Tornado rips through Japanese city northeast of Tokyo
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[quote]A tornado tore through a city northeast of Japan’s capital on Sunday, killing one person, injuring dozens of others and destroying scores of houses.
Firefighters and medical teams rushed to the area after the tornado struck Tsukuba city, 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Tokyo. The city is a science centre, with dozens of research and academic institutes, but the tornado appeared to mostly hit residential areas.
A 14-year-old boy died after being injured by the storm, Tsukuba Medical Center said.
More than 30 other people were injured, including at least 10 who were being treated at hospitals, fire officials said. Details of the death and injuries were not immediately available.
Public broadcaster NHK showed rows of houses without roofs, apartment complexes with smashed balconies and shattered windows, and tilting telephone poles that could barely stand.
It said about 200 homes were damaged.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said 24,000 homes were without electricity as lightning added to the storm’s damage.
Tornadoes are relatively rare in the Tokyo area.[/quote]
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Oh my. Since when have you ever heard of a Tornado in Japan! :V
damn the japs dont have a lot of luck with nature do they
[QUOTE=parket;35849138]damn the japs dont have a lot of luck with nature do they[/QUOTE]
That's what made them so tough!
Oh wait...
A lot of the people filming don't really seem to know the dangers of a tornado. One is sitting in her car like right next to it, the one right after her is standing still under some powerlines
[QUOTE=parket;35849138]damn the japs dont have a lot of luck with nature do they[/QUOTE]
Gaia's way of paying them back for all the unnatural shit that comes out of there.
But seriously, I didn't even know Japan had tornadoes. I sympathize with the victims.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;35849338]A lot of the people filming don't really seem to know the dangers of a tornado. One is sitting in her car like right next to it, the one right after her is standing still under some powerlines[/QUOTE]When they upload video to youtube or whatever, they don't want to get complaints for shaky camera
[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;35849440]Gaia's way of paying them back for all the unnatural shit that comes out of there.
But seriously, I didn't even know Japan had tornadoes. I sympathize with the victims.[/QUOTE]
If anything it wouldn't surprise me if the Japs had some kind of Weather Control device.
I never knew that Japan got tornados as well. Fuck, I think that Earth just hates them.
That blows.
[QUOTE=Zapp3d;35849127]Oh my. Since when have you ever heard of a Tornado in Japan! :V[/QUOTE]
Tornadoes can happen anywhere on earth, believe it or not. There have been instances of them happening in the Arctic, over open ocean, in major metropolitan areas, you name it.
Earthquakes, tsunami's and now residential neighborhood-destroying tornados
waw
Japan, what the hell did you do to make nature so angry at you?
[editline]6th May 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;35849946]Earthquakes, tsunami's and now residential neighborhood-destroying tornados
waw[/QUOTE]
Next up, they build something like that on your avatar that scares the living hell out of everyone, killing people in the process.
Seriously, what is that exactly? its scary as hell.
Well they have hurricanes and earthquakes and volcanoes and tornadoes and floods and tsunamis...
What's left? I mean is there anything they don't have?
Poor Japan. It's a shame someone died. Apparently, tornadoes usually aren't very deadly.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;35849927]Tornadoes can happen anywhere on earth, believe it or not. There have been instances of them happening in the Arctic, over open ocean, in major metropolitan areas, you name it.[/QUOTE]
Europe's had quite a few of them, as well. There was a huge one that hit England in 1761 near Great Malvern (probably an F5). There were written accounts of it that still survive to this day:
[quote=Sylvanus Urban]At a quarter past four in the afternoon, a most astonishing phaenomen was seen at Great Malvern, in Worchestershire, and parts adjacent. It had the appearance of a volcano, and was attended with a noise as if 100 forges had been at work at once; it filled the air with a nausseous sulpherous smell; it rose from the mountains in the form of a prodigious thick smoak, and proceeded to the valleys, where it rose and fell several times; and at length it subsided in a turnep-field, where the leaves of the turneps, leaves of the trees, dirt, sticks, &c. filled the air and flew higher than the highest hills. It was preceded with the most dreadful storm of thunder and lightning ever heard in the memory of man, and spread an universal consternation, wherever it was seen or heard.[/quote]
[url]http://books.google.com/books?id=SqA3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA477#v=onepage&q&f=false[/url]
It's pretty interesting and amusing to read these descriptions, as the people had no idea what the hell exactly they were witnessing.
