First New Zealand, now Japan. -

Bullet Magnet · #31 03-11-2011, 05:58 PM

There's implication on Facebook that Olly's okay. The details are beyond my viewing privileges, though, she hasn't signed in and said herself.

EDIT: all right, confirmation. She and her friends are safe in Tokyo.

Wings of Fire · #32 03-11-2011, 09:11 PM

I don't like second hand news, but I can't read Japanese or find the information on any english news sites as it happens at present.

Mac Sirloin · #33 03-11-2011, 09:26 PM

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Statistically it is.

That's an awful thing to say. What is wrong with you?

Leto · #34 03-11-2011, 09:50 PM

this is just terrible and my sympathies go to japan.

Daxter King · #35 03-11-2011, 10:46 PM

Tragic news, found out about it this morning, didn't have much time to read a lot of it though. Hundreds dead, terrible. Hopefully the nuclear reactor doesn't cause too much damage. Also, one of my teachers said something about a train along the coast went entirely missing when the tsunami hit, any word on that?

Jordan · #36 03-12-2011, 01:21 AM

That's absolutely mental. I wish them all luck.

dripik · #37 03-12-2011, 01:56 AM

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...before the tidal wave caught up with his boat and, unfortunately, reduced it to junk.

I see what you did there. And pretty much everywhere throughout the article you wrote up.

Apparently, there was an explosion at the nuclear plant. Let's hope the whole thing will not be topped by an even greater disaster.

Zozo the Zrilufet · #38 03-12-2011, 03:36 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12711244

Might be useful for folk involved.

DarkHoodness · #39 03-12-2011, 04:42 AM

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Update on the reactor: It's building up presure rapidly. The US has supplied coolant for the plant to help out but the backup system doesn't work either. Now they want to release radioactive vapors in order to decrease the pressure and prevent a complete leak. Thousands of people have been evacuated in a 2 kilometer area around the plant.

Uhm... I'm hoping I've circled the wrong building. And if I'm not wrong, I'm hoping that building didn't contain a nuclear reactor. It'll be like Chernobyl all over again, this time in a more populated area...

What else is in a nuclear power station that could cause that to happen?

Havoc · #40 03-12-2011, 04:56 AM

According to the news it hasn't officially gone meltdown, but there has been a secondary explosion that wrecked a good part of the building. Radiation levels seem to be going down for some reason, but no-one is getting any solid news right now about the reactor. The evacuation zone has been expanded to 20 kilometers though.

Steamer_KING · #41 03-12-2011, 08:55 AM

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Oh dear.

Believe me, it's way better that they move that than being very static.

Update: There's been a small leak, as news translate. I'm trying to find where.
ALSO, if you have friends in Japan, try using Facebook, Twitter or any social network and keep the phones lines open just for emergencies.

Bullet Magnet · #42 03-12-2011, 04:31 PM

I now present you all with two choices. Any harm done will be entirely self-inflicted.

For those who'd like to be happy, click here.

For those who'd like to be goddamn furious beyond words, click here.

Mr. Bungle · #43 03-12-2011, 05:11 PM

Those facebook updates are among the stupidest and most ignorant I've ever read. Goddamn americans.

Wings of Fire · #44 03-12-2011, 05:18 PM

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For those who'd like to be goddamn furious beyond words, click here.

I follow the head translator of a translation project I've been keeping tabs on on twitter because I enjoy reading his posts and I think he has a cute personality. He lives in Japan, and intermixed with all the recent updates of praying for his countrymen and pissing his pants over his family's wellbeing he posted

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Probably I should ignore those talking about the karma thing... I feel sad, but I don't think I can do anything to stop them...

Poor thing.

MA · #45 03-12-2011, 08:23 PM

Jesus Christ. terrible.

Mac Sirloin · #46 03-13-2011, 08:11 AM

I know that this isn't constructive, but here's this:

Honestly, though. What is wrong with people?

Manco · #47 03-13-2011, 03:04 PM

So a volcano has erupted in Japan: http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/art...volcano-erupts

Ridg3 · #48 03-13-2011, 03:16 PM

Japan aren't getting it easy are they? Hopefully no one was hurt from it.

Bullet Magnet · #49 03-13-2011, 03:19 PM

Can you provide a link that hasn't got dribbling idiots posting their opinions on it? Christ.

Manco · #50 03-13-2011, 04:26 PM

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Can you provide a link that hasn't got dribbling idiots posting their opinions on it? Christ.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9543864

Also, the volcano isn't nearly as bad as it sounds. It's been expected for a while, and the eruption is hardly devastating.

Havoc · #51 03-14-2011, 01:06 AM

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For those who'd like to be goddamn furious beyond words, click here.

Those braindead ignorant fucks must not be aware that the US nuked two major cities in Japan as retaliation for Pearl Harbor...

Steamer_KING · #52 03-14-2011, 08:18 AM

So, the world is on chaos right now, whether on the media or in catastrophes...Is it, The End?

Bullet Magnet · #53 03-14-2011, 08:21 AM

Havoc · #54 03-14-2011, 08:36 AM

There's a problem cooling the second reactor with seawater and the reactor is completely dry. It isn't looking good.

Manco · #55 03-14-2011, 09:49 AM

When did this happen?

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Explosions at Japan's Fukushima power plant, damaged by the earthquake and tsunami, have raised new questions about the safety of nuclear energy. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog...ear-alert-live

Dixanadu · #56 03-14-2011, 11:02 AM

A news cast this morning said the fumes from the explosion will be blown out to sea, rather than over the mainland.

Apparently, another quake is predicted to hit by Thursday, hopefully it'll be less serious.

Havoc · #57 03-14-2011, 11:13 AM

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When did this happen?

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog...ear-alert-live

I saw it on the news this morning so I suppose somewhere last night.

Mr. Bungle · #58 03-14-2011, 11:35 AM

The world's just falling apart. Damn.

DarkHoodness · #59 03-14-2011, 11:46 AM

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The world's just falling apart. Damn.

No, it isn't more-so than usual. Terrible things like what's happening in Japan right now are a regular occurrence - It just happens to have a lot of media coverage.

Manco · #60 03-14-2011, 11:58 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog...ear-alert-live

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7.30pm GMT: Here is a summary of the latest news so far today:

• The combined death toll from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is likely to exceed 10,000, reports state broadcaster NHK. About 2,000 bodies have been found washed up found on two areas of Miyagi prefecture.

• A hydrogen explosion happened at the number three reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in the early hours of Monday morning (local time). The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power company (Tepco) said 11 people were injured.

- Tepco said nuclear fuel rods at the reactor are exposed and overheating, raising the risk of them melting. Up to 190 people are suspected of being exposed to radiation, according to officials.

• The International Atomic Energy Agency says the Fukushima crisis is unlikely to become another Chernobyl. Authorities have set up a 20km (12 mile) exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Meanwhile, the US agreed to Japan's formal request for supplies and equipment to tackle the crisis.

• Almost two million households remain without power in the north of Japan, where snow is forecast later this week, while around 1.4 million households have no running water. Those with power are being affected by rolling blackouts as electricity shortages force reductions in service in some areas.

• Japan's central bank plans to inject $85bn billion into the economy to help the banking system to function as many businesses remain closed. Economists at Credit Suisse bank are calculating the effects of the disaster on the worst hit areas to cost around $171bn.