9.0 Earthquake/Tsunami/Fukushima

Nuala said:
TEPCO seriously ****** up on all levels here. I fear the earthquake was the catalyst for nightmare at the nuclear power plant. That is what happens when you don't reinvest into your energy sources and leave them to rot.
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General Electric screwed up. TEPCO technically had right to dump all responsibility to Japanese government due to fact that it was cause mainly by a natural disaster. Japanese government should have take over immediate. Regardless though, not much could been done sense things were dangerous for humans to fix.

" A General Electric Co engineer said he resigned 35 years ago over concern about the safety of a nuclear reactor design used in the now crippled Fukushima"
If accident happened in usa, GE would been bankrupt.
1) Very faulty design and unconcerned about safety
2) GE(were expert) and built it at that location
3) Faulty procedure.
etc.
If accident was in usa, GE would be bankrupt.
There might be TPP related conspiracy to ripoff electric utilities and nuclear plants. They want to buy it pennies on the dollar.
 
Trash posts so he can plug his uni . I removed the link and may remove him.

Uncle Frank
 
I visited 石巻市in宮城県 this year.
石巻市 is one of the city that suffered the most on 311 tsunami.
half of the city was swept away by tsunami and now most of the residents have moved away.
here is a website about this city
石巻・大震災まなびの案内 | 社団法人 石巻観光協会

I think apart from the glamorous sides, its also good to look at the other side of Japan.
311 was a tragedy and we should not forget it
 
I visited up there the next year after we got hit in 2011 and I left the immediate are of a memorial service almost immediately when I realized I had absolutely no business being there.

I know memorial services because I have had to attend some officially, and sometimes unofficially. I know them very, very well.

But that one -- I had no business being there. It was a very strange realization.

So I got back on that train system and went to where, at that time, it just stops. They stopped service beyond that station because of that power plant. That I took pictures of. Couldn't take any at that earlier place I made note of just above.

March 11th, -- a Friday -- 2011. The very strange thing about that for me is that about 48 hours earlier I made a note to some of my staff on my own website that I was really worried about a strange earthquake we had. It was a pre-shake, now we are told. It wasn't so strong. But it had a very strange feeling about it and it bugged me to no end. And I have felt a whole bunch of shakes over the years, but that pre-shake -- that one had me concerned. Strangest thing.

So on that Friday afternoon when the first big shake started I was almost certain where it was coming from. I was very lucky in the location I was at when the shakes happened in the first hour or so. But had a problem with one individual I ended up needing to calm down and keep from going into a panic. Was a rather enclosed public area and so none of the folks knew me. Very interesting to see the range of reactions of those around me as we got shook by Jishin-sama. But we were in a rather safe place and there really was no need for panic. The big worry was how family members were making out. All that fancy communications stuff don't work so well when Mother Nature decides to show us who really is the boss.
 
Ten years later today.

Time does fly and I hope that the saying that "time heals all wounds" is true in this case.
 
Twelve years later, not all wounds have healed.


On the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, reconstruction has progressed in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which were both devastated by the twin disasters. However, the picture is much different in Fukushima Prefecture, where residents are struggling to overcome the impact of the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. A total of about 31,000 evacuees are still unable to return home. While that figure is a sharp drop from the peak number of about 470,000, about 90 percent of the current evacuees are from Fukushima.
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The latest figures from the National Police Agency released Thursday put the death toll from the disaster at 15,900 people, while 2,523 people remained unaccounted for -- the first time in 12 years that the numbers have not risen.
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Japan marks 12 years since quake-tsunami that led to Fukushima crisis - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Saturday marked 12 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast, claiming the lives of over 1
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Other things have improved.


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Its amazing how long it can take to recover. I know the radiation and contamination are a big part of that but still, its so slow.
 
just remembered a project that tries to predict earthquakes. since tokyo is preparing for "day X" and this thread is about 3/11, figured id drop the crumbs here. my memory is scant but i think its in here: What is EarthByte? – EarthByte
it either is, or is based on Gplates. im not sure where or what its called but there should be a live tectonic stress map if you follow the right threads. again, my memory is hazy.
 
13th anniversary today.

Two videos on NHK World track the changes that have transformed coastal cities in the years since the 2011 tsunami.

