Posted on 03/12/2011 6:08:56 AM PST by cll
More than 9,500 people unaccounted for in Minamisanriku, Japan, Kyodo News Agency reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Uh, that would be because they are STOPPED but nobody knows exactly where and communications are down. Of course they don’t know where they are on the line. All they can say is the train never arrived.
I’ve been looking at the coast north of Sendai on Google Earth and there are many towns similar to Minamisanriku in terms of the shape of the coastline. We’ve heard that the effects of a tsunami can be magnified if the shape of the coast forms a funnel, and there are a bunch of small harbor towns that fit this description. I’m afraid that as news gets out, we’re going to find that the tragedy of Minamisanriku is repeated up the coast.
I guess a plane or helicopter couldn’t fly the route to
spot a train justing sitting there?
And this is the best prepared nation on earth. If that’s true, there is NO HOPE for the United States.
Lord, have mercy.
It was reported that the tsunami that followed the quake at/near the epicenter gave those residents a 5 minute time span to get to higher ground, and this is while they were dealing with the quake. They didn’t sit around.
Minamisanriku was a bit north of Sendai and we’ve all seen the video of the airport there being inundated. The tsunami drove went in for six miles there. What happened in Minmisanriku I would think has to be tsunami damage.
You should also keep in mind that with Katrina people knew days ahead of time that there was a hurricane headed their way. Some people CHOSE to not leave, and then they had the gall to Blame the Bush administration for their woes and for not getting them aid fast enough.
If I understand correctly, it looks like there was no more than about 10 minutes from the time of the earthquake until the tsunami hit. There was likely not enough time for folks to get to high ground.
You write: “The photographer said all these aftershocks feel more like the land is moving as if just floating like a boat on the ocean. Could a land mass that large simply break apart and completely sink?”
No silly, but it could tip over and capsize....!
(DEM Rep. Hank Johnson Thinks Guam Will “Tip Over and Capsize”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOTDsPiK12o
Is this Representative a relative of yours....?
The initial reports after the Tsunami in Indonesia a few years back said upwards of a million could be missing....
I would toss initial missing reports into a round file.
I agree about the four trains; these aren’t small items, they should be able to spot them from the air — I assume the trains tracks follow the coast.
URGENT: 9,500 unaccounted for in Miyagi’s Minamisanriku: local gov’t
The figure is more than half of the population of about 17,000 in the town on the Pacific coast, they said.
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77165.html
How many reports of thousands or even hundreds or even TENS of bodies adrift at sea do you read? Bodies DO float you know.
having lived through Northridge, my heart goes out to the survivors. there is nothing quite like having lost your
sense of security — for Mother Nature rules. if you have not been through a rough quake or a tornado you cannot truly understand how world-changing, psyche-changing these events can be.
In case some of you haven’t seen it
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/03/11/nat.nhk.japan.sendai.tsunami.nhk
You will see folks driving along roads, and watch the water carry them away...
Probably did and probably have - hours ago.
Reporting a train found is not as important of news as reporting a train is missing..
Not saying they are withholding news of the trains being found - just saying that it is sort of like the big news in your household when you think your marriage ring was stolen from your house and then you find it on the dresser...
Not if the train got swept out to sea.
I heard this number last night also, about 12 hours ago, but as I was Channel-surfing, I don't know the source.
I'm sure the 300 dead in Sendai is way below the reality. Senadai has a population of 1million, and half the city was flooded
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