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The people posting the Pearl Harbor comments fill me with shame. Every country has done things they aren't proud of, and in this case it was long before the majority of these people were even born. Japan was "paid back" for that already - hard - and it's sad to see those sentiments haven't died out a lifetime ago.

When I first read about this, I couldn't even conceive it would go so poorly as this. The mind boggles. My heart is with all the people of Japan.

TBH the less said about the Failbook comments the better Ouze.

I'd hate to people to equate silence with tacit approval, is all - but yes, you're right.

Ouze wrote:The people posting the Pearl Harbor comments fill me with shame. Every country has done things they aren't proud of, and in this case it was long before the majority of these people were even born. Japan was "paid back" for that already - hard - and it's sad to see those sentiments haven't died out a lifetime ago.

When I first read about this, I couldn't even conceive it would go so poorly as this. The mind boggles. My heart is with all the people of Japan.

I was astonished that they found time between chewing at their toenails and checking out celebrity/sports gossip to actual write something on their Facebook accounts. opinions are like a$$holes: everyone's got one.

People today are still kind of in shock. The beach is deserted except for the odd cop who wants to know what Iron Hippy foreigners are doing pouring cans of beer into the sea. It was a libation to the souls of the dead. At least their troubles are over. There is no bread in any of the Supermarkets in town and I reckon it's gonna be that way for the next week or so. The nuclear plant is on everyone's mind as that will affect all of us directly. At the shinto shrine, people were praying for the dead and the gods to show mercy on the living. Humbling experience to say the least.

Khornholio, where are you living?

My main source of visual entertainment is anime.
There is always some district of a Japanese city bashed to bits by something or someone and I wonder who patches it all up again so quickly.

If only...

Ouze wrote:I'd hate to people to equate silence with tacit approval, is all - but yes, you're right.

Same here.

They didn't remember who said that about the Oil prices. I would write them a VERY angry letter if I knew...

Hi again,from Kanagawa,West of Tokyo.

Thank you for all kind words.

Even around here,Gasoline is out of stock.
At market,No bread. May be some rice is there. We got plenty of these.
And Gas & Electricity will be out in few days.

After shock & Loss of Atomic plant caused these.

Even not in disaster area,we will need supply.
Glad we have american friends. Carrier coming.

What are the communications like?
Assume the roads and airports are badly affected in the disaster areas?

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:What are the communications like?
Assume the roads and airports are badly affected in the disaster areas?

Disaster areas and those neighbor's communications are bad.
Airport shut,Train is not working it seems.

Sir Motor wrote:

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:What are the communications like?
Assume the roads and airports are badly affected in the disaster areas?

Disaster areas and those neighbor's communications are bad.
Airport shut,Train is not working it seems.

how are the trains in Tokyo? Can people get around? Can they get to the airport?

On the plus side, refuting the Facebook morons (BTW I would just love to show them Chinese internet comments from September 11th, being an ass on the internet is far from an exclusively American flaw) - a search and rescue team from Arlington VA just left for Japan, along wtih teams from California. People flying halfway around the world to risk their lives helping people they've never met.

There's hope for us all.


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The food issue is worrying me.

Houses and shops in japan are TINY. They have literally no storage. When people say they have no food and the shops have no food I believe them. And with transportation in shambles across the north this is a very real danger.

I remember my 'earthquake kit' from when I was in Japan, I had 2 bottles of water and some packs of ramen.

God I was dumb.

The Regen is already there, and the George Washington has been in maintenance in the area. Looks like a good chunk of the pacific fleet will be there.

Full list here.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/full-coverage/8998723/factbox-u-s-navy-ships-prepared-for-japan-earthquake-relief/

Good to see the fleet going to help. I think this has been my primary source for info, anything with a comment section is unbearable to see. Its like a train wreck, I know what's going to be there but I look anyway.

Good to see there is plenty of rice in Sir Motor's area, food is certainly an issue, though I'm concerned about if there is drinking water still. I know the moment a hurricane is charted to hit, the stores have a hard time keeping it in stock, I do hope they have access to it, the last thing Japan needs is a wave of dysentery or the like... (I have no idea how such an event would affect public water systems or what kind of systems they have in Japan, I just know here it goes quick and we're told not to drink the tap.)

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Sir Motor wrote:

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:What are the communications like?
Assume the roads and airports are badly affected in the disaster areas?

Disaster areas and those neighbor's communications are bad.
Airport shut,Train is not working it seems.

how are the trains in Tokyo? Can people get around? Can they get to the airport?

On the plus side, refuting the Facebook morons (BTW I would just love to show them Chinese internet comments from September 11th, being an ass on the internet is far from an exclusively American flaw) - a search and rescue team from Arlington VA just left for Japan, along wtih teams from California. People flying halfway around the world to risk their lives helping people they've never met.

There's hope for us all.


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The food issue is worrying me.

Houses and shops in japan are TINY. They have literally no storage. When people say they have no food and the shops have no food I believe them. And with transportation in shambles across the north this is a very real danger.

I remember my 'earthquake kit' from when I was in Japan, I had 2 bottles of water and some packs of ramen.

God I was dumb.

My Earthquake kit is a compass, two bottles of water, a flashlight, 6 cans of beer, a radio and half a pack of smokes.

There was no bread at the supermarket today. All the other essentials (alcohol and tobacco) were there. However, I live in Bag End, Hobbiton, Japan and there are farms everywhere, so there is no shortage of food here. The highways and trains are intermittent. The trains in Tokyo didn't start going until after 9 am Saturday. The train around here just started up again on Sunday morning. Parts of the highway, especially in Ichihara, Chiba which had the gasplant fire, are still closed. The Aqualine was closed last I heard, but the Ferry from Kanaya Chiba to Kurihama was going OK. The Tsunami warnings are all done with now. A lot of resources will be re-directed to Tohoku for sure. I will gladly eat cabbage and eggs for the next 3 months if it means the orphans will get some half decent food. Water and Sanitation is becoming an issue. Rotting wood, food and corpses aren't helping. Gas prices are going up too. I bought gas yesterday at 143 yen /litre. That's like what? $6.40 a gallon? But it was hovering around 140 before Friday.

AesSedai wrote:Khornholio, where are you living?

Bag End, Hobbiton, Japan--> or Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan. Where you can watch the whale at Sea World and then eat it in the cafeteria.

Happygrunt wrote:The Regen is already there, and the George Washington has been in maintenance in the area. Looks like a good chunk of the pacific fleet will be there.

Full list here.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/full-coverage/8998723/factbox-u-s-navy-ships-prepared-for-japan-earthquake-relief/

HOLY SH__ thats alot of ships.

We should be sending some supplies as well. Hopefully they'll send some potable water tablets or filters along with MREs. Just hope that the fleet gets there in time to help the majority of the people.

And of course hope the reactor gets contained. If it has a major meltdown the fallout could actually reach California.

Those facebook people make me wonder, do they know that we vowed to protect Japan after the war? Seriously Japan's like our little buddy in the Pacific and we got their back in these situations.

Hospital ships may not get to Japan in time for major relief efforts because they seem to be stationed in the Atlantic, although a trip through the Panama Canal can help. Our helis should be dropping food and lifting people soon with cargo planes air dropping supplies hopefully.

I’ve been speaking to my wife again.

Our house is in Kanagawa prefecture same as Sir Motor. It’s the southwest side of Tokyo, opposite the earthquake epicentre, and the shock strength was down to five (serious) and they didn’t have any damage in the area.

There are still noticeable aftershocks about one an hour.

The government has issued a warning that another serious quake may occur in the next few days. This is quite scary as Japanese seismologists are the best in the world.

Trains are running, however my daughter’s school has decide to close for tomorrow. Most people will try to carry on as normal. Obviously the real disaster and focus of relief efforts is the northeast region.

