The Daily Snowstorm: Naomi Watts & "The Impossible" Tsunami - Jan 27,2013
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An earthquake triggered a tsunami warning in Indonesia, which is said to have covered "Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore," but the wave...
Japanese researchers have spent the past few months surveying Tsunami damage at 5,300 coastal locations. This information has created the largest Tsunami survey dataset in the world and the first map to visualize the crushing impact of the wave. More »
The Honshu tsunami of March 11th (the one that caused the Fukushima disaster) caused the otherwise stable Sulzberger Ice Shelf to calve giant hunks of ice. Climate scientists call this "teleconnection." I call it a big whopping bunch of whack knocking off a gigunda chunka stuff. Either way...
Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii. The signature, caused by the March 11 earthquake that devastated Japan, was observed in an airglow layer 250...
Japan is slowly rebuilding after a devastating tsunami destroyed parts of the country earlier this year. A series of before and after pictures show how far Japan has come and how far it still has to go to rebuild its shattered country. [Denver Post] More »
In terms of radiation fallout Fukushima is said to be approaching Chernobyl by at least certain measures, and the potential for Fukushima to be worse in terms of total radioactive material released is very real. However, the two disasters really can't be compared sensibly because the...
A Japanese non-profit group dived to the seabed to film the wreckage left behind by March's tsunami. A glass sliding door still intact; a Converse shoe; photos...it's distressing stuff that will tug at your heartstrings. [Stoke via Scuttlefish] More »
As I tune in to NHK live TV, and see the piece on using Twitter to aid in disaster relief being shown for the 20th time over the last 48 hours, I wonder about what appears to be a sudden and dramatic drop in the level of coverage of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. Over the last...
I planned to visit Japan in about 2-3 years before the tsunami hit. With the way things are looking, you guys think I would be able to go in about 2-3 years?
Anna B, no it's not.
OK, how about Alice doesn't live here anymore?
FYI, Lucy Girl, the death toll is little over 10K, and yes I care. I see you don't keep up with much news.
morth, if I am an idiot, you must be scum.
UberX and Victoria, I agree. Great choices especially Jackie Chan. Love his...
Anna B, no it's not.
OK, how about Alice doesn't live here anymore?
FYI, Lucy Girl, the death toll is little over 10K, and yes I care. I see you don't keep up with much news.
morth, if I am an idiot, you must be scum.
UberX and Victoria, I agree. Great choices especially Jackie Chan. Love his...
Anna B, no it's not.
OK, how about Alice doesn't live here anymore?
FYI, Lucy Girl, the death toll is little over 10K, and yes I care. I see you don't keep up with much news.
morth, if I am an idiot, you must be scum.
UberX and Victoria, I agree. Great choices especially Jackie Chan. Love his...
Anna B, no it's not.
OK, how about Alice doesn't live here anymore?
FYI, Lucy Girl, the death toll is little over 10K, and yes I care. I see you don't keep up with much news.
morth, if I am an idiot, you must be scum.
UberX and Victoria, I agree. Great choices especially Jackie Chan. Love his...
I'm just wondering if anyone heard about her. I don't know much about where she lives in Japan but I would like to know if anyone has any news. Is she okay?
I figured this form should help streamline the YA R&S rants:
Random acts of nature be damned. This was Divine Intervention by (INSERT YOUR PERSONAL GOD HERE) to punish (INSERT CURRENT BLASPHEMOUS DISBELIEVERS HERE)!
Optional: a Wall of Text precariously stringing together various religious...