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Showing posts with label tsunami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tsunami. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Japan Before and After the Tsunami

Again my friend doesn’t let me down. Put your mouse arrow on the center of the picture on the mark. Hold it down then slide right or left to see the difference before and after…Like he says, “unbelievable”…

These are interactive, overlay satellite photos of the areas struck by the tsunami. Drag the center line of the photo all the way to the right to see the area prior to the tsunami. Then slowly drag it to the left to see the same area today. You will NOT believe what you see - it is like watching the wave come ashore and creating all of the devastation. What we are seeing on the news media today does not do justice to what actually occurred. Tens of thousands had to have been killed in this event. It is truly unbelievable.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

Saturday, March 12, 2011

"Save your Money"

Its so sad about the earth quake and the lives lost. From what I understand tiny earth tremors happen there all the time.. So this wasn’t something that unusual. Only really bigger. The Tsunami was not expected but predicted and it happened. Now that’s really something. A monster wave coming ashore and sweeping aside buildings, houses, cars and people like they were toys. Hell, even I was thinking that I’m glad I live on the East coast on second floor even though I live two miles from the ocean. In the beginning of the movie “Hereafter” with Matt Damon is a good example of a Tsunami. I feel the anxiety and helplessness of the people caught in one of things. As usual, the President of our country offered to send financial aid to this poor country. Yeah right, poor county! A country that already sucks the lifeblood out of the United States in the form of imports, clothes, electronics and jobs. Now they are talking about nuclear meltdowns. Not one but two. Between the oil companies and this, I mean they already have drained our economy to the point of revolution. Yes, I’d be the first one to admit I am insensitive but our seemingly endless money pit can only pay for so much. We have to draw the line somewhere. The United States cannot pay for all the all the disasters in the world. Its got to stop somewhere. In trying to prevent suffering we cause suffering. What if you tried to run your household finances like they do this country? Think about that! All you hear today is spend, spend, spend. When was the last time you heard the word save? See my point? They hate us, steal from us, warn us, bomb us, kill us, use us, abuse us and yet we continue on filling the jails with people that will go out and do the same thing all over again. They know that these things are going to happen there. Its their choice to live there. Hey, maybe they all should come to the United States and become illegal so they can get a low paying job then the taxpayers can pay for everything in the form of welfare. Hold it, that’s what is going on now….Lets face it, the bottom line is the taxpayer of the United States pay for everything…