Japan: ?Why do we need nuclear power??
from Global Voices Online by Solana Larsen
BBC News – Footage of blast at Japan nuclear power plant
Old Feud Lost During Disaster, Korean Responses to Japan Quake
from Global Voices Online by Lee Yoo Eun
Facebook Causes Rallies Help For Japan?s Tsunami
from All Facebook by Jorge Cino
Maps Show Japan Postings? Spread On Facebook
You can see how news of Japan?s earthquake and tsunami spread via status updates on a set ten time-stamped maps that Facebook posted on the official Global Disaster Relief page.
Japanese nuclear plants: Some good news
While I was writing the previous post, recommending World Nuclear News as a not-unbiased, but-at-least-well-organized source of information about what’s happening at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini power plants, I noticed that they’d posted a new article saying that three of the four reactors at Fukushima Daini are now in cold shutdown?i.e. you don’t have to worry about them anymore.
Japanese nuclear plants: Some thoughts on how to stay informed without going crazy
Breaking information about what is going on at the two Fukushima nuclear power plants?Daiichi (where most of the trouble is) and Daini?has often conflicted with other reports, points out Cristine Russell in The Atlantic. She’s criticizing the round-the-clock cycle of cable news coverage for confusing the public, and adding more fear and stress to an already fear-and-stress-filled situation. A big part of the problem: Knowing which sources to trust. Here’s two recommendations from Russell that earn big thumbs up from me:
Japan: On Catastrophes and Miracles, a Personal Account
Written by Tomomi Sasaki
This post is part of our special coverage Japan Earthquake 2011.
Personal stories of survival are beginning to be told by bloggers in the aftermath of the earthquake that shook Japan on Friday 11 March, 2011.
Nuclear recycling has risks and benefits
from Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
Japan: cooling system pump has stopped at yet another nuclear power plant
(IMAGE: Before and after shots of structures that house nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, where an explosion occurred on Friday?blowing the roof off the building shown at right. This is one of four nuclear power plants in Japan now in trouble, after a devastating 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.)
Fukushima: What’s the worst that could happen? Nuclear experts explain.
Japan: Explosion at Fukushima 3 nuclear reactor, March 14, 2011 (video)
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan quake seismic wave data, “sonified” (audio)
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan: terrifying eyewitness video of tsunami destroying an entire town
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan Quake and Tsunami: before and after satellite photos, from Google
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Libraries after the Japan quake and tsunami
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
Japan: Fukushima operator built nuclear plants to withstand only up to 7.9 quake
Japan: Social Translation in Times of Crisis
Written by Tomomi Sasaki
This post is part of our special coverage on the Japan Earthquake 2011.
When disaster struck on March 11th, Japan was thrust onto the global stage. As inquiries, goodwill, advice, and donations pour in from around the world, citizens have responded in kind through various forms of social translation.
Japan: New meltdown fears at second reactor; how much radiation has been released in Fukushima crisis?
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Ushahidi for the Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear emergency
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Websites collect clueless, racist internet comments made about Japan, post-quake
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
How Facebook Users Reacted to the Japan Earthquake & Tsunami [ANIMATED GRAPHIC]
from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: 7 Simple Ways to Help
from Mashable! by Ben Parr
Apple & Microsoft Take Different Approaches to Japan Relief
from Mashable! by Charlie White
Japan: Onagawa, the Hometown I Once Knew
from Global Voices Online by Tomomi Sasaki
Japan: Toxic Rain, Earthquake Weapons and Other False Rumors
from Global Voices Online by Tomomi Sasaki
Help Japan: Facebook Click Helps Dogs Rescue Trapped Quake Victims
from Mashable! by Charlie White
Japan: Fukushima Reactor Has Different Design Type Than Chernobyl
from Global Voices Online by Veronica Khokhlova
Peru: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Affect Peruvians
from Global Voices Online by Gabriela García Calderón
Twitter Users React To Massive Quake, Tsunami In Japan
from Mashable! by Chris Taylor
Google Responds to the Japan Earthquake With an Online Crisis Center
from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder
Japan Sendai Quake and Tsunami: big photo gallery
[Related BB post: “Japan hit by catastrophic 8.9 magnitude quake, massive tsunami sweeps country“]
Japan hit by catastrophic 8.9 magnitude quake, massive tsunami sweeps country
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Global Voices special coverage: Japan Earthquake 2011.
Al-Jazeera’s coverage of the Japanese earthquake
If you haven’t already heard, Al-Jazeera had (and continues to have) some of the best coverage of earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here’s a clip from earlier showing the tsunami rushing through a populated area.
HOW TO: Follow the Japan Earthquake Online
from Mashable! by Meghan Peters
Watch: YouTube Footage of Japan Quake [VIDEOS]
from Mashable! by Lauren Indvik
Google Person Finder for Those in Japan
from Daily Bits by noemi
Largest Earthquake in Recorded History in Japan
from Global Voices Online by Tomomi Sasaki
Some updates from Japan
from Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
Japan Quake: The Night After
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Doc Searls: Japan Quake story shows that Net, not TV, rules breaking news
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Seen from above, the awesome scale of Japan’s destruction (big photo gallery)
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Mapping live seismic data from Japan, as aftershocks continue
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Tokyo Disneyland and the quake
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
Japan: Radiation leak confirmed, meltdown fears, evacuation near nuclear plant widens (UPDATED)
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japanese earthquake tsunami wave hits Emeryville, CA
from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder
Aftershock: A New Yorker on the dark side of Japan (eyewitness account of quake, from Tokyo)
from Boing Boing by Adario Strange
Japan: video of tsunami flowing into city
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan: radiation leak fears at nuclear power facilities after quake, tsunami, and strong aftershocks
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan: Pacific tsunami wave height model (image)
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan: text, not voice, serves as communication lifeline in quake aftermath
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
How earthquakes work, and how science makes us safer
from Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
Japan Quake: Tsunami mud wave overtakes town in northern Japan
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan Quake: skyscrapers swaying in Tokyo (video)
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Run a Website or Blog? You Can Help Japan With One Code Snippet
from Mashable! by Jolie O’Dell
http://maplarge.com/Japan-Earthquake
Japan: Explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant; disaster described as most significant accident since Chernobyl
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Japan: Fear in Fukushima
from Global Voices Online by Solana Larsen
Japan: Hashtags for Earthquake Related Tweets
from Global Voices Online by Tomomi Sasaki
Assembling resources following the earthquake in Japan
(Cross-posted from the Google.org Blog)
I was the in the middle of writing code when the Google Japan office, on the 26th floor of Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, started shaking slowly. The rocking gradually increased, and I looked out the window to see the surrounding buildings all swaying ominously. Although alerts from the building urged us to evacuate via the emergency stairs, I couldn’t help but stay and search for information about the earthquake?s epicenter and scale. Amidst a series of aftershocks rocking our office, a small group of us in Tokyo and several other Google offices started gathering information about the earthquake to create the Crisis Response information page.
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