Topic: Satellite Photos Before and After of Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami

[sam]

Photos from the GeoEye satellite imaging company from before and after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan show sobering views from above of the disaster. Above is the town of Sendai, Japan after the quake, below is how it looked before catastrophe struck.

http://www.universetoday.com/84042/satellite-photos-before-and-after-of-japans-earthquake-tsunami/


-- GeoEye yet again brings sobering pictures.

[Clive]

That puts it all into perspective! 

[Simon]

Bloody hell!

[Rik]

Sobering is exactly the right word, Sam.

[Simon]

I'm getting the feeling this is going to get worse before it gets better. 

[Rik]

I agree. The economic impact is yet to be felt, there's talk of another major shock and a third reactor has exploded. It's really worrying.

[sam]

Yes, the nuclear physicists really don't seem to be moving as fast as their initial plan expected. Though all the explosions sounds as if they were simple hydrogen + oxygen ones... but still.. then again the international atomic energy people seem happy with what they are doing and well unlike the media they are the experts.

[Simon]

There was a professor on Jeremy Vine this morning, who seemed to know what he was talking about, and indeed, the explosions have been hydrogen based.  Worth a listen on BBC.co.uk/radio2 if you missed it. 

[sam]

might take a look. Still Prof's in nuclear physics must be like those in computer science (maybe not though) - never worked in industry... good at in theory but have they put it into practice...

[Simon]

To someone who knows nothing about the subject, he seemed quite knowledgeable, and was also going on about rods, plutonium, etc. 

[Rik]

I can do that.

[Simon]

[sam]

Oh I'm sure he was... I just always wondered, as I know in comp sci its a different game, how much people who teach the physics of know about the actually being in the industry

[GillE]

Oh, the tales I could tell about my involvement in such incidents when I was in the air force!  I've been watching the news coverage and goggling at the video - believe me, that's not a healthy environment.  The de-contam staff look unprofessional and unaware of how they should protect themselves, never mind the public.

[Simon]

And they've now thrown out a UK rescue team, because of a lack of some paperwork!