[MMike]

Anyone post this yet?

Earthquake audio: http://listentothedeep.com/acoustics/index.html

Can I listen to it on my iphone?

 

[syadasti]

Can I listen to it on my iphone?

No, the iPhone doesn't support the full Internetz. Its flash based

 

[IH8Rice]

i heart interactive maps
http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/nuclear_power_plants_locations/index.html

 

[IH8Rice]

before and 6 days after

 

[MMike]

before and 6 days after

Wow they fixed it really fast! Efficient folks they are.....

 

[stoney]

I'd assume it's a major highway into the region that needed to be fixed for support operation.

 

[Toshi]

I'd assume it's a major highway into the region that needed to be fixed for support operation.

Uh, maybe I'm missing something but I'm willing to bet all of Dagny Taggart's riches that the "before" photo is on the bottom.

 

[IH8Rice]

Uh, maybe I'm missing something but I'm willing to bet all of Dagny Taggart's riches that the "before" photo is on the bottom.

prepare to give up those riches
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/236508/Potholes-Earthquake-hit-Japanese-road-fixed-in-just-six-days/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369307/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Road-repaired-SIX-days-destroyed.html
http://jalopnik.com/#!5785281/japan-fixed-this-quake+damaged-road-in-just-six-days

 

[jonKranked]

now THAT'S some efficiency. Hot damn. (granted it was only a 150meter section, but still)

PennDOT could learn something from these guys, huh Steve.

 

[MMike]

Uh, maybe I'm missing something but I'm willing to bet all of Dagny Taggart's riches that the "before" photo is on the bottom.

Well that's what I thought. i was being sarcastic earlier......I thought the pics were posted bass-ackwards

 

[IH8Rice]

PennDOT could learn something from these guys, huh Steve.

they woulda just left it until hundreds of people were trapped in their cars during a snow storm, then thought about fixing it.

 

[Westy]

now THAT'S some efficiency. Hot damn. (granted it was only a 150meter section, but still)

PennDOT could learn something from these guys, huh Steve.

PennDOT would have fixed the road but left the cones and construction zone signs so Troopers could bag speeders for double fines. I'm lying about the fixing the road part.

 

[jonKranked]

PennDOT would have fixed the road but left the cones and construction zone signs so Troopers could bag speeders for double fines. I'm lying about the fixing the road part.

No, they couldn't fix that. When I was in high school, there was a big to-do because they paved over a dear carcass and there was a bump in the road.

 

[Da Peach]

That is impressive. I've been on site for 3 months have we've only managed to build a bloody parking lot.

We need an earthquake to shut traffic down so we can actually get some work done. Of course, then it would probably rain...

God I hate this site.


memememememe!

EDIT: work site, not website... close one there...

 

[Toshi]

prepare to give up those riches
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/236508/Potholes-Earthquake-hit-Japanese-road-fixed-in-just-six-days/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369307/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Road-repaired-SIX-days-destroyed.html
http://jalopnik.com/#!5785281/japan-fixed-this-quake+damaged-road-in-just-six-days

You guys are ruining my Ayn Rand joke

 

[jonKranked]

You guys are ruining my Ayn Rand joke

rofl

the fact that its an ayn rand joke meant it was ruined in the first place

 

[MMike]

Side note:

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110319/bc_nuclear_reactor_innovation_110319/20110319?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

 

[IH8Rice]

Side note:

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110319/bc_nuclear_reactor_innovation_110319/20110319?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

are they still dropping loads from the air?

 

[stevew]

before and 6 days after

and on the seventh....god toked.

 

[kidwoo]

Hey VB, how you doing man? It's getting pretty pathetic that we're having to look anywhere but the front page of a paper or website over here to find info.

We've been seeing some things about contaminated tap water even in your neighborhood.

Now there's a breach in one of the reactors?

 

[IH8Rice]

the middle east seems to be taking the preference for most news resources. it is unfortunate.


cool story

A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by a giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42231949/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/

 

[kidwoo]

That fvcker probably made sashimi 5 minutes after that photo was taken.

 

[Silver]

That fvcker probably made sashimi 5 minutes after that photo was taken.

Air freighted to Burly, actually.

You know why...

 

[kidwoo]

.............aw man..........

 

[valve bouncer]

Hey VB, how you doing man? It's getting pretty pathetic that we're having to look anywhere but the front page of a paper or website over here to find info.

We've been seeing some things about contaminated tap water even in your neighborhood.

Now there's a breach in one of the reactors?

