Japan Quake/Tsunami

[vash23n]

I am happy to report that the pet store where I work listened to my request and will be donating money to Japan. More specifically, to JEARS - I learned of this as I was leaving so I will find out more tomorrow, but I believe it stands for Japanese Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support. We will be asking customers to round their totals up while checking out, the extra money being donated. I will also be including a link to the JEARS website so people can donate directly. I know the human side of the disaster is hard enough to fathom, but adding in the ordeal pets and wildlife are going through is almost too much. I think JEARS is mainly dogs and cats, they have existed for a while and have worked inside Japan for some time. I hope we can raise a little bit of money.

[Ivo]

I'd love to see more like this. Not that it is good that it happened, but just to get a better idea of the size and power of the water. It's unbelievable.

I think I'd rather not see more like this - some of the helicopter footage gave me a better idea of the relentlessly advancing wave, and it is so much safer.

This brave (and/or stupid) person was taking much more risk than recommended.
I have the feeling that many people die in this kind of situation because they didn't evacuate away from the seafront and into higher ground - and one of the many reasons for not getting to safety is possibly because they wanted to watch or capture images of the disaster.

Ivo.

[Ack]

I am happy to report that the pet store where I work listened to my request and will be donating money to Japan. More specifically, to JEARS - I learned of this as I was leaving so I will find out more tomorrow, but I believe it stands for Japanese Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support. We will be asking customers to round their totals up while checking out, the extra money being donated. I will also be including a link to the JEARS website so people can donate directly. I know the human side of the disaster is hard enough to fathom, but adding in the ordeal pets and wildlife are going through is almost too much. I think JEARS is mainly dogs and cats, they have existed for a while and have worked inside Japan for some time. I hope we can raise a little bit of money.

Awesome! Do you work for a particular chain of pet stores? I need to buy cat food soon, and if that donation is available locally, I'd like to help.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I'd love to see more like this. Not that it is good that it happened, but just to get a better idea of the size and power of the water. It's unbelievable.

I think I'd rather not see more like this - some of the helicopter footage gave me a better idea of the relentlessly advancing wave, and it is so much safer.

This brave (and/or stupid) person was taking much more risk than recommended.
I have the feeling that many people die in this kind of situation because they didn't evacuate away from the seafront and into higher ground - and one of the many reasons for not getting to safety is possibly because they wanted to watch or capture images of the disaster.

Ivo.

Typically footage like this is captured because they had no way out of the disaster zone. Not because they wanted the tight money shot.

That and when it['s hard news crew footage that's because a reporter's duty is to report and something like this is certainly news after all.

[Hobie-wan]

Talk with a guy in Tokyo. Give it a second before it gets going. Obviously this is not live at this point.

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/22/bo ... e-jap.html

[hashiriya1]

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[Breetai]

That and when it's hard news crew footage that's because a reporter's duty is to report and something like this is certainly news after all.

That's pretty much what I thought. He was just there. What else was he going to do? No time to drive away. Jumping in a boat probably didn't seem like the best plan. Standing next to a set of stairs with an escape route up, if needed, and setting the camera on video mode might very well have been the best course of action. He had no way of knowing the water would actually get that high.

[Bradtemple87]

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[Ivo]

I'm not talking about professionals - that is their job and possibly they are insured as such and so on.

That and when it's hard news crew footage that's because a reporter's duty is to report and something like this is certainly news after all.

That's pretty much what I thought. He was just there. What else was he going to do? No time to drive away. Jumping in a boat probably didn't seem like the best plan. Standing next to a set of stairs with an escape route up, if needed, and setting the camera on video mode might very well have been the best course of action. He had no way of knowing the water would actually get that high.

Precisely because he had no way of knowing the water would actually get that high he shouldn't have stayed there. The first video is 10 minutes long and at the start during several minutes it really appears that he could easily have gone away from the sea front and it is very likely into a safer location by doing so. It really does not look like he was already "trapped".

If people are trapped, well yeah why not record it anyway. Even if he was trapped already he was still not staying in the safest spot (as demonstrated by running up the stairs a couple of times). In doing so he sets himself up to be surprised by a wave that is faster or that reaches higher than expected.

This is a known phenomena that people underestimate the disaster and suffer because of it. Same happened in the one that affected Thailand.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I'm not talking about professionals - that is their job and possibly they are insured as such and so on.

That and when it's hard news crew footage that's because a reporter's duty is to report and something like this is certainly news after all.

That's pretty much what I thought. He was just there. What else was he going to do? No time to drive away. Jumping in a boat probably didn't seem like the best plan. Standing next to a set of stairs with an escape route up, if needed, and setting the camera on video mode might very well have been the best course of action. He had no way of knowing the water would actually get that high.

Precisely because he had no way of knowing the water would actually get that high he shouldn't have stayed there. The first video is 10 minutes long and at the start during several minutes it really appears that he could easily have gone away from the sea front and it is very likely into a safer location by doing so. It really does not look like he was already "trapped".

If people are trapped, well yeah why not record it anyway. Even if he was trapped already he was still not staying in the safest spot (as demonstrated by running up the stairs a couple of times). In doing so he sets himself up to be surprised by a wave that is faster or that reaches higher than expected.

This is a known phenomena that people underestimate the disaster and suffer because of it. Same happened in the one that affected Thailand.

This was in Japan though, where would they have gone? The packed surface streets or the jammed freeways? Just assume they had no way out at the time and don't over-think the situation, just be glad it appears the person in particular got out OK and was able to share some amazing first person footage of the event as it unfolded.