Ten Years

[Unkotare]

A somber anniversary. Ten years ago this day several terrible disasters converged, resulting in a shocking loss of life.

A decade on, Japan remembers those lost in deadly quake and tsunami

Residents in the severely affected prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., exactly a decade after the huge quake struck.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[playtime]

my kid mentioned it today - i can't believe i haven't heard anything about it on the radio or TV. sad....

 

[MisterBeale]

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T101004003493.htm

Archived here;

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[rightwinger]

Horrible disaster showing the power of nature and vulnerability of nuclear power

 

[Likkmee]

Be thankful. There is no 10 years more....

 

[Unkotare]

Be thankful. There is no 10 years more....

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[Ringtone]

A somber anniversary. Ten years ago this day several terrible disasters converged, resulting in a shocking loss of life.

A decade on, Japan remembers those lost in deadly quake and tsunami

Residents in the severely affected prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., exactly a decade after the huge quake struck.

www.japantimes.co.jp

I remember that day well. I was still in San Diego at Ambrogio15 having breakfast when my wife's cousin, who lived in Soka at the time, called us about it the next day.

 

[ViewFromAbove]

A somber anniversary. Ten years ago this day several terrible disasters converged, resulting in a shocking loss of life.

A decade on, Japan remembers those lost in deadly quake and tsunami

Residents in the severely affected prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., exactly a decade after the huge quake struck.

www.japantimes.co.jp

Let's hope there was a silver lining and the lives lost were not for nothing.
Ignoring those previous technical warnings about earthquake and tsunami effects on the nuclear plant was one lesson learned.

 

[MisterBeale]

U.N. finds no adverse health effects from Fukushima disaster

U.N. finds no adverse health effects from Fukushima disaster

Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has not harmed the health of local residents 10 years on, according to a report published Tuesday by U.N. researchers. Since the last report in 2013, "no adverse health effects among Fukushima residents have been documented that could be directly...

japantoday.com

 

[Blues Man]

Horrible disaster showing the power of nature and vulnerability of nuclear power

and yet no one actually died of radiation poisoning.

And it did not prove the vulnerability of nuclear power as a whole but rather it highlighted the design flaws inherent in old light water reactors.