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Subscribe to RSSA panoramic image of the airport in Sendai, Japan shows the damage from the earthquake and tsunami, which is only now beginning to be cleaned up. However, the continuing threat of radiation from the damaged reactors in the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is hampering rescue and recovery efforts in the region. (Masaki Furumaya / Sankei Shimbun / MSN Japan)
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Tsunami waters flooding the Sendai airport near Sendai, Japan on March 12, 2011.
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Cars and light airplanes swept up by the waters near Sendai Airport after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11.
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yet another awesome and horrifying photo depicting the power of nature v"s man made construction and technology...the gentleman in the photo looks truly astonished at the carnage all around him and intensifies the power of the photo...
Amazing viewpoint. Thanks for a touch of reality.
Nature is so powerful and unpredictable!
Please help these peole out they need our help.
For all of you that read these comments. Please Please take time to send money here. Not one dollar will be wasted. These people need to be fed and sheltered right now your contribution will aid in this and help them rebuild. So please please please donate right now please don't waite. If not you then who. They would do it for us and you know it.
I wired money directly to the Japanese Red Cross. That way, no one gets in the way of money going to where it is most needed.
I find it amazing that the airport building, including those huge glass panels, looks largely unscathed.
Even Barry Soetoro believes in Allah. And when masquerading as Barrack Hussein Obama he believes in God! Now, if the POTUS believes, shouldn't you?
Dear Kayla,
We are free to believe and to obey GOD or the other one. If we chose to obey GOD we must understand that we must obey LOVE ! Because GOD is LOVE ! Right ?! So, people without love do not like to obey GOD they better chose the other one... MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEM ! THEY LIVE IN THE HELL !
The people without love and compassion in their hearts are living in hell starting this life ! Let us pray for these souls !
Mircea
Believe all you want in the oldest business in the world - organized religion. C'mon people, its nature. The planet is aging and breaking down. Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, hurricanes. Nature. Not the face of the oldest faith business known to man.
No one knows when Jesus is coming back, not even the apostle John knows.
kvakva, the building is mostly unscathed because of the Japanese building codes. Buildings must withstand a strong earthquake, although not of the magnitude of this one. This is because of the history of quakes over there. Most of the damage is due to the tsunami, including all of the problems at the nuke plant.
As for you, Kayla, you are an idiot. Enough already with the right wing conspiracy garbage. Hawaii says if you want a copy of Obama's birth certificate, you can have one. You just have to fork over $100 to get a copy.
Mercury 2923436....why should the citizens of the usa have to pay to see the birth certificate of their president? especially when he says his father was in WW2....impossible.
Everytime I read the comments about the suffering and devastation in Japan and the stoicism of its people, somebody starts in with biblical comments. Weren't we talking about the Japanese people? Weren't we talking about the horrific conditions and the truly remarkable personnas of a people and land that have undergone an act of God so devastating in its scope that we as onlookers cannot begin to wrap our minds around its strength and ferocity? I pray every night for the fatalites, the injured and the still to be located souls who proudly call; AND for all I am reading about them, WILL CONTINUE to call the tsunami/earthquake impacted region of Japan their home. Wouldn't it be nice if these comments could stay "focused" on THEM, what they are enduring and will continue to endure for years to come, and NOT stray to the "what is coming as per the bible"?
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in diverse places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginning of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)
Oh pleeeease!
I agree...but Jesus ain't coming in 2011 or 2012.....somebody else...
Todd, you realize that you just quoted from the most famous fiction novel of all time right? You don't actually still believe in that whole God thing do you?
If you do not believe the Bible to be the true word of God, or that Jesus Christ is the son of God who lived, died and rose again for our sins then I am deeply sorry. I do hope you will discover this hope and peace that only He can provide before it is true late. Life is hard, scary and often times unpredictable. With Christ in your heart life is still hard, scary and unpredictable, however, you are never alone!
What makes you so sure it's not true? For most of my life I shared your views. Then it was shown to me that I don't have the capacity to understand and know everything. I also sat up and took notice that many people much more intelligent and successful than I, DID believe.
Well ,to those who do not believe in God or His Son Jesus Christ, you will soon find out if it it true or not when you close you eyes in death. Then it will be too late to do anything about it.
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. Psalm 53:1
As if this just started. Right! Todd! Where you been? Nation has been rising against nation for a very long time...........thousands of years. There have been earthquakes, and famines and floods and pestilence for thousands of years.
Go buy a new hat or something.
