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Random Japan Quake Links.
Mar. 13th, 2011 12:20 pmOn why the US really needs to treat the Japan Quake disaster as a wake-up call rather than a snooze button: The Limits of Safeguards and Human Foresight (NYT)
Satellite shots reveal the true extent of the devastation: Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami (NYT)
A level-headed look at the situation with the Fukushima power plant: Bewear the fear of nuclear... FEAR! (Scientific American)
People behave despicably on Facebook, a dedicated website exposes them, disgust ensures: "karma for pearl harbor" (pwsnt.com)
And if that weren't enough, more abhorrent screencaps: here!
Meanwhile, the Japan Society has a site setup for people to help out: Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
And there more ideas on how to offer aid from the Japan Subculture Research Center: Tohoku Disaster: How to Help (JSRC reports that many yakuza groups have set up local dispensaries where people can get support; you know it's bad when the yakuza ponies up.)
Satellite shots reveal the true extent of the devastation: Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami (NYT)
A level-headed look at the situation with the Fukushima power plant: Bewear the fear of nuclear... FEAR! (Scientific American)
People behave despicably on Facebook, a dedicated website exposes them, disgust ensures: "karma for pearl harbor" (pwsnt.com)
And if that weren't enough, more abhorrent screencaps: here!
Meanwhile, the Japan Society has a site setup for people to help out: Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
And there more ideas on how to offer aid from the Japan Subculture Research Center: Tohoku Disaster: How to Help (JSRC reports that many yakuza groups have set up local dispensaries where people can get support; you know it's bad when the yakuza ponies up.)
