Merged 8.8 quake in Sendai, Japan

[Travis]

I believe a University of California study showed that all dissociated sediments, even vibrated ones, will be subject to liquefaction if the earthquake is big enough. Basically the only way to ensure there is no liquefaction is to turn the fill dirt into stone somehow.

 

[rjh01]

I believe a University of California study showed that all dissociated sediments, even vibrated ones, will be subject to liquefaction if the earthquake is big enough. Basically the only way to ensure there is no liquefaction is to turn the fill dirt into stone somehow.

One way to do that would be to turn it into concrete. Then that produces its own problems, like expense and drainage. Even then not sure if that would be good enough.

 

[Apathia]

Ganbatte Bendingumashi-Kun!

(Photo by Vincent Yu/Associated Press)

 

[Puppycow]

Another amazing photo gallery

 

[Puppycow]

Japanese favor tax hike to pay for disaster recovery

 

[Rolfe]

Another amazing photo gallery

Picture 15 is just horrendous. Couldn't they have let these poor cows loose before abandoning them, or at least shot them?

Rolfe.

 

[Puppycow]

Picture 15 is just horrendous. Couldn't they have let these poor cows loose before abandoning them, or at least shot them?

Rolfe.

I know, it's awful.

 

[Rolfe]

I just hope the photographer instigated appropriate action.

Rolfe.

 

[Puppycow]

The belated response to the abandoned animals.
I'm afraid it's not very encouraging.

http://www.japantoday.com/smartphon...vacuation-zone-to-deal-with-abandoned-animals

 

[Puppycow]

Japan's 'Don Quixote', Masayoshi Son.

 

[Puppycow]

http://www.japantoday.com/smartphon...ng-livestock-in-20-km-radius-of-nuclear-plant

 

[William Parcher]

A new shocking and amazing video.

 

[AdMan]

Three months after the quake and tsunami. Some fascinating pictures:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/06/japan_three_months_after_the_q.html

They are still cleaning up, of course, but have made some amazing progress.

 

[Puppycow]

A new shocking and amazing video.

I hadn't seen that one yet. Wow. House after house floating by. That was Kesennuma. Here is a video of the ongoing recovery work:

Three months after the quake and tsunami. Some fascinating pictures:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/06/japan_three_months_after_the_q.html

They are still cleaning up, of course, but have made some amazing progress.

Indeed. Thanks for the link.

 

[Puppycow]

Some good news:

Domestic flights resume at Sendai

 

[Rolfe]

Any news on how the reconstruction of the coastal communities is going?

Rolfe.

 

[Puppycow]

Any news on how the reconstruction of the coastal communities is going?

Rolfe.

Slowly. I doubt that some of these communities will ever fully recover, and it will take years just to get back to whatever the new normal is.

Japan just finally passed a supplementary budget.

 

[Puppycow]

Japan Earthquake -- Six Months Later

Must-see photos, including some amazing before-and-after transformations.

 

[Apathia]

Impossible clean-up continues!
But no rebuilding in towns like Rikuzentakata yet.
I suppose that many of these towns are beyond recovery.

 

[Puppycow]

A lot of people are going to have to decide whether to rebuild in the same place they used to be or move elsewhere and start a new life.

I know which one I would choose (to move), but some of these people have lived there their whole lives and the thought of living anywhere else is inconceivable.