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Earthquake/tsunami in Tohoku, North East Japan (11th March 2011)


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More please!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HrO2H4Sraw   You'd think they might put in some of the overly loud throat noises and he would do a big "ahhhhhhhhhh" at the end. Come on, where's th

The leading story In Nagano in the past few days has been the farmers getting close to 100% compo for the cost of dismantling their poly tunnels that were crushed by the big snow the week before last. It sounds like some hotels are after it too for cancellations.

 

Which is fine, until you consider that some people lost their home, their fields, their fishing grounds, and their entire community due to radiation and two years later have received next to nothing.

 

No insurance to cover this? Hotels getting compensation for cancellations is a bit ridiculous in my opinion.

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Dunno, I guess all of them will be well south of here. That would also put them closer to typhoons though, so perhaps those polytunnels should have been insured for weather events anyway.

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Saw a segment about this guy called Endo who lost his wife, three children, home, business to the Tsunami. And he managed to go on and is now producing furniture for the newly rebuilt schools. Humbling. What a guy.

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