OMFG! 8.9 Richter Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan!!

FStop7 · 04-04-2011, 09:02 PM

why do half the people of japan wear surgical masks? at first i thought it was because of radiation fears but there are pics of a lot of people doing it even before the nuke plants got bad.

Pseudo Nim · 04-04-2011, 09:04 PM

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why do half the people of japan wear surgical masks? at first i thought it was because of radiation fears but there are pics of a lot of people doing it even before the nuke plants got bad.

A few reasons, some of which are shockingly altruistic: if people have a cold, they wear a mask to prevent other people from getting it (!!!). Also, many people have seasonal allergies, and it helps greatly.

FStop7 · 04-04-2011, 09:09 PM

oh and i cried like a little girl watching that video

M3Bahn · 04-04-2011, 09:10 PM

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why do half the people of japan wear surgical masks? at first i thought it was because of radiation fears but there are pics of a lot of people doing it even before the nuke plants got bad.

Huge fans of MJ

DougLikesBMW · 04-05-2011, 03:17 AM

Some crazy footage I hadn't seen

http://bit.ly/gLYBgU

Tondtar · 04-05-2011, 03:28 AM

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Some crazy footage I hadn't seen

http://bit.ly/gLYBgU

Now we know what an "Apocalypse" looks like ...At least one that comes from the seas!

DougLikesBMW · 04-08-2011, 03:07 AM

RP86 · 04-08-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Pseudo Nim

A few reasons, some of which are shockingly altruistic: if people have a cold, they wear a mask to prevent other people from getting it (!!!). Also, many people have seasonal allergies, and it helps greatly.

^ what he said..you cannot really understand the courtesy japanese people have for one another and for visitors to their country unless you go there... makes u.s look like a geo metro to a maybach

persian54 · 04-08-2011, 01:38 PM

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makes u.s look like a geo metro to a maybach

Haha

DougLikesBMW · 04-12-2011, 03:13 AM

oh shiiiit

skinnycow · 04-12-2011, 03:15 AM

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oh shiiiit

omg

DougLikesBMW · 04-16-2011, 04:04 AM

the end of the world is near

Blake · 04-16-2011, 05:26 AM

i feel really sorry for japan.

Pseudo Nim · 04-16-2011, 06:33 AM

I saw on the local news here a number of 180 aftershocks after the quake. That's 6 per day, to put it in perspective .... And the quake warning system goes off every few minutes over the radio, though fortunately it is usually <5 magnitude. But still.

skinnycow · 06-15-2011, 03:00 PM

Pictures of Japan 3 months after Tsunami and earthquake

turbo2nr · 06-15-2011, 03:04 PM

^^ pretty amazing how quickly they recover.

good luck to them!

Wakka · 06-15-2011, 03:09 PM

nice job reviving this... i thought that japan just got super fucked again.

E90SoFlo · 06-15-2011, 03:10 PM

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nice job reviving this... i thought that japan just got super fucked again.

+1 I was like oh not again

shockin330i · 06-15-2011, 03:18 PM

Damn they clean up fast!

solefald · 06-15-2011, 04:01 PM

they don't sit around waiting for someone else to come and fix it for them. they put their lives back together like a boss.

GregTheStig · 06-15-2011, 09:32 PM

Man that's amazing. I wonder if that huge tanker sitting in that neighborhood will ever move?

I also found out pretty recently that my great uncle worked for GE and helped build the 1st reactor at the Fukushima plant.

DougLikesBMW · 06-15-2011, 09:51 PM

It has already been 3 MONTHS?! Wow...time just flies.

p.s. The Japs do work.

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Pseudo Nim twinborific 121 Rep 4,836 Posts Drives: fast, sometimes slow Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: i am a citizen of the world iTrader: (9)	I saw on the local news here a number of 180 aftershocks after the quake. That's 6 per day, to put it in perspective .... And the quake warning system goes off every few minutes over the radio, though fortunately it is usually <5 magnitude. But still. __________________ Doko ni itemo, hito wa tsunagatte iru...
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turbo2nr 25to4 20 Rep 224 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nyc iTrader: (0)	^^ pretty amazing how quickly they recover. good luck to them! __________________ 1996 s14 600whp
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shockin330i Brigadier General 807 Rep 4,784 Posts Drives: 2016 ZCP M3 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: f y'all, I'm from Texas (RGV) iTrader: (1)	Damn they clean up fast! __________________ ERnie 2016 BSM/f80/ZCP
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GregTheStig derp 51 Rep 1,203 Posts Drives: a Tuk Tuk Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1)	Man that's amazing. I wonder if that huge tanker sitting in that neighborhood will ever move? I also found out pretty recently that my great uncle worked for GE and helped build the 1st reactor at the Fukushima plant. __________________
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DougLikesBMW Fapmin 441 Rep 2,660 Posts Drives: '03 E46 330Ci Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Plano, Texas iTrader: (0)	It has already been 3 MONTHS?! Wow...time just flies. p.s. The Japs do work.
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