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Aerial view of tsunami zone: cleaner but barren

National Nov. 21, 2011 - 06:40AM JST ( 12 )

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MaboDofuIsSpicyNov. 21, 2011 - 09:24AM JST

local town leaders

One reason why nothing will really move ahead.
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cactusJackNov. 21, 2011 - 10:26AM JST

"...seeks to revive its local economy through promoting tourism and drawing new business."...and they call this a plan?
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gogogoNov. 21, 2011 - 10:35AM JST

Rebuilding? I hope they have put high enough tsunami protection in place before rebuilding.
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BernieKNov. 21, 2011 - 10:46AM JST

it seeks to revive its local economy through promoting tourism and drawing new business

How about an open tsunami museum? There was one tsunami museum in the Sanriku area for the 1960 Chile tsunami.
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gelendestrasseNov. 21, 2011 - 11:22AM JST

At least the soil there isn't radioactive...
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GWNov. 21, 2011 - 12:17PM JST

gogogo,

I think the tsunami demonstrated that seawall type protection is pretty much useless, wud be foolish in the extreme to re-build & build new ones, they dont work for the most part.

There is a place up north that had a lot of scattered small islands off shore that faired pretty well, maybe there is something we can learn from, perhaps instead of walls a series of staggered offshore piles, manmade reef like structures, cud some of the debris to make some perhaps........
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Elbuda MexicanoNov. 21, 2011 - 01:39PM JST

That place up north is called Matsushima, may be in Miyagi Prefecture?
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GWNov. 21, 2011 - 02:07PM JST

Elbuda,

Maybe, but I thought it was further north than Miyagi, but my mind aint been the same since 3/11 haha so ............
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gogogoNov. 21, 2011 - 03:45PM JST

I think the tsunami demonstrated that seawall type protection is pretty much useless, wud be foolish in the extreme to re-build & build new ones, they dont work for the most part.

There was an article on JT that talked about one cities 15 meter tsunami wall that saved them, most other town had only 10 meter ones, I understand the tsunami was nearly 40 meters in some areas but I'm hoping they are not just building on the same place, it means they are dooming the next generation.
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pointofviewNov. 21, 2011 - 07:57PM JST

Was there a tsunami wall that cudn't be closed because of a problem? So many people need help.
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IowanNov. 21, 2011 - 08:44PM JST

Good article. Reports on clean up, on rebuilding, and on "what is happening now" seem too few.
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FadamorNov. 22, 2011 - 04:06AM JST

For the residents to rebuild down where the tsunami swept their houses away seems foolish. Why the reporter expects them to do something like that is unclear. The town should rebuild higher-up. Cutting into the hills seems like a good idea if they terrace the cuts.