Quake/Tsunami

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Originally Posted by tw

When rebuilding something that actually has an ROI years later, then little if any economic punishment.

As mentioned above an awful lot of Japanese infrastructure does not provide a return on Investment.

Also, while only a few of Japan's factories have been damaged, their power generation capacity has taken a big knock and they are now scheduling blackouts around the country. Car production is almost completely halted.

We know the building containing the reactor core exploded. And nobody is saying why. That is troubling.

Several sources are saying why. Water being turned into free hydrogen and free oxygen, which then meets a spark. At least, that's what they're saying.

How poor is information? Four whole trains completely disappeared. None of those carriages have yet been found. It implies how much remains unknown. Suggests how much higher a death counts will rise. How many tens of thousands? A reasonable number.

Indeed. Minamisanriku had a population of 17,000, before the tsunami. Around 7,000 have been accounted for in shelters and refuges. That is just one town.