Japan, 11 months after the earthquake and tsunami - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

RRnold · 02-14-2012, 07:02 PM

Glad to see Japan making very good progress in the 11 months since the earthquake and tsunami.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02...e-and-tsunami/

Giccin · 02-14-2012, 07:20 PM

That's great news.

fito68 · 02-14-2012, 07:48 PM

wow what did they do bulldoze everything?

MF_DEUCE · 02-14-2012, 08:25 PM

...now lets hope they get those FRS/BRZs out here faster.

cambo · 02-14-2012, 08:30 PM

Now it's time to rebuild...

Lonewolf · 02-14-2012, 08:37 PM

My dad is Japanese and travels to Japan on business quite often and he said that there are parts of the country seemingly insulated from the devastation.

However, he and I both believe that the true toll won't be realized until a bit later when environmental issues start cropping up. The government has kept a tight lid on things and downplayed everything from the beginning (which to me = Oh crap)

At least many streets and roads have been rebuilt in record time. Cal Trans should take notes and stop taking three months to repave a two lane road when these crews in Japan rebuilt entire highways in a week.

Giccin · 02-15-2012, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

My dad is Japanese and travels to Japan on business quite often and he said that there are parts of the country seemingly insulated from the devastation.

However, he and I both believe that the true toll won't be realized until a bit later when environmental issues start cropping up. The government has kept a tight lid on things and downplayed everything from the beginning (which to me = Oh crap)

At least many streets and roads have been rebuilt in record time. Cal Trans should take notes and stop taking three months to repave a two lane road when these crews in Japan rebuilt entire highways in a week.

Haha. Yea they do take forever. Just like the 22 and 405 junction. Taking ages.

S2kphile · 02-15-2012, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

My dad is Japanese and travels to Japan on business quite often and he said that there are parts of the country seemingly insulated from the devastation.

However, he and I both believe that the true toll won't be realized until a bit later when environmental issues start cropping up. The government has kept a tight lid on things and downplayed everything from the beginning (which to me = Oh crap)

At least many streets and roads have been rebuilt in record time. Cal Trans should take notes and stop taking three months to repave a two lane road when these crews in Japan rebuilt entire highways in a week.

Its America what do you expect? Japan is different. Anyways its great to see, reminds me of Japan after WWII. I hoping to take a trip there soon as soon as I can understand Japanese fluently.

ZetaVI · 02-15-2012, 05:17 AM

How much a year makes a difference. I hope another year everything will be even better than before.

cyde01 · 02-15-2012, 01:34 PM

i know it may seem fast, especially when compared to new orleans after katrina or haiti, but reconstruction can't happen fast enough for the residents. even looking at the pictures, you can see that all the debris has been cleared and the roads have been rebuilt but there are hardly any destroyed buildings in those pics that have been rebuilt. many people are still living in temporary housing while many lots sit empty because of the red tape residents have to go through just to start rebuilding and government bureaucracy being too slow to get funds to the right people. in a way very similar to post katrina issues in new orleans.

NastyNate · 02-16-2012, 07:30 PM

So that's what it looks like when people join together, work hard, and don't stick a hand out for money!? Who knew?

Dimman · 02-16-2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cyde01

i know it may seem fast, especially when compared to new orleans after katrina or haiti, but reconstruction can't happen fast enough for the residents. even looking at the pictures, you can see that all the debris has been cleared and the roads have been rebuilt but there are hardly any destroyed buildings in those pics that have been rebuilt. many people are still living in temporary housing while many lots sit empty because of the red tape residents have to go through just to start rebuilding and government bureaucracy being too slow to get funds to the right people. in a way very similar to post katrina issues in new orleans.

But a lot also relocated. The government created a bunch of public service jobs in the unaffected parts of the country for the people. It was actually somewhat controversial in places like Aichi prefecture.

tranzformer · 02-25-2012, 01:23 PM

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I plan on watching this when it comes out.

ZetaVI · 02-25-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tranzformer

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I plan on watching this when it comes out.

I want to see it also.

02-14-2012, 07:02 PM	#1
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fito68 Vroom Vroom? Join Date: Jul 2011 Drives: 2015 Yuzu Location: 818 Posts: 103 Thanks: 44 Thanked 30 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	wow what did they do bulldoze everything?

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Lonewolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Moped Location: CA Posts: 4,299 Thanks: 4,902 Thanked 2,129 Times in 1,194 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My dad is Japanese and travels to Japan on business quite often and he said that there are parts of the country seemingly insulated from the devastation. However, he and I both believe that the true toll won't be realized until a bit later when environmental issues start cropping up. The government has kept a tight lid on things and downplayed everything from the beginning (which to me = Oh crap) At least many streets and roads have been rebuilt in record time. Cal Trans should take notes and stop taking three months to repave a two lane road when these crews in Japan rebuilt entire highways in a week.

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