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Japan, 1 year (almost) after tsunami

Yeah seen these, amazing amount of work done when you think about how much they had to clear away and fix. Still lots of construction to go though till it's all back to normal. But yeah if this had happened in any number of other countries it would still look like something happened even today.
 
The Japanese have a great work ethic when it comes to disasters. They really show how bad self-centered American workers are. This country can use a lesson when it comes to infrastructure rebuilding.
 
Impressive but not surprising, they are the Japanese, the most dedicated and hard working people, I knew they wont rest until everything was back to where it should be. very well done, very inspiring, hope to humanity... Lost hope in the rest of the 1st world civilization...

btw, what did they do with all that trash?
 
I agree that everything looks back to normal, but the radioactive contamination resulting from the partial meltdown of nuclear reactors can't be seen in pictures.

For that long term, we can only infer the Japanese health effects through long term public health records.
 
It looks like they've done a good job cleaning things up, but it doesn't look like they've started rebuilding. (which is what I expected to see)

Still, in many places, there would be a path knocked through the rubble, but that'd be about it. The scavengers would have gone through picking out anything that could be burned or sold for cash...and the rest left where it laid.
 
amdhunter said:
The Japanese have a great work ethic when it comes to disasters. They really show how bad self-centered American workers are. This country can use a lesson when it comes to infrastructure rebuilding.
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Is it our workers or our government that stands between us and recoveries?

They show how disabled America is under the weight of its bureaucracy.
 
Lemon law said:
I agree that everything looks back to normal, but the radioactive contamination resulting from the partial meltdown of nuclear reactors can't be seen in pictures.

For that long term, we can only infer the Japanese health effects through long term public health records.
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For areas close to the power plant yes but the tsunami affected a huge area and the vast majority of this area is free of radioactive contamination.
 
BoomerD said:
It looks like they've done a good job cleaning things up, but it doesn't look like they've started rebuilding. (which is what I expected to see)

Still, in many places, there would be a path knocked through the rubble, but that'd be about it. The scavengers would have gone through picking out anything that could be burned or sold for cash...and the rest left where it laid.
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It's interesting how there's almost 0 looting / scavenging in Japan. Very few is any other cultures on the planet are as unified as this. Which isn't to say it's a 100% positive thing (though it mostly is).
 
BoomerD said:
It looks like they've done a good job cleaning things up, but it doesn't look like they've started rebuilding. (which is what I expected to see)

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I wouldn't rebuild anything that the water swept thru. Move everything up those hills in the background. Pretty cool pics tho.
 
First pic... it's amazing that they got a vessel that size off the roof of that building without wrecking the building, or even disturbing that piece of timber sticking up from the near edge.
 
TXHokie said:
I wouldn't rebuild anything that the water swept thru. Move everything up those hills in the background. Pretty cool pics tho.
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The tsunami destroyed a large swath of the eastern coastline. It's not exactly feasible to move all that inland several miles.
 
Pic 22 really gives a sense of how total the destruction was. An entire city erased down to bare dirt, all the way to the horizon. The Japanese will probably come up with mega-engineering solutions, such as perhaps giant sluiceways running from the coast back to inland areas designated for inundation, or raising every building 20' up on stilts.
 
Markbnj said:
Pic 22 really gives a sense of how total the destruction was. An entire city erased down to bare dirt, all the way to the horizon. The Japanese will probably come up with mega-engineering solutions, such as perhaps giant sluiceways running from the coast back to inland areas designated for inundation, or raising every building 20' up on stilts.
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Probably not. Their economy has been stagnant for 20 years and this earthquake was probably a once in several hundred year event.
 
TXHokie said:
I wouldn't rebuild anything that the water swept thru. Move everything up those hills in the background. Pretty cool pics tho.
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i've read some towns are trying to do that, but usually the mountains are privately owned and it's difficult to get the landowners (usually prominent people in town) to agree to the necessary easements, etc.
 
Locut0s said:
Haven't heard anything about NO. They still have lots of issues don't they?
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of course they still have issues. people here are to used to bitching for others to fix shit for them, then you add in the ridiculous bureaucracy does it surprise you?
 
Locut0s said:
For areas close to the power plant yes but the tsunami affected a huge area and the vast majority of this area is free of radioactive contamination.
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not to mention the escaped isotopes were mostly short-lived elements.

We aren't talking 25000 years to decontaminate. The vast majority (99%) is already gone.
 
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