To: rlmorel
i said to a family member the minute NHK TV broke in with the pre-warning, "OK, here it comes, let's get ready for it"....and sure enough it came in like a train from a distance, and then the full freight train went through the living room...just as expected. it is very weird knowing in advance...but yes, helpful. we took measures. within seconds they had computer graphics up, location, depth, intensity, tsunami warnings, live TV remote cameras from NHK TV bureaus in the region (webcams) streaming the shaking and some aftershocks...but announcers were precise, exact, calm and authoritative.
Japan.
Earthquakes, crowds and high prices aside, you gotta love it. And it's TECHNOLOGY.
The Japanese People are a people who generally learn lessons. The whole kaizen mentality, down to a ridiculously anal retentive level at times.
Kobe 1995 was their big teacher, their wake up call, to get things in order, no doubt.
123 posted on
06/13/2008 8:02:04 PM PDT by
AmericanInTokyo
("President-elect" McCain Will Announce His Cabinet Bit-by-Bit To The Disbelieving Groans of FREEPERS)
To: AmericanInTokyo
INDEED.
And some of that mentality still lingers in Taiwan.
125 posted on
06/13/2008 8:05:31 PM PDT by
Quix
(GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
To: AmericanInTokyo; Alia; B Knotts
129 posted on
06/13/2008 8:13:43 PM PDT by
tubebender
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Every culture has it’s strong points, and some of the characteristics you alluded to make the Japanese very formidable in certain ways.
Yankees have their characteristics, as do Germans, Indians and Australians. The Japanese learn lessons and take them to heart on a pretty uniform scale. That can be very effective at times.
134 posted on
06/13/2008 8:28:34 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Clinging bitterly to Guns and God in Massachusetts...:)
To: AmericanInTokyo
The Japanese People are a people who generally learn lessons. The whole kaizen mentality, down to a ridiculously anal retentive level at times. When the last person leaves a room, does he still turn off every electrical breaker, then every breaker feeding that breaker, just in case of an earthquake while nobody's around?
To: AmericanInTokyo
That is Awesome, simply amazing, 2 full minutes. I can’t get that out of my mind, living my whole life here in L.A.,
that would be nice to have even 60 seconds.
154 posted on
06/13/2008 10:37:09 PM PDT by
Pagey
(Horrible Hillary Clinton is Bad For America, Bad For Business and Bad For MY Stomach!)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Just reading your words brings my memories to life.
within seconds they had computer graphics up, location, depth, intensity, tsunami warnings, live TV remote cameras from NHK TV bureaus in the region (webcams) streaming the shaking and some aftershocks...but announcers were precise, exact, calm and authoritative.
As precise as the Japanese are historically reknown for the calibre of their production of knives, swords, and pens.
178 posted on
06/14/2008 4:03:28 AM PDT by
Alia
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