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Art_from_Ark

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15. And what really doomed a lot of people in Minami Sanriku

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 11:25 PM

Feb 2013

was that a large part of the town was wedged between the ocean and the elevated railway line. Looking at a map of Minami Sanriku, I found that there were essentially only two ways to get to the other side of the train tracks from the ocean side. So there must have been huge bottlenecks there. And even for the people who were lucky enough to get to the landward side of the tracks, they had to contend with the slow-moving traffic on that side.

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2011 Tsunami in (I believe) Minamisanriku [View all] Demo_Chris Feb 2013 OP

I beleive the (pic heavy) AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #1

Do you live in Japan? Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #6

No. AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #7

You seem quite knowledgeable Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #9

I love Asian Culture, Art and History AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #10

There is an Asia art museum near where I live Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #11

We have a huge Asian Art Museum here In San Francsico AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #13

Nice! n/t Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #14

This coming soon to Oregon and Washington coasts. ErikJ Feb 2013 #2

Yes, that is Minami Sanriku Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #3

Amazing footage Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #4

And what really doomed a lot of people in Minami Sanriku Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #15

Interesting. Question... Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #16

According to this Japanese news article that was posted just a few hours ago, Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #17

Here's another article that says about 60,000 households are targeted for compensation Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #18

Thanks! It's absolutely insane that they are still uncompensated Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #19

I think this is one reason why the Democratic Party of Japan lost the last election Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #20

Thanks! Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #21

Unfathonable. n/t FourScore Feb 2013 #5

This sorta thing is a REAL and LIKELY scenario Plucketeer Feb 2013 #8

And we are completely unprepared. n/t Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #12