Re: Japan, resident foreign journalists' perspective; also...

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Good link. I particularly liked the article about the Japanese tsunami history. Really makes you wonder what they thought by building those nuclear plants right on the beach. I've seen a few stories where they finally, though not blatantly, admit the truth, that it was the tsunami that did most of the damage to the reactors and not the quake itself. No real surprise there given how the tsunami completely wrecked solid buildings well inland.

Lots of video on the net posted by individuals who filmed the incoming tsunami. Its nothing short of staggering the power of the water and how it just kept coming for many minutes before rolling back out leaving ruin in its wake.

http://no1.fccj.ne.jp"Number One Shimbun, the magazine of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ). Part One of our special edition on the disaster went online today on the link above. What you read and see here, you will not soon forget. Please tell your friends"This link was provided by the editor's wife, she and I are members of a cat-group where more than just cat themed discussions are allowed;, she and her husband live in Japan.http://web.mit.edu/nse. This link is to MIT website, rl