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7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by kalleboo »

bombcar wrote: post #90
traceroute66 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The mall had a (most likely gas) explosion If the internet searches are to be believed, that is indeed sadly likely to be the cause. The internet suggests the explosion happened on the second floor of the mall where a large food court is located.

A hundred years from now people are going to be absolutely flabbergasted how we just piped gas everywhere all the time. Electricity allows for so many more automatic safeguards.

Yeah it's crazy to me, especially in earthquake-prone places like Japan or California.

I bought a house here in Japan last year and replaced the gas with all-electric due to concerns of not only leaks and disasters but also just in day-to-day use gas isn't good for indoor air quality.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by [deleted] »

ktallett wrote: post #68
akg_67 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NHK TV is showing extensive damage including fallen smokestacks at Nippon Paper Factory facility, bridge road separation, fallen bridge lane, road cracks, fire, water coming out of drainage etc. It was a huge earthquake and will take some time to assess the damage.

There is a collapsed roof of a shopping centre as well in Kumamoto. The Aeon Mall.

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Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by inclinq »

inclinq wrote: post #82
inclinq wrote: post #76

I'm in Fukuoka. We had shindo 3 here. My phone alarm went off just before the shaking, but the thing that really surprised me was how strong it felt. I instinctively ran outside. I hope everyone closer to the epicenter is safe.

One thing I've noticed is that people in Fukuoka have stayed calm. I haven't seen panic buying of food or emergency supplies despite being so close to the disaster area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixEhLWGJE4M

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by traceroute66 »

bombcar wrote: post #90
traceroute66 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The mall had a (most likely gas) explosion If the internet searches are to be believed, that is indeed sadly likely to be the cause. The internet suggests the explosion happened on the second floor of the mall where a large food court is located.

A hundred years from now people are going to be absolutely flabbergasted how we just piped gas everywhere all the time. Electricity allows for so many more automatic safeguards.

> Electricity allows for so many more automatic safeguards.

Since the mid-2000s there has actually been a push by Japanese utility companies for adoption of what they call "all-electric" オール電化.

Adoption has been reasonably good with new-builds because they can also have solar panels. But adoption in older properties has been slower.

First in general, electricity in Japan has tended to be more expensive than gas.

Second, a large Part of the slow adoption comes from cooking related inertia.

A lot of traditional (and therefore very common) Japanese cookware just will not work on electric, full stop. For example, traditional donabe (clay pots).

Beyond that, for example, aluminium pans being non-ferromagnetic will not work on induction. Yes you find aluminium pans in the West with extra ferromagnetic bases attached, but that is not common in Japan.

Finally, the Japan Society of Cookery Science did commission a study[1] where they had two groups of people cook four dishes on both gas and induction. The conclusion was gas was preferred across all four.

[1]https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cookeryscience/47/6/47_...

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by smrq »

positron26 wrote: post #88

8 is serious. 9 is Pacific subduction rupture. 7 is not really top news of the day. People with friends and family exposed don't really appreciate being false-alarmed with 7s and 6s.

I'm sure everyone in the hospital and with collapsed houses would agree with your assessment that it's not a big deal.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by timr »

goginko wrote: post #78

This was my first real earthquake since moving to Kyushu. After it stopped I looked it up, and the first place to post the epicenter and shindo was NERV's twitter...which is named after the org from the anime and has an anime screenshot as its banner ( https://x.com/EN_NERV ). Apparently it's a real disaster information service, though. It's been mentioned before but maybe interesting to some ( https://news.ycombinat…

The Nerv app is quite good. It usually gives real-time alerts faster than the official sources.

You can even have the weird experience of being notified of an earthquake, watching the shockwave move outward from the epicenter, and feeling it as it passes.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by SomaticPirate »

goginko wrote: post #78

This was my first real earthquake since moving to Kyushu. After it stopped I looked it up, and the first place to post the epicenter and shindo was NERV's twitter...which is named after the org from the anime and has an anime screenshot as its banner ( https://x.com/EN_NERV ). Apparently it's a real disaster information service, though. It's been mentioned before but maybe interesting to some ( https://news.ycombinat…

Somewhat unrelated but how did you find the process of moving to Japan (assuming you emigrated there)

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by dgellow »

positron26 wrote: post #88

8 is serious. 9 is Pacific subduction rupture. 7 is not really top news of the day. People with friends and family exposed don't really appreciate being false-alarmed with 7s and 6s.

The HN audience decides what is top news of the day, that’s the whole principle this website is based upon
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