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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:02 AM Original message |
In a way Japan is lucky |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shame on you! I cannot believe you are calling Japan "lucky" after this... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:07 AM Original message |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Oh chill the fuck out... |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. spoken by someone who obviously has no friends or relatives there... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. We are so lucky we had eight years of Bush. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Good grief |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Define "lucky." |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. I Do Know What You Mean |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. The wording is poor, but I get what you're saying. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep, much of their infrastructure is world-class as far as earthquake resistance |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. the buildings in Japan are built to code. Did you miss the multiple tsunamis? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I don't care what code they are built to |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. And the tsunamis HAVE JUST WIPED OUT MULTIPLE TOWNS. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. I suspect thousands are dead given that an entire train is missing |
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sylvi (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. I was watching |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. With any bad scenario, you can probably imagine something worse. |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. In the US we won;t spend the type of money needed to avoid close to Haitian damage |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:17 AM Original message |
Lucky? WTF!! |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Japan has an excellent warning system |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. Duplicate but see below |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It is terrible but a direct hit would have been even worse |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. There are other factors that determine whether the damage would have been more or less. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thank You. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. How the plates rub together (what kind of fault) is also significant. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. Lucky as in "Hey you only lost your legs in that car crash |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The OP's real life example is actually more extreme, and therefor more ridiculous, |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. That was as extremely ridiculous that my mind could conceive. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. I think you meant "Tokyo" was lucky |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. . |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think you meant "It could have been worse." |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. They were smart spending money on seismic reinforecement, monitoring, alert equip, etc |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. Possibly the most premature, inconsiderate OP ever. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
30. Good heavens. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. This post is grotesque, no matter the intentions. |
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