Forum - View topicINTEREST: New Charity Goods for Tsunami Relief at Pokemon Center
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chronos02
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The relief efforts sure have come a long way... It'd be nice if they told us how the situation is though, the news just covered the disaster and how many companies and individuals helped by donating or actually going there, but they haven't reported anything else besides that for all these years.
By the way, what are Spanish tiles...? I'm from Spain, native, and I haven't heard about those in all my life (k, I searched wiki and asked around, no one seemed to know, though the English wiki did answer, but I had to ask here, I mean, Spanish tiles? lol) |
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Mohawk52
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You can consider that whole area 250km round Fukushima the same as the area round Chernobyl, Ukraine. A complete no mans land buzzing away for hundreds if not thousands of years.
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chronos02
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You're exaggerating way too much, if it's about the current state of the area, though it is polluted beyond human survivability levels, it doesn't even come close to chernobil, the radioactive materials that polluted the different areas are completely different, and, as a matter of fact, Chernobil's nuclear plant exploded, sending sedimentary and heavy materials into the atmosphere, whereas in Fukushima's case it did not explode (the reactor didn't, though hydrogen from the system did ignite and sent the roofs of the buildings, in which the reactors were, flying), it just leaked polluted cooling water, and mainly emanated certain types of heavy materials that are very short lived (7 days) - obviously other kinds too.
In fact, many of the affected areas have already been re-adapted for agriculutural explotation, and only within 60km^2 the levels of radiation exceed annual limits (which is obviously above the radioactive ammount that would've been registered before the plant was erected, and before the accident). In Chernobil's case, it was 500km^2 around the plant. The only non-entry area in Fukushima is 20km^2 (mandatory), (30km^2 optional) from the plant's center, and from the latest reports, the area should be cleaned up in the next 10 years (this was declared in 2011). Radioactive remnants will take less than 50 years to dissipate, though those were released into the ocean with the polluted cooling water, and any materials that sedimented into the ground will not poase harm 10 years from now, they will be there, but the quanitity will have diminished to the point the radiation in the area won't affect a human body in its lifespan. The terminal area within the 20km of the plant may take more, though nothing has been stated. In other words, due to the lack of coverage in many news sites, you and many other people have a wrong idea of what's going on over there since the happenings 3 years ago (unless you were trolling). But that wasn't my point anyway, what I wanted to know is how is the situation over there, regarding the people, the repopulation, the reconstruction of the affected areas by the Tsunami, the earthquake, and the inhabitable area sorrounding the nuclear plant. Also, Nuclear Disaster Severity: Chernobil>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fukushima. |
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Cutiebunny
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I'm not going to try to compare one disaster to another. Both events effected many people, and seeing as radioactivity damages DNA, it's likely that many more people will be affected in the years to come. It's hard to make any assessment with governments reporting only what they want to report.
This is the first Japanese based tsunami relief program I've seen in about a year. While various conventions are still donating to tsunami relief efforts, I don't see as much Japanese support as I used to. Shortly after the event, there were many items donated by various anime and manga artists for relief efforts and that continued for about a year and a half. Then, rather abruptly, these auctions stopped. All of the Japanese charity auctions I've seen lately have gone towards other causes, such as domestic abuse. It does make me sad that this tragic event feels like it's being swept under the rug, but then again, how is it any different from any tragedy that's happened in the US (ie. Hurricane Katrina)? Life goes on, people forget the past and those affected by it and are in need of aid are largely forgotten. |
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Mohawk52
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Brutannica
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They're little ceramic squares with colorful designs on them. Usually they're used for flooring, but I've seen them on walls, stairways, etc. I believe they date from the Moorish era; they have an Islamic look to them in that they're artistic while avoiding explicit representations of things. |
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