And pigs surely do fly! If there is a god, that is. I think this disaster should be all the proof one needs that there is no such creature, except in a very good book of fiction.
have any of you "nonbelievers" read the BIBLE?! if you read it, more and more these things are coming more true than what they ever have!!!! maybe you should take a moment out of the day and just read! it will scare the crap out of you! especially when you get to revelations!!! i'm a true believer of christ and that book freaks me out with what is about to come and happen!!! get your heads out of your butts and quit being so ignorant and realize stuff that's happening now is just not right!!!! what todd is saying is just quoting from a very truthful book what everyone is neglecting to hear/see!!! look all around us!! this day and age is a whole lot different than what it "used to be"
God is angry! Angry that you left so much out of the bible!!The people who edited the bible are in deep trouble!
Amen. May God be with all of us now and always.
when i read the bible it just makes me think u people are even crazier for believing that stuff. and if god would send me to hell because i dont believe all the crazy stories in it ,then he is a mean person. so when u close your eyes for the last time and there are no pearly gates you guys will be the ones feeling stupid wasting your lives worshiping a book!
For all of those who do not believe in God, just remember that He still believes in you.
God is not angry! but he is honest. He's told all what will come, and he's given a blueprint. HE CAN NOT tell a lie. It's amazing that you would TAKE the time to deny and argue the truth, BUT you will not take a moment to learn the truth. Rather being ignorant is ok with you. Have you read? Have you studied? to even be able to HONESTLY comment on anything biblical? When GODS government take place of the earth you will see it then, your eyes will be opened, and you will be running for the truth. Remember, the actual ruler of the world right now is not GOD, it's Satan, and when his time is up, and GODS souvernty is proven, here's hoping your on the right side. And when you wake up in death and are given the opportunity to change, Hope you do.
Well, let's put it simple. We have entered the sixth mass life extinction in our beloved planet. 65 millions years ago (the last one) dinosaurs didn't have a bible to predict their apocalypse but indeed they saw their god made a fire rain. Life has come and gone renewing after a series of natural disasters.
See that, plain and simple. I still feel sorry for this tragedy and made a donation I hope you all are willing to do so. May all the gods bless you!!!
I was told back in religious school that the world will end in the year 6000 of the Hebrew calendar. That means that we still have 229 or so years to go. I was also taught that G-d loves His children. He is not the "Fire and Brimstone" G-d that some religious zealots make of Him. They will be the ones burning in the fires of he!!. I personally believe that everyone should be able to pray, if they so choose, the way they want to, even if it is not to the Supreme Being I believe in. That said, my prayers go to the Japanese people.
you were told and you heard but you never looked for it yourself..the word says look for god with all your heart and you will find him, not hear about god with all your heart..you have to personally read study pray and if you dont know how try your best because he knows your intentions......i use to be a drug dealer hurting many people and fear didnt turn me around it was the fact alone that jesus was real and that in the u.s they have been lieing to us about history since we were in kindergarden..
for whatever it is .. we know that life is magnificent..you can not tell me that the nature of all our emotions, the depths of our oceans ,and the vastness of outer space can be written off as anything short of a mind blowing mystery..your ignorant if you think you can.. let me point out, however, i am in now way a religious person.. i know enough to believe in a superior power .. that things such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, anything people u name it.. from the basics to the wildest things on earth.. its all nuts .. for what purpose.. we HAVE to know someone OR something created all this we just dont know who or why.. or when or how for that matter... we have ideas..as called our different religions..but i will tell you flat out your an idiot if you think you know one hundred percent..anyways the point i am trying to stress is that for all this.. for all that life is right now and everything about it.. the smartest and only sound assumption i can make.. is that there has GOT to be a PURPOSE ..RIGHT?!?!?...so live like you have a purpose to live.. no i cant say what purpose but if you were even semi aware of the scenes and events around you youd understand this cant all be for nothing.. treat others like youd wish to be treated sounds corny i already know, but honestly.. its the foundation of existence..the only thing that visibly makes a difference..so pray for these victims of japan and even help them if anyway possible..its our only play
You idiots who dont believe in God, how could you not. This earthquake verifies him! He is more powerful than you and I! I am no Christian but this can only be an act of God, this makes me know that he exists.
This has nothing to do with God....God would not destroy what he created....It is Mother Earth trying to tell us to take care of her.. She herself has the power....We as American Indian People have been trying to tell this to all cultures,yet you do not listen..
inOhio is a Fool!! God is suppose to be a Loving God,Careing God,why would God Murder so many of his Flock... The Planet is Alive,anyone who questions that is a Moron!! To the Japanese People...To ME! You are All Heroes!!!
