http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Japanese earthquake aftermath en Mon, 18 May 2026 03:38:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2601#post-27741 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:11:59 +0000 LaidBack 27741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The most moving thing was seeing the remaining personal effects being picked up.<br /> Bewildered people in shelters with nowhere to go.<br /> Roads empty.</p> <p>On another broadcast they were talking to a fire chief. He had lost many (over 20) of his colleagues. They were swept away whilst trying to close a tsunami flood gate.<br /> He was still working with the rest of his team. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2601#post-27739 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:40:27 +0000 Greenroofer 27739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's pretty harrowing viewing, seeing a normal civilised 'first world' society being devastated so quickly and so brutally.</p> <p>At the risk of sounding trite in the light of this, it is interesting to see the number of bicycles that appeared in use in the post-apocalypse footage. It's a reminder again what an amazing invention it is, and how - when cars are unusable due to the devastation - the bicycle is still functioning as intended. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2601#post-27725 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:24:17 +0000 chdot 27725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing to do with cycling - though the 'price of Shimano stuff' has apparently been mentioned on other forums.</p> <p>A journalist friend of mine (former Edinburgh resident) happened to be in Japan at the time and has a film on Channel 4 at 9:00 tonight.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/mar/23/nova-japans-killer-quake">Preview</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insidenova/2011/03/awed-in-japan.html">His blog</a> - worth reading. </p>