There is panic buying in the supermarkets.

Thanks for the update KilKrazy . still have fingers crossed !

Kilkrazy wrote:I’ve been speaking to my wife again.

Our house is in Kanagawa prefecture same as Sir Motor. It’s the southwest side of Tokyo, opposite the earthquake epicentre, and the shock strength was down to five (serious) and they didn’t have any damage in the area.

There are still noticeable aftershocks about one an hour.

The government has issued a warning that another serious quake may occur in the next few days. This is quite scary as Japanese seismologists are the best in the world.

Trains are running, however my daughter’s school has decide to close for tomorrow. Most people will try to carry on as normal. Obviously the real disaster and focus of relief efforts is the northeast region.

There is panic buying in the supermarkets.

There is also a gasoline shortage. There was no gasoline at any of the stations I took the old lady's car to this evening. They all had notices up that there was no gas.

The British Navy is also getting involved, they are sending our entire fleet over to help out.



You guys will be alright in no time!

On a serious note, im sure the worst of it is over, keep your chins up lads.

It is beginning to look like one of the Fukushima reactors has suffered a meltdown, and another one is going to. However the containment has not been breached.


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TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) has been forced to plan a programme of rotating power cuts in the area it covers, due to the loss of generation from the Fukushima reactors.

One of my friends from near Tokyo emailed me and said public transport is somewhat back (I think it was mentioned earlier in this thread anyway). Mostly glad he's safe though.

Khornholio wrote:

AesSedai wrote:Khornholio, where are you living?

Bag End, Hobbiton, Japan--> or Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan. Where you can watch the whale at Sea World and then eat it in the cafeteria.

Going by your avatar I thought you were in Hazzard Prefecture.


This morning/evening Square/Enix shut down the Final Fantasy XI and XIV servers indefinitely (guessing about a week) to conserve energy for essential services.

Due to the continuous earthquakes occurring in the eastern regions of Japan since Mar. 11, 2011, the power companies in Japan have encouraged everyone to cooperate by conserving as much energy as possible as it is feared there will not be enough power supply. Based on the current situation, we have decided to shut down the game servers temporarily, and therefore to suspend services of FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline temporarily.

The services will be temporarily suspended for at least a week starting on Mar. 13, 2011 3:00 (PDT). We will provide an update regarding the reinstatement of the service as additional information becomes available. In connection with the temporary suspension of services, players will not be billed for any PlayOnline service throughout the April billing cycle. Additional information regarding this matter will also be posted as it becomes available.

I saw people arguing about it before they shut the servers down and some really stu[id things were said. Someone was complaining that they never shut down the servers for other natural disasters, such as the tsunami in Indonesia a few years back, so why do it this time. Others were complaining that they were just doing it to keep Japanese players happy becuase the servers are in California (they aren't) so they don't really need to shut them down. Really just a great slice of humanitarianism.

Some good news; four trains thought to have been lost have been found. The ship swept out to sea has been rescued with 80 people on board.

Thank goodness and thanks for the good news KK
lets hope for more of the same!

Here,Kanagawa,
Brownout is scheduled.

serious after shock is said to be coming.
probability　is 70%.

Hope it is not occur.

What is a "brownout" please Sir Motor?
Sorry to be dim but not heard the expression before.

As ever take care .all of you in Japan!
Please no more shocks, enough already!!!

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:What is a "brownout" please Sir Motor?
Sorry to be dim but not heard the expression before.

As ever take care .all of you in Japan!
Please no more shocks, enough already!!!

It's a deliberate less severe blackout, basically your lights dim, some high power stuff doesn't work but you still have some power.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:What is a "brownout" please Sir Motor?
Sorry to be dim but not heard the expression before.

I believe it's a planned power outage.

I hope everything gets sorted out soon in japan, at least they have some forsight in their building designs, otherwise this would have be catastrophic.

I am curious I haven't read anything about the USS George Washington recently. Is it on route?