OT: Japan Almost a Year Later

[Nasty_Magician]

Rock Center with Brian Williams - One year after disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant, town remains frozen in time

Creepy stuff

 

[jstewismybastardson]

devastating stuff

reminded me of this

 

[dash]

Over two years since the earthquake in Haiti and it doesn't look like much has changed...

Second Haiti earthquake anniversary shows a country still devastated | News | National Post

 

[potzer25]

"None of you are getting out of here" - Japan Earthquake - Salon.com

 

[pixburgher66]

Can't stop watching this Chernobyl video...

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I listened to a story on NPR about an American crew that was working on the reactor when the tsunami hit. The ground started to shake in the reactor room, the reactors started making a howling demonic noise, and the lights went off. They were able to make it out of the room, outside, and to higher ground... they watched the tsunami come in. They thought they weren't high enough and were going to be swept to sea. The guy said that when the tsunami started to retreat back to the ocean, the force of the returning wave actually sucked clouds and cold air back from the mountains. He said it was a crystal clear day, and as the tsunami went back into the ocean a rush of cold air and gray clouds just raced overhead and it started to snow. How creepy is that?

 

[Comeds]

Can't stop watching this Chernobyl video...

I am a sucker for that. I have watched and read a ton about Chernobyl. A few years ago an Australian version of 60 Minutes sent a crew inside the control room, it was really cool.

I listened to a story on NPR about an American crew that was working on the reactor when the tsunami hit. The ground started to shake in the reactor room, the reactors started making a howling demonic noise, and the lights went off. They were able to make it out of the room, outside, and to higher ground... they watched the tsunami come in. They thought they weren't high enough and were going to be swept to sea. The guy said that when the tsunami started to retreat back to the ocean, the force of the returning wave actually sucked clouds and cold air back from the mountains. He said it was a crystal clear day, and as the tsunami went back into the ocean a rush of cold air and gray clouds just raced overhead and it started to snow. How creepy is that?

Scary apocalyptic stuff. I'd be panicked.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I listened to a story on NPR about an American crew that was working on the reactor when the tsunami hit. The ground started to shake in the reactor room, the reactors started making a howling demonic noise, and the lights went off. They were able to make it out of the room, outside, and to higher ground... they watched the tsunami come in. They thought they weren't high enough and were going to be swept to sea. The guy said that when the tsunami started to retreat back to the ocean, the force of the returning wave actually sucked clouds and cold air back from the mountains. He said it was a crystal clear day, and as the tsunami went back into the ocean a rush of cold air and gray clouds just raced overhead and it started to snow. How creepy is that?

saw this video clip in a docu last night ... fuckin nuts ... check the guy who decides its best to leave the vehicle out the passenger side door ... then turns back to close the door

 

[pixburgher66]

I am a sucker for that. I have watched and read a ton about Chernobyl. A few years ago an Australian version of 60 Minutes sent a crew inside the control room, it was really cool.

I watched a bunch of videos about it after that one...and looked up pictures. I'd be scared crapless going into the Dead Zone. Never would even get close. And some of those people were so nonchalant about it...

 

[potzer25]

Pretty cool clickable Now and Then pictures:
Japan tsunami pictures: before and after - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Chernobyl tourism...
Gerd Ludwig's 'Long Shadow of Chernobyl' project - The Big Picture - Boston.com

 

[hunzworth]

devastating stuff

reminded me of this

couldnt watch the video (got a copyright claims message) but i found what i assume is the same video or similar on PBS

Video: Radioactive Wolves | Watch Nature Online | PBS Video

 

[mattola]

Chernobyl tourism...
Gerd Ludwig's 'Long Shadow of Chernobyl' project - The Big Picture - Boston.com

modern warfare has a level where you go here before the accident (back in time) the mapping on that game is almost identical. I hadn't realized they got so close to the city and the amusement park in those pictures.

creepy town. what a disaster. RIP to all those fallen.

 

[pixburgher66]

modern warfare has a level where you go here before the accident (back in time) the mapping on that game is almost identical. I hadn't realized they got so close to the city and the amusement park in those pictures.

creepy town. what a disaster. RIP to all those fallen.

I remember that level. MW1? I just remember the Ferris Wheel.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Mutant Butterflies Found After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster In Japan (VIDEO)

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

 

[LeaderOCola]

'Mike, the Murasoi', the fish so contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster it is over 2,500 times the legal limit | Mail Online

 

[jstewismybastardson]

coming soon to a sushi place near you: the radiation roll

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Wow That's pretty nasty. It's amazing to me that people will loot under some of the circumstances that they do.



Yes "Nasty" pun intended.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Wow That's pretty nasty. It's amazing to me that people will loot under some of the circumstances that they do.



Yes "Nasty" pun intended.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Fukushima Operator TEPCO Calls For Foreign Help As Crisis Worsens