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REPORT: 88,000 People Are Missing In Japan
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| Mar. 11, 2011, 10:06 AM
| Joe Weisenthal
Posted on 03/11/2011 12:23:48 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: COgamer
but one he had up this morning - of a wave going over houses, and couldnt imagine then how anyone could survive something like that,They had some warning. And they live in a region that is used to dealing with tsunamis, so I imagine most people got to higher ground.
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posted on
03/11/2011 2:04:38 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
They had some warning. And they live in a region that is used to dealing with tsunamis, so I imagine most people got to higher ground. Luckily they had aerial notice and it was daylight....alarms were sent QUICK!
Unfortunately, the tsunami was upon them in 9 minutes. I'm not sure I could get my Bug Out Bag, Family, pets, and car out of the wide swath of danger in 9 minutes, even if the car was running when the shaking started. .....prayers for Japan.
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03/11/2011 2:51:04 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
(FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
To: DCBryan1; dirtboy
Nearly all the footage I’ve seen shows barely any people driving around or walking around in the tsunami.... maybe they WERE all at work in Tokyo knock on wood.
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03/11/2011 3:20:44 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
The update is, the 88K figure is probably greatly exaggerated, thank God. The number of missing includes people stranded elsewhere due to the breakdown of public transporation and closure by authorities of various areas. Thanks BenLurkin.
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posted on
03/11/2011 3:42:20 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: BenLurkin
I would say at least this many will be dead. Whole towns were being mowed over in some videos
To: BenLurkin
May a merciful God help Japan.
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posted on
03/11/2011 4:47:34 PM PST
by
dervish
(I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
To: BenLurkin
An 8.9 quake in a populated area could certainly do this.
To: dervish
May a merciful God help Japan.Amen
To: HereInTheHeartland
An 8.9 quake in a populated area could certainly do this. I agree. I thought I heard that the hardest hit area had one million+ population. This figure doesn't seem unrealistic to me.
To: EnquiringMind
Just the city of Sendai has a population of over one million. The entire Miyagi Prefecture has a population of over two point three million.
That being said, remember that these are just estimates. The final numbers could be higher or lower, we'll just have to wait and see.
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posted on
03/11/2011 5:08:23 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
To: BenLurkin
My heart goes out to the Japanese people.
My prayers are with them.
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03/12/2011 4:45:43 AM PST
by
Tolkien
(Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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