Yes. This is a ferry on top of a house.
Posted on 03/14/2011 12:35:31 AM PDT by Islander7
Full Title: And the aftershocks go on: 275 new tremors hit quake-torn Japan as fears grow for missing 10,000 in flattened port town
Forty-two survivors have been pulled from the rubble in the flattened town of Minami Sanrik, where up to 10,000 people are feared to have perished.
Around half the town's 18,000 residents are missing but search and rescue teams are still working desperately through the rubble to try and find more people.
Police are also trying to stop people returning to their homes.
Despite the first tsunami warning being issued to the town that lies two miles from the coastline, some residents decided to stay in their homes instead of fleeing – leading to the high number of missing people, CNN reported today..
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Authorities have been unable to contact 10,000 people in Minamisanriku – more than half of the population living there.
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Incredible photos at the link.
It’s hard to imagine.
I would be surprised if there aren’t 50,000 dead as a result of this disaster. You get caught in that water, maybe you can float or swim pretty well but there’s little defense against cars and sections of buildings and kilotons of debris crashing into you.
Yes. This is a ferry on top of a house.
I’m an American in Japan . 2 days ago I told my wife that I bet there were at least 25-30,000 people dead . My guess may turn out to be conservative .
The queue pictures need to be displayed with the “free mortgage” pictures from Detroit, I think it was. I’ll try to find it.
We may be talking the worst natural disaster to strike Japan since the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake....
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