Posted on 03/17/2011 3:56:29 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
The number of dead and missing after Japan's twin earthquake and tsunami stood late Wednesday, officially, at 12,920.
In reality, Japanese widely agree, the toll of last week's disaster is likely much higher. In Miyagi, a coastal prefecture that bore some of the tsunami's worst destruction, officials estimate the toll there alone will be in the tens of thousands.
Accounting for the gap between the official and true count are places like Otsuchi, until March 11 a town of about 15,000 people on Japan's northeastern coast.
Japan won't declare someone missing unless they have been reported missing. In Otsuchi, where Friday's tsunami is believed to have swept away entire neighborhoods and families, no one is left in many cases to report names. About 5,000 people were evacuated. Otuchi's dead number 221, officially. Seven are declared missing. That leaves more than 9,000 uncounted.
The effect is repeated in towns up and down the coast in the prefectures including Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima. Survivors in Minamisanriku, a town in Miyagi washed nearly clean of its houses, believe about half of its 17,000 residents are gone.
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‘_________I’ll donate to these days.
Salvation Army is tremendous.
Read about and consider Franklin Graham’s ‘Samaritan’s Purse.’
Also consider ‘Operation Blessing.’
It scores exceptionally high on ‘Charity Navigator,’ think it’s called. The vehicle that rates charities, and how much of the dollar actually goes to the disaster.
I heard that if you are within 12,500 miles of Japan, you’ll DIE when the reactors go!!!
:-P
Bonus points if you can figure out the significance of that number...
Distance to Rio?
We're all going to die!!!!!!
Not true. I'm in the business of importing from Japan. We are having to reroute and delay some shipments, but we are running very close to on schedule performance as normal.
Our key suppliers are making the necessary adjustments to keep things functional in these very trying times. Their hard work and motivation is nothing short of inspirational.
Think of your typical New Orleans Katrina victim with a 180 degrees change in personality.
Thank you. There is nothing like first-hand information. That is why I like FR: sometimes, this is the only place I get the real deal at a time like this. It's good to know that not all has failed. Even though we have failed Japan, they carry on.
12,500 miles (give or take) = half the circumference of earth.
Bingo!
Which means we’re ALL GUNNA DIE!!111!!1!!!11!1
:-P
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