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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn honor of those that lost their lives 3 years ago in Northern Japan
In tribute to the 20,000 people that lost their lives in the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 3 years ago.
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In honor of those that lost their lives 3 years ago in Northern Japan (Original Post)
Bonobo
Mar 2014
OP
bemildred
(90,061 posts)1. +1. Never forget. nt
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)2. And to those still struggling to rebuild their lives. nt
dhill926
(16,355 posts)3. K & R....
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)4. K & R....n/t
malaise
(269,157 posts)6. I will never forget that day and the days
that followed
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)7. ...
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)9. Watching it unfold on TV, that water moving in looked so slow...
At the time, I had just no idea what a nightmare I was looking at first.
niyad
(113,567 posts)11. k and r
Octafish
(55,745 posts)12. On the Poet's Trail
NatGeo on Basho and his journey:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/bashos-trail/howard-norman-text.html
dembotoz
(16,834 posts)13. k and r
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)14. K n R for those
dealing with the wrenching sorrow of having a loved one torn from them unexpectedly, suddenly, violently permanently.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)15. One of the most disturbing things I ever saw on television...
...was overhead helicopter footage of water rushing onto the Japanese land, and seeing cars still driving on the road, possibly in an attempt to outrun the deluge.
And when they first stated that there might be a threat of damage to the country's nuclear reactors. Which sadly was the actual result.
Just chilling.