Monday, March 14, 2011

Interesting link for the Japanese Tsunami

I wanted to share everything I interesting link I found about the Japanese Earthquake and following tsunami and Nuclear crisis. I'll keep this list updated as things progress...

Wikipedia Links (for lastest details as well as future reference )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami

Subsequent Nuclear crisis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Fukushima_nuclear_accidents

Google's Crisis Response page:
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

Live Coverage:
Al Jazzera live blog about Japan's quake:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/disaster-japan-live-blog

BBC News Special LIVE update page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12711226

NHK World:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

Videos:
Early Warning System Automatic Broadcast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU1bYspMyQw

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/13/japan-terrifying-eye.html
(with vantage point for this video: http://goo.gl/maps/bg60 )

Al Jazzera Youtube channel (including live stream):
http://www.youtube.com/user/aljazeeraenglish
2011-03-11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2Hr-1l1MM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OQYwbZlfZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOfhgSqnqaQ
2011-03-12:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9gSYucEhgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZKKP44b7ao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaw2caLOgNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIYG5GctqCQ
2011-03-13:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDGn2_P5YBk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFuejUq1yc
2011-03-14:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMk0xX-UqAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqfVYPMykpA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsElFFugEmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT3pAXYMTC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXW-s8sT-gs
2011-03-15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4YXknUios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxL36ngIJA8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxzQPiy_U1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOb2XPHWL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWfZI_cAR4
BBC News Videos:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12735023
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709850
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725760
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12740339
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12731635
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12722105
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12727879

Channel 4 new Videos:

Pictures:

New York times Photo gallery:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/20110312_japan.html?ref=asia
New York Times Before/After Satelitte photos:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

MSNBC Pictures:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42034875

Boston.com's "the big picture":
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_earthquake_aftermath.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_-_vast_devastation.html

The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/japans-earthquake---the-aftermath/100023/

BBC News Pictures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12743417

US Pacific Fleet official Flickr Page for "Operation Tomodachi" (Operation Friends):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/compacflt/sets/72157626119790243/

Max Hodges's photo blog:

Times:

Others (Articles, maps, etc):

Maps ofJapan quake radioactivity monitoring posts.

MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub

US NRC page about boiling reactors
PDF of exemples of GE MARK I, II and III reactors:

Professor of the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry explain the nuclears reactors (Very good simple video)

@gakuraman 's "Radiation in perspective" Picture

Paul Nicholl's Japan Quake Map

Q&A about the nuclear crisis:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110314/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_quake_nuclear_crisis_q_a

Finaly, the canadian group "Simple Plan" is selling T-shirt branded "#helpjapan":
http://www.simpleplan.com/2011/03/14/help-japan/


And If you ask me which picture has touched me the most, I think this one says everything. It doesn't show any of the devastation, but somehow it still show what has been lost:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_-_vast_devastation.html#photo34