Posted on 03/15/2011 10:25:33 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Japanese rescue workers run out of body bags
14.03.2011 | Source: Pravda.Ru
A tide of bodies has washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums are overwhelmed and rescue workers have run out of body bags as the nation faces the grim reality of a mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis after its tsunami and earthquake. Millions of people were facing a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures in the north-east devastated by an earthquake and the tsunami wave it spawned. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and the fuel rods at another were at least briefly fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown. The stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda, The Press Association says.
In Japan most people opt to cremate their dead, a process that, like burial, requires permission first from local authorities. But the government took the rare step today of waiving the paperwork to speed up funerals.
A Health Ministry spokesman said: "The current situation is so extraordinary, and it is very likely that crematoriums are running beyond capacity.
This is an emergency measure. We want to help quake-hit people as much as we can.", Independent reports.
Dwarves were always buried in stone tombs. This was important to them. However, after their victory at the Battle of Azanulbizar, their losses were so great that it was impossible to construct enough tombs. As a result, although it was a painful decision, they built a great pyre and burned the bodies of their fallen warriors.
For years afterward, a dwarf could mention an ancestor and say with pride "he was a burned dwarf" and people would know what was meant.
But in Japan, the situation is so dire that even burning will not suffice.
What worries me is the type of diseases that could occur if the dead aren’t buried/cremated properly and within a timeline. That will only add to these poor people’s misery. IMHO
I fear what would happen in this country were a similar tragedy to strike....I mean people go crazy over here if the Mickey D’s is out of Chicken Nuggets....
24 hours?
The fact that this false rumor was believed by many says something terrible about us. Or at least about some of us.
There’s a lot of extras in New Orleans. Remember how the media said there were 10’s of thousands dead?
How very sad there should ever be such a headline as this one! My prayers for the Japanese people.
LOTR bump.
I don’t know if any of the bodies would make it all the way accross, but it does make me wonder how much debris will wash up on our beaches here in the Northwest. A pastime for many NW beachcombers is to walk the beaches looking for glass fish net floats that wash up from Japan on the currents. Wonder how long the journey takes?
“I fear what would happen in this country were a similar tragedy to strike....”
Evil people without any fear of authority or restraint will become more evil.
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