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Watch Live: 'Hearing on Earthquake Preparedness in California,' or 'What We Can Learn From Japan'
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The California Senate's Committee on Earthquake and Disaster Preparedness is holding an informational hearing they're calling: "The Japan Earthquake: The Impact and Lessons for California Part 1." Here's what's on the agenda and who's scheduled to be there: Overview – … Continue reading
Japan's Nukes: What and Where They Are
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Japan, a country roughly the size of California (but with a population more than three times ours), runs 55 nuclear power reactors at 17 sites. Here's a list of plants from the Japanese power industry. Note that the Fukushima Daiichi … Continue reading
More Maps and Images of Japan's Great Quake
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The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami are now expected to top 10,000. Having seen a relative handful of the flood of images that captured the disaster, that number is not surprising; it might even seem to be an … Continue reading
Japan's Great Quake: The California Perspective
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It goes without saying that in California, the fascination, the fear, and the horror of seeing the impact of Friday's earthquake in Japan all lie in how closely we can identify with the calamity visited upon the people there. Geologists … Continue reading
Japan Aftermath in Pictures
We're huge fans of Boston.com's Big Picture blog, a site dedicated to finding and presenting (in large format) some of the most amazing photographs documenting global news events, big and small. Have a look at the images they've pulled together … Continue reading
How to Help Japan
If you're interested in donating money or time to the relief efforts in Japan following this week's devastating earthquake and tsunamis, here's a list of just a few of the organizations with programs dedicated to the cause: American Red Cross … Continue reading
When the Tsunami Arrived in San Francisco Bay
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By way of the excellent Berkeleyside blog, some striking video—fascinating, not frightening—of a tsunami wave rolling past the Bay Bridge approach and into the Emeryville mudflats Friday morning:
Japan Quake-Tsunami Aftermath: Fears About Nuclear Plants
In Japan, attention is focusing in two places: First, search and rescue operations and the massive recovery ahead in the large sections of the northeastern coast devastated by Friday's earthquake and tsunamis. The other increasingly critical concern: the condition of … Continue reading
California Tsunami Updates
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A 9.0 earthquake struck off the Japan coast on Friday (Thursday evening California time), triggering a tsunami that killed hundreds of people. Tsunami warnings went into effect across the Pacific, including California. In the Bay Area, the effects have been … Continue reading
U.S. Geological Survey Breaks Down Monster Quake
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Here's the USGS preliminary report on the massive quake that smashed northeastern Japan last night/today depending on your time zone (when you see pictures of damage in Tokyo, bear in mind that's 230 miles from the quake's epicenter—about the same … Continue reading