Hey, folks. Can we get back to the Japanese people, their suffering, their endurance, their patience and THEIR faith? They have faith in each other; they respect each other, they care for each other; they share what they have with each other, especially now, to keep each other alive for another day. They are not perfect, but they seem to be better than we have been to each other given what I have read above my post. Now, why is that? Decades ago, westerners called them "pagans." But many photos I have seen show people with their hands folded in prayer. Even though such devastation was wreaked upon them, they still apparently pray. They likely pray for a child, a parent, a spouse, a sister, a brother or a collection of them all. They likely pray for them to be found, either alive or dead, simply so that they know their fate. They may even pray for strength to carry on another day after having lost everyone or everything or both. So let's get off our blasted, simple-minded pulpits and give THEM the respect THEY deserve. If prayer to a deity you believe exists makes your mind and heart healthier, and your crosses easier to bear, and makes you a better human being, then you should be allowed to worship in peace without criticism. The rest should just shut up and let people find solace wherever and however they can without getting involved in religious rants. Cheeezzzz. Whoever, or whatever forces, created this earth made something extraordinarily beautiful. The earth is not evil. The earth is simply alive, moving and changing. Sometimes that change is sudden and very violent and devastating. That is all there is to it.
Tess- Amen sister! Finally someone on here that is not an igorant self-serving miserable human being. Very well said and I couldn't agree more. Get back to the golden rule people. Have your beliefs, pray or don't to who or what ever you want. There is no room in the world anymore for forcing your opinions, beliefs or ideals on other people. Japan needs the world's help to rebuild, as for their people, they have already shown themselves to be a stronger, more determined country by not looting or rioting during the devastation. That speaks volumes about them as a whole.
Sorry to say, but we evolved from monkeys. The earth is a remnant of the Big Bang, and the earthquake was not to work of your so called god. Earthquakes are cause by tectonic plates obviously, and i'm sure your precious jesus wouldn't hurt so many so called believers!?
2012 won't happen.
We evolved.
The big bang theory created the universe.
All you jesus freaks are brainwashed.
The runway looks like a picture from 3-12. If the water has receded back from the tarmac I'm sure the C-17 Air-lifter can take off and land. It's designed for rougher terrain and shorter runways.
The C-17 is going to be scrubbed soon thanks to congress and the rest of the world with narrow vision. As these disasterscontinue these airplanes will become invaluable. The rest of the world needs to get off their asses and buy their own and stop depending on US all the time. We just never seem to get a sincere thanks when the job is done. Screw them all.
Really?...Are you seriously using this disaster to bark-up an airplane and complain about ingratitude? I think that could reasonably be considered narrow vision of a different sort...
what make you think that the rest of the world is unkindly and unthanksful to what the US does whenever there is disaster strikes ? That's a narrow minded of view of yourselfishness. What have you done to your next door-American neighbor lately?? Did you help hungry children, homeless folks in your backyard lately?? Please don't make shortsighted and biased views of other citizens of the world. It's time to put ideology, hatred, prejudice and bias down to drain and toilets and start working toghether with world community to help and alleviate human suffering and calamity of un-imaginable scale in for the people of Japan. Thank you.
we will when they stop trying kill us every chance they get because we`re AMERICANS...but we`ll keep on keep`n on
kvakva, That is because it is made with concrete not bits of plywood.
By next year this and the rest of Japan will be a Republican entrepreneur's playpen.
Oh, for Christ's sake. Enough of the bible babble.
One day every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that JESUS IS LORD.
That includes YOU!!
And how about the Buddists? And the Jews (God's chosen people)?
So i guess if what you say is true all those pour people that are dead or going to die had it coming because they didn't beleave.
AMEN!
May Our Almighty God bestow his love and grace on japan and its survivors.
I am so impressed of the strength of the Japanese people in their destitute situation.
if god is so great . why does he allowe such things to happen ?????
God is great. But, if there is no evil, there can't be good. No up, no down. No right, there can't be a left. No hate, no love. No tsumani's, no lands without them. No earthquakes, no lands without them. Nothing can be without the opposite. How would you recognise it if there wasn't an opposite???????? Can you name ONE, JUST ONE thing that there is no opposite to?????
