Once again, socialist Big Government oppressive anti-business regulation causes death and misery.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12codes.html?_r=2&hp

Japan’s Strict Building Codes Saved Lives
^{By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Published: March 11, 2011}

From seawalls that line stretches of Japan’s coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world’s most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan.

Had any other populous country suffered the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, tens of thousands of people might already be counted among the dead. So far, Japan’s death toll is in the hundreds, although it is certain to rise.

Over the years, Japan has spent billions of dollars developing the most advanced technology against earthquakes and tsunamis. The Japanese, who regularly experience smaller earthquakes and have lived through major ones, know how to react to quakes and tsunamis because of regular drills — unlike Southeast Asians, many of whom died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami because they lingered near the coast.

Communities along Japan’s coastline, especially in areas that have been hit by tsunamis in the past, tend to be the best prepared. Local authorities can usually contact residents directly through warning systems set up in each home; footpaths and other escape routes leading to higher ground tend to be clearly marked. (more at link)

[RandySF]

1. And union labor construction.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Oh, no! They are in the talons of THAT bane to humanity too?

I didn't know that! :cry:

[old mark]

3. Wait-they are socialists, unionists, anti-business and have an Emperor?

And they still regularly kick our ass economically?

mark

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. And they have the metric system too!

[damntexdem]

6. I bet it was the metric system that caused that quake.

Or at least had it been measured in miles rather than kilometers, it would have only been a 5.6 quake. ;-)

[old mark]

7. Oh, I thought it was because they don't kill the gays over there....

maybe god hates the metric system...or sushi?

mark

[somone]

5. Well they're leftists for sure

because they drive on the left side :sarcasm: