Comments on: Operation Tomodachi: photos from US Navy's Japan disaster relief operation http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JayByrd http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059396 JayByrd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059396 I noticed an absence of insulation visible in the debris fields -- at least the familiar pink fiberglass stuff you see everywhere in tornado disaster photos in the U.S. Japan should consider super-insulating their new construction as they rebuild. Maybe they won't need so many reactors in the future. I noticed an absence of insulation visible in the debris fields — at least the familiar pink fiberglass stuff you see everywhere in tornado disaster photos in the U.S.
Japan should consider super-insulating their new construction as they rebuild. Maybe they won’t need so many reactors in the future.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059705 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059705 It's quite common in East Asia to see bamboo scaffolding used in construction, even for high-rises. I suppose that you might mistake it for the actual construction materials. It’s quite common in East Asia to see bamboo scaffolding used in construction, even for high-rises. I suppose that you might mistake it for the actual construction materials.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059201 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059201 Well, did they knock? Well, did they knock?

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059208 sam1148 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059208 I'm amazed at the floating abilities of Japanese houses and cars. I’m amazed at the floating abilities of Japanese houses and cars.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059724 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059724 So what to do when the smaller pieces wash up on shore? It may take weeks or months, but eventually they will. What is the: -legal thing to do? What if it's in a park? What about personal artifacts or parts of persons? -healthful thing to do? Will it be considered hazardous waste from toxins or biological decay? -ethical thing to do? Is it a morbid collector's paradise? An entrepreneur's e-bay dream? Should we ignore it? Should it be treated like a solemn monument or garbage? So what to do when the smaller pieces wash up on shore? It may take weeks or months, but eventually they will. What is the:
-legal thing to do? What if it’s in a park? What about personal artifacts or parts of persons?
-healthful thing to do? Will it be considered hazardous waste from toxins or biological decay?
-ethical thing to do? Is it a morbid collector’s paradise? An entrepreneur’s e-bay dream? Should we ignore it? Should it be treated like a solemn monument or garbage?

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059215 voiceinthedistance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059215 We had a floating two story house after the tsunami here in Hawaii, but it sank before it passed the Captain Cook monument in Kealakekua Bay. The fact that this house made it out to sea in the shape it is in has to be one of the most surreal images of the whole disaster. What an arresting, if grim image. We had a floating two story house after the tsunami here in Hawaii, but it sank before it passed the Captain Cook monument in Kealakekua Bay.

The fact that this house made it out to sea in the shape it is in has to be one of the most surreal images of the whole disaster. What an arresting, if grim image.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059219 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059219 If you look through the set you can see that a house like this was the exception. The trail of broken wood and other debris floating in the Pacific Ocean right now is quite astonishing. If you look through the set you can see that a house like this was the exception. The trail of broken wood and other debris floating in the Pacific Ocean right now is quite astonishing.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059227 sam1148 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059227 Well, I'm just wondering about the homes that survived. If they were more bamboo construction (which floats better than 'wood'). And if they where affixed to the foundations on a more giving method for earthquake resistance. To bend and give instead of being tied to the ground with concrete...and if more 'modern' homes of hard wood didn't give and bend and broke up in the quake and wave. Something for the forensic engineers to study no doubt. Well, I’m just wondering about the homes that survived. If they were more bamboo construction (which floats better than ‘wood’).
And if they where affixed to the foundations on a more giving method for earthquake resistance. To bend and give instead of being tied to the ground with concrete…and if more ‘modern’ homes of hard wood didn’t give and bend and broke up in the quake and wave.
Something for the forensic engineers to study no doubt.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059232 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059232 A lot of the homes that survived had steel construction. Not too sure if the “bamboo” means anything; they use pine and other traditional woods for basic construction there the same way we do. A lot of the homes that survived had steel construction. Not too sure if the “bamboo” means anything; they use pine and other traditional woods for basic construction there the same way we do.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059235 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059235 I don't want to look at the whole photo set. I am so sad about all the disasters lately. Remember Haiti? I have no money to donate and don't have any way to travel to help. What to do? I don’t want to look at the whole photo set. I am so sad about all the disasters lately. Remember Haiti?

I have no money to donate and don’t have any way to travel to help.

What to do?

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059239 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059239 If you live someplace where there are groups organizing to help folks in Japan, volunteer your time. If you live someplace where there are groups organizing to help folks in Japan, volunteer your time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059274 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059274 From what I saw living in Tochigi prefecture for a year, most Japanese houses are built a lot like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcC0XEH6AY From what I saw living in Tochigi prefecture for a year, most Japanese houses are built a lot like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcC0XEH6AY

]]> By: Clifton http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059557 Clifton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059557 BTW, Tomodachi means "friends", maybe something like "best buddies" in connotation? BTW, Tomodachi means “friends”, maybe something like “best buddies” in connotation?

]]> By: Rayonic http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi.html#comment-1059572 Rayonic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059572 He just mentioned bamboo because that's what "ethnic" people use to build things. Everyone outside of the U.S., Canada and Western Europe are ethnic, don'tchaknow. Just a big old bunch of ethnics from Ethnicstan. He just mentioned bamboo because that’s what “ethnic” people use to build things.

Everyone outside of the U.S., Canada and Western Europe are ethnic, don’tchaknow. Just a big old bunch of ethnics from Ethnicstan.

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