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turntoash in digilife

info update!

Mar 16, 2011 00:19

I'm going to be editing this with little bits and pieces over the next couple of days so keep an eye out for changes.

Key points from the BBC:

A third explosion in four days rocks the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by Friday's huge earthquake but the reactors are said to be still intact

Radiation levels around Fukushima have risen ( Read more... )

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Comments 21

momo_et_creme March 15 2011, 11:34:26 UTC

Oh my God... I feel so sorry for those people, still having to go through so much terrible shit...

I guess Ai Mart should be pretty busy right now, too. I'll have to try and remember to mention that in Momo's next post.

turntoash March 15 2011, 11:57:53 UTC

This from the article I just edited in may be of interest to you:
Family Mart convenience store owner Kazuhiro Minami was expecting a small delivery later Tuesday, but said he would have to shut anyway if the electric utility decides to go ahead with proposed three-hour rolling blackouts.

"I'm really, really worried," he said, blaming hoarding, distribution problems and worries that there might be another quake.

digitalsurvivor March 15 2011, 14:04:33 UTC

Something from BBC's Have Your Say section:

"0757: Denise Fukuda in Southern Tochigi writes: "The local supermarkets and convenience stores are working with dimmed lights to save electricity, and many of their shelves are empty (in Japan, empty shelves are normally unthinkable). In particular, everywhere seems to be out of bread, pot noodles, eggs, toilet paper, candles and batteries. This is partly due to people buying stuff in just in case, and partly due to factories etc., in the north being closed.""

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of course I'm not replying to this between lectures!! starshone_storm March 16 2011, 00:07:13 UTC

I have to admit: I've been pretty conflicted about incorporating this becaure it's real people out there and I didn't want to trivialize it and make entertainment out of it. Half the reason I've been updating is so that no one gets something wrong.

But this:
I think by putting our characters in these situations, and living them out in a way; it helps us to empathize more rather than turn a blind eye to the reality of what is really happening over there.
I agree with. I've seen people comment in a number of places that the numbers are just too overwhelming to comprehend and it's the personal stories that make you realize that's happening and I agree.

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I'm from New Zealand, where one of our major cities got hit by a 6.3 three weeks ago. Day one, my social networking feeds exploded with "have you heard from X", "Y are you okay"; one of my Twitter friends didn't hear from her family in the city until the next day. My best friend goes to university in that city and made it out okay; on the day of the ( ... )

I would highlight this if I could ajora March 16 2011, 00:54:51 UTC

I hope people are reading this discussion. It's important to keep in mind.

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Thread 16

Tokyo exodus rumblings and radiation scare (2011/03/16, times in GMT) digitalsurvivor March 16 2011, 19:39:04 UTC

0714: A reminder that freezing weather is forecast over the coming days in Japan, making things even tougher for those made homeless by the earthquake and tsunami. Temperatures have already plunged to 0C in many of the affected areas ( ... )

Re: Tokyo exodus rumblings and radiation scare (2011/03/16, times in GMT) turntoash March 16 2011, 20:57:23 UTC

Edited in, thanks.

Relevant to our interest, and charity info digitalsurvivor March 17 2011, 14:37:17 UTC

Points of interest:

http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/public/pdf/AntiDisaster/ImmediateMeasures02_20110317_e.pdf

University of Tokyo is carrying on with caution. Rolling blackouts, cessation of experiments that can produce waste fluids, possibility oc cancellation or postponement of events. Those students entering school (Osamu, Ken, I think Iori?) will be given due consideration in case of paperwork processing due to earthquake disruption. Like new office hours or other avenues if they can't make it. Note that this info is for international students, so things might be a wee bit different for Japanese students. Unfortunately, my work computer doesn't come with Japanese enabled.

http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/public/pdf/acceptance.pdf <-- Donation info for the relief of victims of the earthquake. Donations will be sent to local governments of the ( ... )

Re: Relevant to our interest, and charity info turntoash March 17 2011, 22:20:35 UTC

In a new post! Thank you.