Thanks for your concern woo. We're still going along normally. Our infrastructure is completely different from Tokyo and points north. All our electricity, gas, water, food etc comes through, from or via different networks and methods of distribution so we're unaffected. The only thing I can think of that might affect us is a major volcano blow as they're often kicked off by big quakes but even that remains unlikely. They are hoping that west Japan (our area) will actually get a boost out of all this as companies look to relocate to perceived safer areas and local companies ramp up production to cover shortfalls elsewhere.

 

[kidwoo]

Shlt man, I though you were closer to tokyo.......and freaking out over water for the family.

Glad to hear it........all things considered of course.

 

[drkenan]

Glad you're good man. As soon as I heard about the earthquake, I thought "what about the monkeys from Japan?!?"

Whomever wrote those tags should be ashamed of themselves! Yo mama didn't raise you that way.

 

[dan-o]

It's getting pretty pathetic that we're having to look anywhere but the front page of a paper or website over here to find info.

?????
It's been on the front page of the NYT, in some form or another, every day since it happened with extensive coverage within the paper in both International and Business sections.

Today's front page has a pic of naked old dudes in a makeshift sauna at a shelter. NTTAWWT.

 

[kidwoo]

?????
It's been on the front page of the NYT, in some form or another, every day since it happened with extensive coverage within the paper in both International and Business sections.

Today's front page has a pic of naked old dudes in a makeshift sauna at a shelter. NTTAWWT.

I don't usually look at the nyt.
Good to know though.

 

[Toshi]

 

[IH8Rice]

wow. epic.
the water is just never ending. i can just imagine that seeming like the end of the world to the people on the roof.
and where was the guy on the loud speaker talking from??

 

[valve bouncer]

wow. epic.
the water is just never ending. i can just imagine that seeming like the end of the world to the people on the roof.
and where was the guy on the loud speaker talking from??

Seeing that it's a miracle "only" 30,000 died. The guy on the loudspeaker is broadcasting from the town hall Rice. All neighbourhoods have loudspeakers so they can tell you, for example, when a giant wave is coming and you should run for the hills. The loudspeakers also do a great job of waking you up at 6.00am on a Sunday morning so some no life having muthafukka can blather on about some meaningless crap.

 

[worship_mud]

seems as if the sh*t now really hit the fan...
radiotionlevels in reactor no. 2 are 10 million times higher than normal.
spiegel.de via google translator:
[The radioactivity in the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant breakdown has increased dramatically. Of reactor 2, the radiation is ten million times higher than normal, the operating company Tepco said on Sunday. The workers employed there, with repair work should have been brought to safety....That could indicate damage to the reactor core...

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The best continuing summary coverage of Fukushima I seems to be on Wikipedia.

 

[IH8Rice]

seems as if the sh*t now really hit the fan...
radiotionlevels in reactor no. 2 are 10 million times higher than normal.
spiegel.de via google translator:
[The radioactivity in the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant breakdown has increased dramatically. Of reactor 2, the radiation is ten million times higher than normal, the operating company Tepco said on Sunday. The workers employed there, with repair work should have been brought to safety....That could indicate damage to the reactor core...

if course theres conflict on accurate readings:

The apology came after employees fled the complex's Unit 2 reactor when a reading showed radiation levels had reached 10 million times higher than normal in the reactor's cooling system. Officials said they were so high that the worker taking the measurements had withdrawn before taking a second reading.
On Sunday night, though, plant operators said that while the water was contaminated with radiation, the extremely high reading was a mistake.
"The number is not credible," said Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita. "We are very sorry."
He said officials were taking another sample to get accurate levels, but did not know when the results would be announced.
The situation came as officials acknowledged there was radioactive water in all four of the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex's most troubled reactors, and as airborne radiation in Unit 2 measured 1,000 millisieverts per hour — four times the limit deemed safe by the government, Kurita said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

 

[dante]

On Sunday night, though, plant operators said that while the water was contaminated with radiation, the extremely high reading was a mistake. "The number is not credible," said Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita. "We are very sorry." He said officials were taking another sample to get accurate levels, but did not know when the results would be announced.

That's not a good sign... The numbers are too high to be credible, but they don't have any follow up yet that would discredit it.

 

[IH8Rice]

no idea how, but the dog survived this long and has just been recently re-united with it's owner

 

[DaveW]

Yeah that's one lucky pooch!
Not sure which bit had the lowest odds of success?
The Dog surviving
Dog being found
Owner surviving
Being reunited with the owner?

 

[BurlyShirley]

no idea how, but the dog survived this long and has just been recently re-united with it's owner

Think they'll eat him?

 

[Capricorn]

Think they'll eat him?

Japan is not in China...