The Japan Quake - One Month Later
It’s been one month today since Japan suffered that massive, deadly earthquake and tsunami. Today we reflect on that tragic day and all the heartfelt pains and joys that have been so much part of the story all these days later
Monday, April 11, 2011
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U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Bradley
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- On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, churning up a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland in the northern part of the country and set off warnings as far away the west coast of the United States and South America. Recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale, it was the most powerful quake ever to hit the country. As the nation struggled with a rescue effort, it also faced the worst nuclear emergency since Chernobyl...
Read more HERE from New York Times
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- The actual number of collected dead bodies as of 7:00pm April 11, 2011, Japan local time is 13,013 with a total of 14,608 still missing.
Read more HERE from Gather
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* JapanToday.com brings us the following report early this Monday afternoon and their report starts off like this... Sirens wailed and people bowed their heads and wept along Japan’s devastated northeast coast Monday as they marked a month since the tsunami that killed up to 25,000 people and unleashed a persistent nuclear crisis... With thousands of bodies yet to be found, a tsunami-flooded nuclear power plant still spewing radiation and more than 150,000 people living in shelters, there was little time for reflection on Japan’s worst disaster since World War II...
Read the rest at link below...
- Also from JapanToday is this heart ripping report...
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* The Washington Post has this troubling report today and their report starts off like this... Japan won’t stop shaking... Monday, one month after the horrific March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the island was rattled anew by an aftershock, this one measuring at magnitude 6.6. It was hardly a major temblor, but it was strong enough to knock out electricity briefly at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. Four days earlier, a magnitude 7.1 quake led to four deaths and widespread power outages. With soldiers still looking for the bodies of thousands of people who vanished a month ago, Japan is coping with the painful reality that it is sits in a seismic bull’s eye...
Read the rest at link below...
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* Also from The Washington Post is this report today and it goes in part like this... In the month since an epic earthquake and tsunami destroyed Japan’s northeastern coast, evacuation centers have transformed from places where people can stay into places people wish to leave. Most shelters now feature heat and running water and three good meals a day. But they don’t offer privacy, a place to grieve or an opportunity to rebuild. The problem is, few evacuees have found other places to go...
Read the full report at link below...
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* LATimes.Com has Complete Coverage of the Japan Earthquake at the link below...
LOTS of info/videos/photos and more at above link
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About this video: This is the full raw footage filmed by some Japanese people on Friday March 11th, 2011, during the tsunami which occurred in northern Japan, following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake... According to the video, it was filmed in the Miyagi Prefecture in the city of Kesennuma which has 74,000 inhabitants..
- View many more videos/pictures Here -
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Japan Rattled by Aftershocks Month After Tsunami
About this News Video: A strong new quake and other aftershocks rattled northeastern Japan hours after the country somberly marked one month since a deadly combination of quake and tsunami laid waste to the region. April 11th
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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Tsunami in Japan [HD] 3/11 first person FULL raw footage
About this video: This is the full raw footage filmed by some Japanese people on Friday March 11th, 2011, during the tsunami which occurred in northern Japan, following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake... According to the video, it was filmed in the Miyagi Prefecture in the city of Kesennuma which has 74,000 inhabitants..
- View many more videos/pictures Here -
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"It's not Impossible"
This Music Video posted on YouTube by ConceptUnderground
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* LATimes.Com:
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* Time.com:
The country reels after a catastrophic earthquake rocked its northeastern coast on March 11, 2011
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God bless all those that lost their lives from this tragic event and those who have suffered so much since that tragic day
AubreyJ.........
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