Remember, God doesn't cause, He allows. It is the failure of mankind to PRAY to change things that causes them. So, if you are looking for someone to blame for what happened, don't look to God. Look in the mirror. YOU caused it. And, those like you. I and those like me know and understand that God answers ALL prayers of his believers. It is just that sometimes His answer is NO. But, like a child, mankind doesn't want to hear ''NO''. But, without a 'NO' there can't be a 'YES'.
It does amaze me that, while mankind finds it impossible to believe in God, the Superior Being, they find it easy to believe in the so called, ''big bang theory''. Is it really easier to believe that all of this perfection came about purely by accident??? But the idea of a superior Being is hard to swallow??? You find it impossible to believe that Someone created it, but the idea that NOTHING caused it is a bandwagon that you can't wait to ride. May God have mercy on your soul.
GOD is great, he didnot help because the technology they have false
they can all things without GOD. So God shows them his power.
Because we have free will and our sin of all people has no guarantee of no pain we will all
have pain thats when faith comes in
I don't know what "easy mode" is, but thanks for the invitation. Wish I had something profound to say that would be comforting. Instead, I'm reminded that it was a citizen of Japan's large neighbor to the west who came up with the curse, "May you live in interesting times," and the predictions of a book called, "We Are The Earth-quake Generation," which suggests to me that the thought that "There, but for the grace of God, go I," may be premature with San Andreas and it's accompanying cracks and crevices lurking. Then, too, increased solar flare activity has been predicted for this year, and who knows what 2012 has in store, eh? Perhaps that Japanese woman who observed that her life had been spared, but she wasn't convinced that it was either good or bad, may have had something there. For a member of a stoic society, a rather glum thought. :'(
Have a nice day! };-]
what make you think that the rest of the world is unkindly and unthanksful to what the US does whenever there is disaster strikes ? That's a narrow minded of view of yourselfishness. What have you done to your next door-American neighbor lately?? Did you help hungry children, homeless folks in your backyard lately?? Please don't make shortsighted and biased views of other citizens of the world. It's time to put ideology, hatred, prejudice and bias down to drain and toilets and start working toghether with world community to help and alleviate human suffering and calamity of un-imaginable scale in for the people of Japan. Thank you.
These religious freaks are sure to come out of the woodwork when a natural tragedy strikes. I suppose they will set on their fat butts and claim this is the will of God when in fact if there were a God he sure tries to make sure there will always be natural tragedies and ensure that the people know that God helps those who help themselves, meanwhile look at all of the violence in outer space and forget about this mythology and start helping these people to recover their lives and rush to help them to find shelter and warmth and food. With all of those billionaires in the world and they wait for the lower and middle class to fund this recovery and we will. I for one who knows very well what it is to be cold and hungry and homeless. I only wish I was one who could rush over there to help.
I would simply have to say I couldn't agree more. As certain religious people would take as an offense to some other people's simple opinions and standpoints, I don't want to introduce another practical statement but, rather, like to advocate what Ralph Garner had stated.
Palin 2012 !!!!
Let the apocalypse began.!!!
What is this? People are suffering extreme cold and hunger and this greedy freak is here selling merchandise. I wouldn't buy from this numbnut.
Cancel this blurb since the ad was canceled.
I pray my friends Ohnuma San and Yuki San were able to survive. Both of them worked at the Jamco facility at Sendai Airport.
Gee thanks for bringing the greatest evil of all into this.....................religion.....like these people haven't been through enough.............let's bring in the fact that the God that people belive in would destroy them in an cruel and painful manner....yes, that's the kind of God I would want to worship...an evil and vindictive one..........
God is neither cruel nor vindictive. God is good and loving. Unfortunately, we live in a broken world. It is because of man's first sin in the garden that evil exists.
We all have sinned and have fallen short to the glory of God We humans have brought despair in our own lifes we have free will our way is not gods way so the result is a crazy world with nobody caring for the earth.
Our hearts and prayers go to our friend Japanese in time of their grieves and difficulties. May the Lord of Buddha bless them for quick recovery and back to normalcy.
Good things happen to bad people just as bad things happen to Good people. Good will overcome bad if you do something Good. Sitting back being idle is not doing good, so evil wins. God does not make bad things happen. But someday I will ask my Lord above the things down here on earth we struggle to understand. May God bless all who do good and punish those that do evil and dis-believe his Almighty power. Now get yourself out there and do good even to those that hate you, show God's mighty grace to save a sinner. Romans 3:22-23
LOL, and it wouldn't take her long. She's so obviously unqualified. Not to mention why would anyone want to hear her uninformed opinions in that grating voice every friggen day, like now? It's as if the GOP wants the US to fail! If not, then they are really not smart.