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2011-03-22 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Japan's disaster toll rises with 18,000 deaths

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Posted by Fred 2011-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 We don't care. All we care about is the 50 - 100 people who'll die of cancer 30 years from now!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-03-22 05:55|| 2011-03-22 05:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm for Safe Power™!

Whatever that is...

Posted by Bobby 2011-03-22 06:53|| 2011-03-22 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 In 2007 there were 3,430 civilians that lost their lives as the result of fire [in the US].

Over ten thousand years of experience with one of the original energy sources and safety is still squat. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-03-22 09:03|| 2011-03-22 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 May the bereaved find comfort that their dead are starting to be properly buried.

Separately, has this comparison chart from xkcd been posted yet? If yes, sorry for the duplication. If no, what say the experts about it?

Posted by trailing wife 2011-03-22 11:30|| 2011-03-22 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Candles killed 126 people last year. When will this candle madness stop? Think of the babies!

Posted by flash91 2011-03-22 13:56|| 2011-03-22 13:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Directionally off topic, that idiot George Monbiot was persuaded by the xkcd graphic. Within one week I find myself on the same side as the Democratic Underground (R1ghth4v3n) and George Monbiot. Clearly the Messianic Age is approaching.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-03-22 15:19|| 2011-03-22 15:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Should we tell the hand-wringers in CA who have been shelling out up to $200/bottle for fake iodie capsules on eBay?

Posted by gorb 2011-03-22 16:22|| 2011-03-22 16:22|| Front Page Top

#8 AFAIK the 18,000 is more correctly an "estimated Deaths" figure comprising those confirmed dead by Nippon law authorities, as well as those missing + feared to be dead.

Anti-NucPower ACtvists continue to use the high nominal death figures as fact in support of "Green/Alternative Energy", + repeatedly fail to mention that the bulk of event-related Japanese deaths or casualties is from the Tsunami, NOT the Quake or even the leaks from the Fukushima Nucplant.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-03-22 20:02|| na 2011-03-22 20:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Because of a shortage of fuel and limited capacity to perform cremations even when fuel is available, Japan has started burying its dead in mass graves, with the hope of performing cremations later.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-22 21:08|| 2011-03-22 21:08|| Front Page Top

#10 "Japan has started burying its dead in mass graves"

That brings home the true depth of this tragedy as nothing else can. Those poor people.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-22 22:45|| 2011-03-22 22:45|| Front Page Top

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