I wish these TV stations/Journalist etc would call it a current affair it is in no way news. Is it new information that Japan is on a continental shelf…NO. Is it new information that Japan gets hit by earthquakes all the time…NO. Is it new information that people die in Earthquakes, as they do in most disasters..NO. Is it new information Earthquakes cause tsunamis..NO. Nothing “new” here.

Whats actually news is the name of people who died, particluar buildings that fell down that shouldnt have and the area of devastation, so the only real news casters at the moment are google with People Finder.

Come on tell me something new, tell me this building that should have survived failed badly and why. Tell me the extent of the devastation and why it made it that far, was it supposed to. As far as im aware they had very good defences and they all failed…Why dammit, Tell me. Why doesnt Japan have massive grates, channels and pumps that can channel this water and pump it out on the other side of the island as it travels underground rather than above it on the land.

Sorry I get fed up with repeats in the news is all, and yes Japan will be hit by another Earthquake in the future, why not just troll up the same information for it..honestly no one will tell the difference.

Beyond reasoning through scientific facts, we can also look at political and economic facts: what motivation would there be for American politicians and/or military commanders to want such a weapon? Our well-being is best served by a healthy Japan, willing to trade and produce high quality parts for technology that is highly sought everywhere on Earth (though America is still the biggest consumer of such products). Global economies are increasingly intertwined, and our entire information industry relies on parts made in Japan.

Granted, while it is much more entertaining to buy into such conspiracies, it is also quite counter-productive to plague your fellow humans with additional nonsense—the truth can be hard to find, and we need all the truth we can get. So if you can, promote skepticism of extraordinary claims. Demand extraordinary evidence. And then vet it!

Since the quake was off the east coast, it seems reasonable to me that it was between the Pacific and North American plates. (Though I am by no means an expert on this.) Looking at these more closely it seems that Tokyo is built on the intersection of the Eurasian, Filipino, and North American plates, with the Pacific plate near by.

Thinking about it a little more I wonder: how much further effort is reasonable in preparing for such events in the future? While they have successfully engineered solutions to building collapse, and it is reasonable to think the same could have been done for the nuclear power plants, what could have been done about the tsunamis? I’ve seen in places they have large storm walls built, but can they surround the country with them? And it is such a tremendous amount of water, I can’t think of any solution other than a gigantic wall, which seems impractical on that scale.

In national emergencies drastic measures must be taken to ensure the well being of citizens, and Japan is more than capable of handling this situation. Any outside help is welcome, no doubt, as long as it is coordinated and does not hinder the plans put in place by the Japanese government for just this kind of disaster.

“Outside of Japan, the National Weather Service has warned over 50 countries and territories about possibly tsunamis.”

Should be ‘possible.’

Ed: Fixed now

You obviously don’t have a clue about what a tsunami actually is. It’s not simply a wave 7m tall like what you see in a storm … It’s a wave 7m tall, a few kilometres wide, and hundreds or thousands of kilometres long moving at the speed of a jet plane! … Ya! just build a channel! Just pipe it underground back to the sea!

What a frickin Dumbass you are. … But I’m sure that to the people who know you, THAT isn’t really news either.

I wish these TV stations/Journalist etc would call it a current affair it is in no way news. Is it new information that Japan is on a continental shelf…NO. Is it new information that Japan gets hit by earthquakes all the time…NO. Is it new information that people die in Earthquakes, as they do in most disasters..NO. Is it new information Earthquakes cause tsunamis..NO. Nothing “new” here.

Whats actually news is the name of people who died, particluar buildings that fell down that shouldnt have and the area of devastation, so the only real news casters at the moment are google with People Finder.

Come on tell me something new, tell me this building that should have survived failed badly and why. Tell me the extent of the devastation and why it made it that far, was it supposed to. As far as im aware they had very good defences and they all failed…Why dammit, Tell me. Why doesnt Japan have massive grates, channels and pumps that can channel this water and pump it out on the other side of the island as it travels underground rather than above it on the land.

Sorry I get fed up with repeats in the news is all, and yes Japan will be hit by another Earthquake in the future, why not just troll up the same information for it..honestly no one will tell the difference.

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