad day for Japan.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accident argues against the the Japanese are somehow exempt from human error when handling nulcear material.

By: seedymckenzie

seedymckenzie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Kia Kaha Japan, goodness.
Is it not disconcerting that one of the first concerns the prime minister addressed was the state of the nuclear plants? crikey

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Our thoughts and blessings are for all of Japan that have and will suffer from this horrible event.
J. Davis

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Odd comment… Could you imagine the dilemma if there was something badly wrong with a nuclear plant? The disaster could get even worse if there was anything wrong? The place could be without power or worse, there could be some kind of explosion/leak. I’m sure they’ve had enough of nuclear power before.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

that area has a lot of nuclear power plants.. i guess the PM wanted to reassure people that at the moment there’s no known radiation leak

By: danielpresling

danielpresling — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Good luck Japan. You stood with us here in NZ (and are still here helping with the rescue effort) when Christchurch was hit 2 weeks ago. I’m sure we will do everything we can to return the love.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

seedymckenzie
No not disconcerting at all. Shows that the Japanese are well prepared and understand where their major risks are in a disaster.
A radiation leak can potentially cause far more long term harm to more people than the actual earthquake/tsunami combination. Remember Chernobyl? people are still suffering from that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am sorry for this disaster quake, and I hope Japanese can pass this condition successfully.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Reports are saying the nuke plants have auto shut off functions.

By: MooseDesign

MooseDesign — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

sounds like a dam burst in Fukushima too…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sorry you’re in trouble.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If it was not Japan, but another country, everyone would be died by now. Japan is prepared for things like this very well. Admire it. Thank you Japanese people

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Not really, if they started going badly it would make the entire events much worse, plus having power for emergency services is also key, so really it sort of makes sense.