Posts tagged "earthquake"
  1. Notes: 13 / 5 months ago  from loganabbott
    DC Earthquake Devastation

    Thanks to all of you for your kind words of support, as we look to recover from the devastation of today’s quake!

    (Source: loganabbott)

  2. Notes: 1853 / 10 months ago  from anythingkeithanything (originally from galaxybear-deactivated20110516-)

    Rescued Giant Pandas After The Earthquake

    galaxybear:

    Why do people keep connecting pandas to the earthquake?

    Wild pandas are endangered and found exclusively in southwest China, which is why they’re a symbol of China! Japan is nowhere close and has never had a wild panda population! Just because they’re both Asian countries doesn’t mean pandas are crawling everywhere.

    The last giant panda owned by Japan came from the Beijing Zoo and died in Tokyo in 2008. There are currently about 10 other giant pandas on loan from China that are spread in various zoos in Japan, but certainly none that were affected by the quake. I traced these photos in TinEye and they’ve all been circulating the internet since long before this year’s Japan quake. 

    If you learn one thing from this:

    Pandas are not from Japan! (Oh, and factcheck.)

  3. Notes: 7 / 11 months ago 
    Hundreds of new cars waiting to be shipped out from Japan piled together and caught on fire. Most of them look like Infiniti G Sedans, which is a shame because those are nice cars. Anyone want to try to identify the other model in the picture? I know they’re coupes, and their greenhouse shape looks almost like a GT-R’s. But their taillights look more Inifiniti-esque. Give it a guess?

    Hundreds of new cars waiting to be shipped out from Japan piled together and caught on fire. Most of them look like Infiniti G Sedans, which is a shame because those are nice cars.

    Anyone want to try to identify the other model in the picture? I know they’re coupes, and their greenhouse shape looks almost like a GT-R’s. But their taillights look more Inifiniti-esque. Give it a guess?

    (Source: Boston.com)

     
  4. 11 months ago 
    Officials in Japan check for signs of radiation in children near the damaged Daini nuclear plant. Thankfully, the effects of radiation have been predicted to be minimal.

    Officials in Japan check for signs of radiation in children near the damaged Daini nuclear plant. Thankfully, the effects of radiation have been predicted to be minimal.

    (Source: Boston.com)

     
  5. Notes: 77626 / 11 months ago  from hakujou (originally from mileyhighrus)
    doe-says: ohdangitsolivia: astoldbynigger: Following the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan, this terrified giant panda grabs the leg of a policeman. AHHH why do people keep doing this?? this is from 2008 earthquake in CHINA… not the 2011 earthquake in Japan Not even that. I’ve found accompanying news stories (1, 2) that date from January 2006. Way to go, internet rumormill! The official caption is this: A giant panda holds a feeder’s legs for food at the China Giant Panda Research Centre in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan province January 4, 2006.

    doe-says:

    ohdangitsolivia:

    astoldbynigger:

    Following the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan, this terrified giant panda grabs the leg of a policeman.

    AHHH why do people keep doing this?? this is from 2008 earthquake in CHINA… not the 2011 earthquake in Japan

    Not even that. I’ve found accompanying news stories (1, 2) that date from January 2006. Way to go, internet rumormill!

    The official caption is this:

    A giant panda holds a feeder’s legs for food at the China Giant Panda Research Centre in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan province January 4, 2006.

    (Source: mileyhighrus)

     
  6. 11 months ago 

    Did Lady Gaga really donate $16 million to Japan?

    The news is ablaze on Twitter and Tumblr, but Lady Gaga herself hasn’t even tweeted about it and I’ve found 0 news sources that confirm this information.

  7. Notes: 1 / 11 months ago 
    Earthquake shifted Japan by 8 feet and Earth's axis by 4 inches

    It’s also interesting to note that this earthquake was similar in power to the 2004 earthquake in southeast Asia that killed 200,000.

  8. Notes: 16 / 11 months ago  from whitehousephotostream
    whitehousephotostream: P031111PS-0026: President Barack Obama receives a briefing on the earthquake in Japan and the tsunami warnings across the Pacific in the Oval Office, March 11, 2011. Briefing the President, from left, are: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan; National Security Staff Senior Director for Resilience Richard Reed; and National Security Staff Director Asian Affairs Daniel Russel. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. Believe it or not, the White House actually has an official Tumblr photolog. Perhaps Tumblr is finally mainstream?

    whitehousephotostream:

    P031111PS-0026:

    President Barack Obama receives a briefing on the earthquake in Japan and the tsunami warnings across the Pacific in the Oval Office, March 11, 2011. Briefing the President, from left, are: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan; National Security Staff Senior Director for Resilience Richard Reed; and National Security Staff Director Asian Affairs Daniel Russel. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

    This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

    Believe it or not, the White House actually has an official Tumblr photolog. Perhaps Tumblr is finally mainstream?

     
  9. 11 months ago 
    Thousands of new cars waiting for shipment in Hitachinaka were pushed onto each other by tsunami waves.

    Thousands of new cars waiting for shipment in Hitachinaka were pushed onto each other by tsunami waves.

    (Source: Boston.com)

     
  10. 11 months ago 
    NOAA’s map of predicted tsunami intensity around the world after the 8.9 in Japan.

    NOAA’s map of predicted tsunami intensity around the world after the 8.9 in Japan.

     
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