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Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update for Saturday Morning, March 12, 2011

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Some quick Sendai earthquake/tsunami updates: Current death toll estimate is 1,700. By way of comparison, remember that the 2010 Haiti earthquake killed 316,000 and the 2004 Indonesian tsunami killed 230,210. First world infrastructure, building codes and warning systems matter a … Continue reading →

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And Still More Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Upadates

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

My most recent post on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is here. Some more news tidbits on the Sendai earthquake/tsunami. Evidently the possibility of a nuclear meltdown has been greatly reduced, with a backup cooling system now online. Early reports … Continue reading →

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Still More Video From the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few more videos. Not a lot of context for some of these, so I can’t tell if they’re from Sendai or someplace else. This provides a scary, up-close demonstration of how fast the tsunami came in: Japanese office workers … Continue reading →

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Japan Earthquake News Update

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The current news, as near as I can gather: Death toll is now estimated at 1,000. Let’s hope that wrong (like the early reports out of Katrina), but looking at footage of the debris wall the tsunami swept in, it … Continue reading →

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Pictures From the Japanese Earthquake

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Holy Moly. Note: This and all other posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami (including numerous videos) can be found here. Correction: As the commenter below notes, this picture is from the 1995 Kobe earthquake, not today’s quake. This one … Continue reading →

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8.9 Earthquake, Tsunami Hits Japan

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The quake hit at 2:46 p.m local time about 230 miles off the coast of northern Japan near Sendai. A Wikipedia entry is already up, and they’re calling it the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history. It looks … Continue reading →

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