Kamaishi, Iwate

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13 years in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Footage from an NHK fixed point camera tracks the changes that have transformed a coastal city in the years since the 2011 tsunami.
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Okuma, Fukushima

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13 years in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Footage from an NHK fixed point camera shows how a town has been rebuilt since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which triggered a major nuclear accident.
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Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued support for rebuilding. The 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 killed about 20,000 people. They drove thousands from their homes in the prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima. At 2:46 p.m., when the earthquake struck, people across Japan stopped to observe a minute of silence. In Tokyo's central Ginza shopping district, people stopped to pray on the sidewalk as a bell rang out, marking the moment
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13 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan remembers the dead and vows to keep rebuilding

Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued support for rebuilding.
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More now and then pics:

 
Tuesday saw the 14th anniversary of the disaster. Several cities and towns in Fukushima remain depopulated despite comprehensive reconstruction efforts:

The current population of seven towns and villages in Fukushima Prefecture , which were fully evacuated after the 11 March 2011 disaster, is approximately 12,300 people — around 17% of pre-disaster levels. As Japan marks the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, along with the devastating tsunami and nuclear accident, many former residents have yet to return. For residents from areas with long-term evacuation orders, rebuilding their lives in new communities has become more common, slowing the return process. According to a recent Mainichi survey based on interviews with local authorities, roughly 80% of registered residents from these communities continue to live in evacuation areas.

As of late January or Feb. 1, the resident population compared to the ratio of pre-disaster levels were as follows: the town of Naraha and the villages of Katsurao and Iitate had 4,477 people (56%), 461 people (30%), and 1,511 people (23%) respectively, while the towns of Tomioka, Namie, Okuma and Futaba respectively had 2,590 people (16%), 2,256 people (11%), 878 people (8%) and 181 people (3%). Some of the new residents were not evacuees. In Tomioka, Okuma and Futaba, approximately 60% of current residents have moved in from other municipalities.
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Resident population in parts of Fukushima Pref. just 17% of pre-disaster levels 14 years on - The Mainichi

MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- The resident population of seven towns and villages in northeast Japan's Fukushima Prefecture that were temporarily evacuated
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Yes, it was a tough area to live in pre-earthquake. But after the earthquake and tsunami, it would be doubly tough.
 
This is a heartwrenching documentary about the city of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, which was almost entirely destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

More than a decade later, local taxi drivers claim to frequently pick up "ghost fares" of the deceased. Passengers spot an increasing number of wild deer which some claim to be intermediaries between the physical and spiritual worlds. A night with Kamaishi's taxi drivers reveals a community haunted by its loss while still struggling for closure.Tsunami Ghosts is a documentary film by Katharine Round.
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In a few hours' time, it will be 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima. Unbelievable.

Mainichi presents before-and-after pictures that illustrate the slow recovery in Tohoku. Many buildings and structures were left untouched to serve as monuments of the disaster.

Great East Japan Earthquake

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In Photos: Then and now, 15 years after 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami - The Mainichi

The Shishiori district of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture -- In the left photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on March 13, 2011, the area can b
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www.nippon.com

The State of Fukushima’s Recovery 15 Years after 3/11

Fifteen years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, recovery efforts in Tōhoku are focused on the ongoing cleanup at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
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About 790,000 items recovered after the earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011 remain in storage across three prefectures. Officials still hold them in the hope that their owners may one day come forward. Municipal governments in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima continue to keep photographs and other personal belongings linked to the disaster. They do so even though no law requires it.

The collections include certificates, trophies, cameras, stuffed animals and mortuary tablets. Many were swept away during the tsunami and later retrieved from debris. Some local authorities have begun discarding items that have deteriorated. Others are weighing how long they can continue to store them as the cost of preservation grows. A Kyodo News survey of 37 municipalities in the three hardest-hit prefectures found that 29 still hold lost property from the disaster. Since 2011, at least 2.37 million items have been returned to owners through special events and other efforts to reunite belongings with their families.

mainichi.jp

790,000 mementos from 2011 Japan disaster still stored in hard-hit areas - The Mainichi

MORIOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Some 790,000 items discovered in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan in March 2011 r
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