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coyotegothGoogle 2011 Japan earthquake people finder.
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 confirmed 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.
(And, on an unrelated note because I could use something encouraging- the man who taught himself to see (I'd use the term "echolocate," but still.)
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 confirmed 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.
(And, on an unrelated note because I could use something encouraging- the man who taught himself to see (I'd use the term "echolocate," but still.)
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Date: 2011-03-11 10:10 pm (UTC)The toll is so low because that's all that's been *confirmed*, but they haven't even been able to dig for survivors much, because of the 6.something aftershocks, and of course they're busy evacuating people from around the nuclear reactor that's going under.