Posted on 03/17/2011 4:13:20 PM PDT by goodnesswins
I think it would be good to separate the Nuclear Reactor news from the RESCUE operation in Japan....that's the purpose of this thread. Please add links you find.
As requested
Rescue? There is some kind of rescue going on?
Thanks.
Thank you!!
There are multiple Japanese related threads.
Maybe I should put this in Breaking News...???
Can you point me to the RESCUE Operations ones?
The U.S. Navy has positioned a sizeable fleet off both the west and east coasts of Japan to aid in the relief efforts...the service had 14 ships and more than 10,000 personnel in Japan or off the Japanese coast. Military officials expect a total of 15 U.S. ships in the region.
“...we will soon have almost 70 helicopters in the region or in the area that was affected,” he said. “We’re moving Japanese first responders, Japanese troops by ship to the affected areas.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703818204576206912742553124.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Onagawa is one of the many small towns sitting along the deeply indented, sawtooth shore that lines the coast of northern Miyagi prefecture. The jagged coastline has made the region ideal for oyster and salmon farming. The estuaries that make for rich sea life also allowed powerful waves to build. Seawalls built to keep out high waves also kept tsunami waters from washing back out to sea quickly, leaving whole sections of towns submerged and inaccessible.
Firefighters from across Japan are splitting Onagawa into sections to simplify the searches. Many parts of town are largely untouched by rescue crews, standing as testaments to the waves' destructive power. An upside-down car dangled off the edge of a hollowed-out office building. A bicycle twisted among cables and metal scraps.
In a subtle nuance of language to indicate the slim hopes of finding any survivors here, firefighters used the Japanese word for "search" instead of the more commonly used "rescue."
As rescuers across the area break through impassible roads and search untouched piles, the tally of the counted—including those deemed missing—climbs. A day after the big quake, Japan's National Police Agency reported 1,597 dead and 1,481 missing. The next day it was 1,897 dead and 3,002 missing. By Wednesday, the number of dead had risen to 4,314; those declared missing had soared to 8,606.
Thanks ....you are right...let’s focus on the humans, those lost, and those helping those now homeless....
Thanks....I hadn’t seen that..
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Rescue and recovery efforts after the nuclear disaster in Japan are being stymied by a nearly overwhelming array of obstacles, as government and aid groups struggle with the physical devastation of last week’s earthquake and tsunami, the specter of radiation dangers and harsh weather conditions.
“The huge challenge for the aid workers on the ground is just the operating conditions they are dealing with,” said Kirsten Mildren, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “Search and rescue workers are saying they’ve never seen anything like this.”
Mildren said the tsunami that followed last week’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake “took everything in its path. … The level of destruction is just monumental and you’ve still got flooded areas, and now on top of that you’ve got this rain and this snow.”
http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=14273356
Can this be put in Breaking News?
List of stranded Japanese....
March 14th....Fairfax, VA search and rescue go to Japan
http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/fairfax-rescue-team-starts-operations-in-japan
British rescue team has problems, and it’s reported the Canadian rescue team had to come home....
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2011/03/uk-rescue-team-in-japan-defeated-by-red.html
International Relief mobilizes (Mar 18th)
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/factbox-aid-rescue-offers-japan-quake-20110317-090047-442.html
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