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Updates on Japan Earthquake

In the previous post, I forgot to mention about the explosion of a nuclear plant at Fukushima. The radiation from the exploded plant is affecting the surrounding area. The Japan govt increased the radius where people needed to evacuate, from 10km to 20km the day before yesterday. Yet, again yesterday, another nuclear plant exploded in the morning. People were asked to evacuate, while some stubborn residents stayed in there home (maybe they're just worried, not 'stubborn'). What was the reason? Experts said that the radiation wasn't too serious, but the govt wanted residents to evacuate just in case.

Aftershocks, mostly over M6+, were recorded numerous times ( I forgot to mention this too :D). As rescue teams plunged to help rescuers, most of what they found were just cold corpses. Again, another tsunami also affected Fukushima yesterday, with a height of 3m.

However, some Chinese (China citizens) have been celebrating the disaster that happened in Japan. Why were they celebrating? It all started because of World War II. Since the war, some Chinese have hated Japan just because of... the war. (and I really mean some)

Now,the Japan govt is planning to cut the electricity use in the country for 3 to 5 hours, starting from 6a.m. to 10p.m. in the different parts. This was done as the nuclear plants were closed due to the earthquake and safety.

Japan had its morning peak hours back yesterday morning in Tokyo, but however, the lifts and escalators were closed to save electricity. As there were lesser trains for more electricity to be saved, the trains were more crowded, but the Japanese just continued with it.


Note: I might have some errors in the information, so accept my apologies if there are any errors.

Fukushima before the earthquake and tsunami.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Adapted from Ch8 News

M8.9 Earthquake and Tsunami Hits Japan - Earthquake Largest in Japan's history

UPDATE(14/03/11): Japan upgraded the magnitude of the earthquake yesterday, from M8.9 to M9.0. Tokyo Disneyland is going to close for 10 days(started yesterday) to check the safety of the facilities.

Japan just went through a terrible ordeal yesterday...in fact, 2... a M8.9 earthquake, and a huge tsunami, which reached the height of 10m. The tsunami stretched for kilometres before backing into the sea again. Houses,cars and even buildings were swept away, with dead bodies flowing with the waves. The giant earthquake that hit Tokyo, the capital of Japan, was the largest recorded in Japan's history. The deadliest one was in Chile, with a magnitude of 9.5, and also came before a large tsunami. The tsunami itself took away 1 000+ lives. Now, the tsunami that came yesterday has spread and is spreading to other countries, such as Taiwan, US and the Philippines. The waves(tsunami) that hit Taiwan were smaller than feared. Another country, Easter Island, expected its waves to be at around 2m. They were expected to hit the island about an hour ago. Naruko Airport in Tokyo had its runways covered with the waves of tsunami, as people at the airport scrambled to higher ground. The good news was that some of the fights resumed after a few hours as the runways were dry and checked by then (Japan's efficiency is very high). Car parks at Tokyo Disneyland were also affected by the waves. People were evacuating from the tsunami all over the world, with residents in Tokyo evacuating on train tracks. At least one man was missing in the US when the tsunami arrived at America. Boats at the dock in Tokyo and California were swept away by the merciless waves or were capsized. One entire train was missing in Japan, while boats were also missing in the same country. Rescue troops from Japan whom were at Christchurch returned home to help. There was also another earthquake hitting a part of China lately, with Yunnan being the most affected area. America president Barrack Obama has said that if Japan needs any assistance, the country will be able to help.

Although Japan has gone through many earthquakes, this was the most serious one, more serious than you can ever imagine. As for now, what we can do is support the victims mentally as students. Let's hope that Tokyo will regain from its current plight as soon as possible.

Adapted from Channel Newsasia and The New Paper

Saturday,31st December 2010???

I was just flipping through yesterday's(31st Dec 2010) Straits Times, when I realised that the Part C(Life!) Section had the day written wrongly. Instead of Friday, it was printed as Saturday!

Here are some pictures and video:

And something's even funnier, on the cover page it writes 'Saturday', but look inside... it writes Friday!