Sexlightened
I'll second that emotion and all my prayers go to those in need atm
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Japanese Earthquake
Dont know enough about it to write too intelligent a comment but... didnt the mayans and nostradamus predict the end of the world in 2012?
Sure when I read or saw something about it, it stated there would be an increase in civil wars, natural disasters etc.
I wonder if there may be some truth in it or just coincidence?
Sure when I read or saw something about it, it stated there would be an increase in civil wars, natural disasters etc.
I wonder if there may be some truth in it or just coincidence?
Sex God
Nostradamus didn't predict anything...his 'predictions' are so vague they can fit any circumstance you want them to
The Mayan calendar ends in 2012 this is not necessarily a prediction of the end of the world....chances are they just thought that they'd gone far enough and had a few centuries before they had to get round to the rest of it
The earthquake is a tragedy....but if it was going to hit anywhere Japan is the place most able to deal with it...they have plans and infrastructure in place for such events...earthquakes are nothing new to the Japanese,we can only hope that the size of this one hasn't left them totally unprepared
The Mayan calendar ends in 2012 this is not necessarily a prediction of the end of the world....chances are they just thought that they'd gone far enough and had a few centuries before they had to get round to the rest of it
The earthquake is a tragedy....but if it was going to hit anywhere Japan is the place most able to deal with it...they have plans and infrastructure in place for such events...earthquakes are nothing new to the Japanese,we can only hope that the size of this one hasn't left them totally unprepared
Sex God
On the plus side, good to see that the Pacific area Tsunami Warning System appears to have much better coverage and communications got out wider than they did on that fateful Boxing Day.
More scary are Japan's nuclear power stations, which have been dogged with rumours and breaches of safety protocols for several decades
Sadly Staggerlee, I'm not so sure Japan is the place most able to deal with this type of accident.
More scary are Japan's nuclear power stations, which have been dogged with rumours and breaches of safety protocols for several decades
Sadly Staggerlee, I'm not so sure Japan is the place most able to deal with this type of accident.
Sexlightened
Quote by john469
Surely the Japanese guy that has just won the Bondi Beach surfing international, on a kitchen table, can give his prize money to the relief fund?
Well John perhaps you could put your hand in your pocket instead of making offensive comments,hope you're not one of the pond life thats been making sick jokes about this on Facebook and the like.
I spent three years living out in Japan,i've spent the weekend trying to get in contact with friends,majority of which are in Tokyo so out of danger of the tsunami
at least,aftershocks are still being felt,radioactivity has now been spread by wind to
Chiba just outside Tokyo,150 miles south of the Fukashima reactor,just terrible !
Sexlightened
Quote by Joewally
I went to Anfield (Liverpool fc) last night to watch an awful match, and observe an impeccable one minute silence for the quake victims.
Somethin we're told that anfield always ovbserve exceptionally well...
That's a nice touch, i think Chelsea also did something similar.
I've just spent most of the afternoon walking into banks in Bristol trying to give money to the Japanese Tsunami appeal,no one wanted my money WTF !!!! I eventually made a payment at NatWest to the Red Cross,really shocking after a week!,DEFRA seriously need to sort this out pronto ! Don't remember this being the case for the 2004 Tsunami.
I think you can make online donations to the Red Cross,not sure if i'm allowed to post the in Tokyo are playing benefit gigs this weekend,although with the power cuts out there i have no idea if they'll manage to ? But good luck to 'em !
Quote by medway_garage
I went to Anfield (Liverpool fc) last night to watch an awful match, and observe an impeccable one minute silence for the quake victims.
Somethin we're told that anfield always ovbserve exceptionally well...
That's a nice touch, i think Chelsea also did something similar.
I've just spent most of the afternoon walking into banks in Bristol trying to give money to the Japanese Tsunami appeal,no one wanted my money WTF !!!! I eventually made a payment at NatWest to the Red Cross,really shocking after a week!,DEFRA seriously need to sort this out pronto ! Don't remember this being the case for the 2004 Tsunami.
I think you can make online donations to the Red Cross,not sure if i'm allowed to post the in Tokyo are playing benefit gigs this weekend,although with the power cuts out there i have no idea if they'll manage to ? But good luck to 'em !
As the 3rd (I think) largest economy in the world, Japan doesn't need money, it needs rescources and physical aid. Pakistan and Haiti are still having massive problems following their own recent natural disasters, but the media, and the west, seem to have forgotten about them.. At least the money you gave will go to who really needs it, via the Red Cross.
Sex God
As to predictions - Japan is on one of the most volcanically/tectonically (I think I made those words up but you know what I mean) active regions on teh planet. A 3 day old chipmunk would have little difficulty predicting they would, at some time, have a really serious quake/tsumai event. As has been said, Nostradamus is irrelavent gobbledigook and the Mayans probably just got bored. They were carving it into stone - I reckon I would have stopped my calendar a week next Thursday.
What comes out of things like this is a) human's capacity for coming up with really stupid justifications for purely natural events - all based around humans, humans, humans - very ego-centric and arrogant and b) human's capacity for generosity of action, courage and care of damaged/hurt strangers and c) the fragility of life on one hand and the capacity for endurance in the frailest humans on the other.
What comes out of things like this is a) human's capacity for coming up with really stupid justifications for purely natural events - all based around humans, humans, humans - very ego-centric and arrogant and b) human's capacity for generosity of action, courage and care of damaged/hurt strangers and c) the fragility of life on one hand and the capacity for endurance in the frailest humans on the other.
