Japanese Earthquake/tsunami pictures; then & now...

[Richard Cranium]

Where the hell did they put everything & how did they get the boat off the roof of that building?

On a seperate but related note, how long did it take us to clean up New Orleans?

Click on the pictures to see the "after" pics.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/japan-earthquake-before-and-after/100251/

 

[Bruzilla]

A woman I worked for at Blue Cross Blue Shield was married to one of the guys who was running the clean up in New Orleans, and I learned something from her you never heard in the media.

Remember when the media kept showing pictures and video of all those empty houses and buildings that needed to be repaired so the residents could move back in, and all the whining about the need for federal and insurance money to fix all those buildings being the reason they were still uninhabitable? The truth was after the hurricane, the New Orleans government changed the zoning laws for the whole area, and made it so anyone could build just about anything. As a result, land developers swooped in and bought up most of those buildings and houses with plans to demolish them and put up condos, hotels, shopping complexes, or whatever else they wanted once the market was right.

The reason all those places sat vacant and falling down was because the old owners sold out to the developers right after the storm, and the developers had no use for the houses and let them sit until plans could be finalized to demolish them, but that didn't stop politicians and other interest groups from misleading us into thinking more money had to be spent to get people, who were long gone, back into those houses.

 

[tpodwdog]

im not sure if any of you know any japanese people but i do. a friend of mine named Mitzu Oharu is ( or was at the time..1996) a japanese exchange student. these people know how to get things done....they waste NOTHING....not even time. everything they own is in pristine condition and they take care of their posessions. they are very respectful people.... its amazing how when they put their minds to something, how fast and efficiently it gets done.

 

[pabster]

I lived in Japan for a year... pretty amazing place. I'm blown away by these pictures, but not surprised at how hard people worked to clean up. You know a place is on the ball if the trains are on time to the second.

 

[MoparMikey]

Anytime there is a disaster in Japan, earthquake, flood whatever, you'll see people helping each other not rioting and looting.

 

[Budnicks]

Amazing

Where the hell did they put everything & how did they get the boat off the roof of that building?

On a seperate but related note, how long did it take us to clean up New Orleans?

Click on the pictures to see the "after" pics.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/japan-earthquake-before-and-after/100251/

That is amazing how quick they cleaned everything up & already many of the structures have rebuilt there... I remember seeing, that coastal fishing town {the name escapes me}, that was notoriously know in the animal rights/abuse groups {& being covered up & protected by their govt.}, for herding in & slaughtering dolphins with long spears & knifes, by the thousands & thousands of bottle nose & spotted pacific dolphins a half a dozen times every year, maybe even monthly {dolphins are one of the smartest, fun loving & most gentle mammals on the planet}, mostly for there sea food markets, the town got totally flattened to the ground by the water surge/earthquake, I wonder if it will be or has been rebuilt also... I saw a documentary on it, I was sickened by the sight, don't get me wrong, I feel really bad for the Japanese people effected in the earthquakes, flooding & nuclear disaster but, Karma is a real B_I_T_C_H sometimes...