Photos from Japan, incredible.

[uppityperson]

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/

The only good things I can see here are it was during daytime, and in a country where they are as prepared as they can be, and those closest got a minute or 2 warning.

[Kadie]

1. K&R n/t

[FSogol]

2. Incredible photos. The shots of the Natural gas facility on fire are scary.

:cry:

[Poll_Blind]

3. Those pictures might take the cake as the most surreal disaster pics I've ever seen. Esp. pic #15

Just unreal. I keep seeing those images and I can't help but thinking "I can't see people in those houses and cars but there must be people trapped in at least some of them. How horrible. What if that were my home, my family?" Just a nightmare.

PB

[Wait Wut]

4. My daughter-in-law is Okinawan.

Her mother, two brothers and her best friend live on the mainland. I just got off the phone with her and she heard from her friend, but still can't get through to family. She's a tough girl and hearing her cry kills me.

Wow. While typing this my son just sent me a text. They got a hold of her mother. She and the brothers are okay, but they can't find her aunt.

[snagglepuss]

13. That sense of helplessness is horrible. My heart goes out to those affected.

Welcome to DU.

[Wait Wut]

14. Thank you.

The Japanese (and Okinawans) are not emotional people. My d-i-l keeps trying to force herself to laugh. Instead of talking about the earthquake, she keeps changing the subject, but I can hear her crying. I just wish I could be there with her.

This is just two days after my son told me they've decided to move back to Japan after he gets out of the Marines. I feel sick.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Amazing. One comment caught my attention though.

"how can this happen to the world most develop country?"

:wow:

[uppityperson]

7. Because it is an active plate zone? Or do they mean why not as many dead as

the x-mas quake of 2004? Because they are a better prepared yet it was a huge quake. Because even though we each are the center of our own universe, it is NOT all about us?

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. I'm not quite sure what the person was asking...

That question was just followed up with an "I'll pray for them" kind of sentiment.

[snooper2]

10. At least it wasn't written like this

H0w cAN TiS haPPeN 2 w0RLd MoSt deVELop cOuNrY?


Repukes have their way everyone in 30 years will be writing like 14 year olds-
(random youtube example)

dA GURl WiT dA bROWN gOSS bALLS ShE fOUGHt BOTH OF EM..U MAY THiNk dA OTHR fEMAlES WUN..bUt NAhh dEES BiTCHS CHEETED!!

[Horse with no Name]

6. Amazing photographs. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. kicking..these are fantastic pics.

In a profoundly sad way, of course.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Lord have mercy.

:-(

Thanks for the thread, uppityperson.

[liberal N proud]

12. The toll from this is going to be immense

[Xenotime]

15. These photos look like the end of the world...

Good job, humans.

[uppityperson]

16. What the heck? "good job, humans"? Humans caused the tsunami? What?

[Rex]

17. How did that whirlpool form?

It looks massive! All my good hopes and thoughts go out to the people hit by this unbelievably big earthquake. :hug:

[malaise]

18. Frightening

Here's a hug for everyone in Japan :grouphug:

[SlipperySlope]

19. Amazing - and the survivors will bounce back.

[Scurrilous]

20. K & R

:thumbsup: