Japan hit by powerful earthquake

[Salodin]

Dude even looks like a bad ass asian you'd see in a movie...

[Maaglin]

awesome

[Olo401]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....r-meltdown.jpg

One of several robots being used at the Fukushima site, equipped with remote 3D camera and various environment monitoring devices (radiation, temp and humidity).

[dejet]

is that shit real (the dude not the robot... I no thats real lol)

[Olo401]

lawlz.. http://kanmisikou.net/lab/power/

[Binkie]

That story reminds me of Forest Gump.

[Mojo]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=C1

Finally nice to seen some sensible reporting.

[Kaslo]

For the record, Daily Show attacked Nancy Grace for ignoring scientists on radiation. Colbert Tuesday night attacked people going after Iodine pills/Kelp.

Daily Show video: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/we...porters-attack

[aduidarnenye]

For the record, Daily Show attacked Nancy Grace for ignoring scientists on radiation. Colbert Tuesday night attacked people going after Iodine pills/Kelp.

Daily Show video: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/we...porters-attack

I saw that last night. It rather looked like Stewart was shooting fish in a barrel and knew it. Much too easy a target for him.

I wish he'd go after the more respectable networks, like CNN, who keep up the fear-mongering.

Although, Nancy Grace did look like a total idiot. Of course, this isn't a stretch for her.


And that dude in the SCUBA gear saving his wife and mother...wow, he's amazing.

[Uzor]

not sure how accurate this story is, but i found it to be...well, interesting at least...

i'd spoiler it, but i dont know how...

http://badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html

Dude need to be the main protagonist in a new zombie-apocalypse game.

[aiyah4la]

Dude need to be the main protagonist in a new zombie-apocalypse game.

better yet, a regular biblical apocalypse game with tsunamis, floods, nuclear meltdowns, and volcano explosions.

[Acturus]

not sure how accurate this story is, but i found it to be...well, interesting at least...

i'd spoiler it, but i dont know how...

http://badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html

http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/2...er-and-others/

In case you still had doubts about the way natural disasters can bring out the best in people, consider the heroic actions of Hideaki Akaiwa.
On March 11, Akaiwa was several miles away at work when the tsunami flooded his town — where his wife was — with up to 10 feet of water. The 43-year-old Japanese man, who met his wife of 20 years while surfing in a local bay, wasn't about to lose her to any type of wave. Unwilling to wait for authorities to act, Akaiwa put on a wetsuit and scuba gear, dove into the freezing, cloudy water, and headed for the site of his former home.

He swam amidst dangerous debris like shattered cars, downed electrical lines and collapsed buildings. "The water felt very cold, dark and scary," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I had to swim about 200 yards to her, which was quite difficult with all the floating wreckage."

Akaiwa located his wife in their destroyed house, saving her life. But that's not all. Several days later, having been unable to find his mother at local shelters, he went wading back into the water and made a similar rescue, locating his mother trapped on the second floor of her flooded house.

And he didn't stop there: Akaiwa continues to search for survivors who may need help, according to the Toronto Star.

Calamities and catastrophes bring many human tragedies, but research shows that they are also the occasion for widespread acts of altruism and heroism — much more so than for panicked, selfish behavior or chaos. A love like Akaiwa's is worth celebrating.

[Olo401]

Some new pictures from AP/UK Daily Mail... spoilered for size/megascroll

Spoiler: show

Engineers at Fukushima working literally in the dark to get systems working and monitor the reactors...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...88_634x437.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...16_634x443.jpg

Outside, electrical workers in full body suits work to restore electrical lines..

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...14_634x378.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...29_634x713.jpg


Meanwhile, in other parts of Japan, work is also progressing quickly to repair damage from the earthquake..
Before:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...84_634x446.jpg

After:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...00_634x413.jpg

[Necronus]

Meanwhile, in other parts of Japan, work is also progressing quickly to repair damage from the earthquake..
Before:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...84_634x446.jpg

After:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...00_634x413.jpg[/spoiler]

Jesus Christ. In PA or MD that road wouldn't even be close to fixed let alone looking pristine like that. A road like that would take like 6 months .. lol

[Osede]

Jesus Christ. In PA or MD that road wouldn't even be close to fixed let alone looking pristine like that. A road like that would take like 6 months .. lol

It was like after the 4 days of quake, they already flatten the road out. Then it seems like it only require them for another week to get all this shit done.

While I remember over here, they took like fucking whole spring and summer just to get the renovation of the road done, which like not more than a kilometer long.

[ronin sparthos]

Wow, that guy is my hero.

[Psion]

Well, to be fair, I doubt there's any traffic on a road as totalled as that to speak of, so they at least don't have to work in stages.

...But yeah, America's builders suck ass.

[Cantih]

...But yeah, America's builders suck ass.

What I really want to do, is send that road repair picture to Jeremy Clarkson.

[Indalecia]

and to every road construction crew in florida, period

[Acturus]

and to every road construction crew in florida, period

Second.