Strength of humanity in crisis...

[shootingstar]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1944838/

Just nightmarish the journey of folks running hither thither to escape.

It does make one wonder if this crisis will rectivate the whole debate if nuclear power is even a safe source of power at any time. I'm noticing how it's fading abit from the news... The crisis isn't over!

[Trek420]

Plus 3 raised $5,000 in A Day and a Half!!! So the match is made. I presume people can still keep inputting their miles/hours this week, just won't be matched by the generous anonymous donor.

Tag it "Japan" so it's credited for donations to the Red Cross.

[NbyNW]

It does make one wonder if this crisis will rectivate the whole debate if nuclear power is even a safe source of power at any time. I'm noticing how it's fading abit from the news... The crisis isn't over!

I don't get the sense that it's fading from the news at all. We must be reading very different news sources.

[Trek420]

Me neither. Realizing people are most important but could not get these two out of my mind. Glad to hear they got vet care:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...-in-the-rubble

[shootingstar]

This is an account of a Japanese-American ..ready to leave when earthquake occurred.
http://liztagami.wordpress.com/

[sundial]

It looks as though radioactive levels continue to climb and people as far away as Tokyo are being warned to leave.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition...aying-1.349669

[Trek420]

This is an account of a Japanese-American ..ready to leave when earthquake occurred.
http://liztagami.wordpress.com/

Very interesting report. Thanks for sharing it. What impresses me is not that the writer was prepared (while she did know and share with other passengers and readers some good safety info such as heading to a sturdy wall, the ol' duck, cover and hold thing drill ...) but what is trully impressive is the Japanese preparation. Sounds like they have pre-recorded announcements or have trained announcers to tell people to "stay away from the bleeping windows. What are you thinking running to them???" Wow.

You see them bringing blankets, water, food out to the passengers? This does not just happen. It means that they are prepared at major centers to house, feed and shelter people in case of a major emergency.

This takes major planning for a building as large and complex as an airport.

If you work in an office or for any company does yours have a safety plan? Do you?

I know I don't do enough and I'm in a fault zone better rotate the water supply at least.

[PamNY]

I keep thinking of the people who are working on the nuclear facility. They are very brave.

That was interesting, Shootingstar, thanks.

[Mr. Bloom]

I keep thinking of the people who are working on the nuclear facility.

I agree, but in a country whose manufacturing is based on robotics, I'm surprised that haven't found a way to motorized a water cannon...but it's easy to assess their approach from a sofa 9,000 miles away

[smilingcat]

I keep thinking of the people who are working on the nuclear facility. They are very brave.

That was interesting, Shootingstar, thanks.

It isn't a matte of bravery or not. The workers who are the walking dead know that they will die soon maybe a month, two... maybe a year from now...

They may have volunteered.

They may have been asked. If you were asked to do this job, you can not turn it down from cultural standpoint. To refuse, implies you are selfish and self centered and not thinking for the good of all. Your honor is tarnished and so is your family.

My heart goes out to the walking dead. They are doing this to save their loved ones, their neighbor, their way of life. If I lived in Japan and if my expertise was in nuclear power, I would seriously consider volunteering. I don't have kids, Only family I have is my elderly mother, my sister and her three children and I'm already in my 50's. I've had a good life. This is the strength of the Japanese culture.

smilingcat