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News
- Update on Fukushima Reactor (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- AMAZING before and after photos of Japan
- With earthquake, Japan faces toughest crisis since WWII, prime minister says
- Japanese Preparedness Likely Saved Thousands
- Scramble to avert meltdown after Japan earthquake, tsunami
- How the quake shifted Japan
- Prior to 3/13/2011
- Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Plant (NPR)
- Japan expands evacuation around nuclear power plant tp (20 Kilometer radius)
- Red Alert: Nuclear Meltdown at Quake-Damaged Japanese Plant
(NOTE: STRATFOR is a defense analyst. "Meltdown is NOT a technical term and this story has NOT yet been confirmed by other sources).
- Desperation, panic grip Japan after quake, nuclear emergency
- The Economic Consequences Of The Quake
- Video —Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis (Stunning Images)
- Video — Japanese official says pumping system caused nuclear plant blast
- Video — Fukushima nuke plant out of control? RT talks to nuclear expert from Hiroshima, Japan
- Possible meltdown at Japan nuclear plant
- U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton
- Japan issues alert at quake-hit reactor
- Video:"Quake unlike anything we've ever experienced before."
- BBC live blog reporting 88,000 missing
- International Atomic Energy Agency updates: Japanese plant shut down with no radiation released
- #tsunami ~ Broadest Twitter hashtag.
- Other tags: #jpquake #prayforjapan #sendai #jishin #earthquake #Hawaii #Quake #HItsunami #Kona #PDX #Portland
Warnings, Alerts and Information
- NOAA tsunami alert page
- Google crisis response page
- Red Cross: Disaster Alert and Donations Link
- Working with people in Japan on relief efforts? Check out open source Ushahidi visualization tool
Disaster Relief
- Give $10 automatically to the REDCROSS by texting to: 90999. Note: Regardless of what current message says, all proceeds do go to Red Cross. Details
- Other Red Cross methods
Missing Persons
Inquiries concerning U.S. citizens living or traveling in Japan should be referred to the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services at:
1-888-407-4747 or 202 647-5225.
For inquiries about relatives living in Japan who are not US citizens, encourage the members of your community to keep calling or to try contacting other family members who live in the region. Even though communication networks overloaded right now, the situation may change and access to mobile networks and the internet may improve.
The Google Person Finder site is available at: http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en
Video and Images
- Stunning Quake Images from The Atlantic
- CNN video of wave washing away anything in its path.
- Video:"Quake unlike anything we've ever experienced before."
- LA Times photo coverage
- Storyful posting tweets, citizen video
Related
Backgrounders
- What Is A Nuclear Meltdown, And Why Our Planet Doesn’t Want To Meet One
- How Tsuamis Work
- About Tsunamis (Wikipedia)
- How Earthquakes Work
Political Implications
US President Ronald Reagan once flatly declared, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” A quarter of a century has since passed, and a huge price has now fallen due in the form of a once-in-a-century crisis. It has compelled people to learn once again that government is indispensable for dealing with the unstable nature of capitalism