I feel for those people seriously, they get no breaks
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Next up, they build something like that on your avatar that scares the living hell out of everyone, killing people in the process.
Seriously, what is that exactly? its scary as hell.[/QUOTE]
[B]Out of topic:[/B] It's from this movie, Ghost in the Shell 2. It's a supposed sex doll gone rogue, killing people due to a malfunctioning AI software. Good series to watch if you've got a chance, don't let animu stuff cloud your judgement of art
[QUOTE=Andokool12;35849338]A lot of the people filming don't really seem to know the dangers of a tornado. One is sitting in her car like right next to it, the one right after her is standing still under some powerlines[/QUOTE]
Because tornados hardly happen in Japan. If they dont happen with enough frequency to train the people and make buildings tornado proof ontop of earthquake and typhoon proof then whats the point?
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;35849442]When they upload video to youtube or whatever, they don't want to get complaints for shaky camera[/QUOTE]
"what'd you upload this with a potato??? 574 likes"
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;35850525]
[B]Out of topic:[/B] It's from this movie, Ghost in the Shell 2. It's a supposed sex doll gone rogue, killing people due to a malfunctioning AI software. Good series to watch if you've got a chance, don't let animu stuff cloud your judgement of art[/QUOTE]
Of course it has to be a sex doll.
Anyways, does Japan have any sort of NWS?
[QUOTE=Andokool12;35849338]A lot of the people filming don't really seem to know the dangers of a tornado. One is sitting in her car like right next to it, the one right after her is standing still under some powerlines[/QUOTE]
It's probable that the people filming just happened to be caught in those areas when the tornado came through. The person right next to it likely just happened to be in the right/wrong place at the right/wrong time.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;35849927]Tornadoes can happen anywhere on earth, believe it or not. There have been instances of them happening in the Arctic, over open ocean, in major metropolitan areas, you name it.[/QUOTE]
I've seen them in the ocean, they're called Waterspouts at that point, but they are fucking awesome looking over water
That was some really amazing footage of the tornado itself. It's crazy seeing something like that, from a distance, and up close.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;35850525]I feel for those people seriously, they get no breaks
[B]Out of topic:[/B] It's from this movie, Ghost in the Shell 2. It's a supposed sex doll gone rogue, killing people due to a malfunctioning AI software. Good series to watch if you've got a chance, don't let animu stuff cloud your judgement of art[/QUOTE]
Oh GitS?
Off I go to get them then. One of the only series in anime that was worth the time.
Misread as Toronto, I was confused there for a second.
[QUOTE=jordguitar;35850678]Because tornados hardly happen in Japan. If they dont happen with enough frequency to train the people and make buildings tornado proof ontop of earthquake and typhoon proof then whats the point?[/QUOTE]
I know, that's why I pointed it out
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;35856544]Misread as Toronto, I was confused there for a second.[/QUOTE]
A giant multi-cultural mob of hipsters attacks Japanese city!
[QUOTE=parket;35849138]damn the japs dont have a lot of luck with nature do they[/QUOTE]
The wooden and paper design that people associate with Japanese architecture? It is thought to have been designed that way because they have historically been fucked so regularly by nature that it just made sense to make their structures really easy to build, but structurally not all that resilient. It really saves time on rebuilding.
Though normally it is a volcanic eruption, earth quake, or tsunami.
I question if ultimately that mindset is also why the atomic bombs have not generated a greater scar on US/Japanese relations. We called it a strategic nuclear strike, they called it Tuesday.
[QUOTE=GunFox;35857829]
I question if ultimately that mindset is also why the atomic bombs have not generated a greater scar on US/Japanese relations. We called it a strategic nuclear strike, they called it Tuesday.[/QUOTE]
i didnt know an atomic bomb was a natural occurence every tuesday
[QUOTE=GunFox;35857829]
I question if ultimately that mindset is also why the atomic bombs have not generated a greater scar on US/Japanese relations. We called it a strategic nuclear strike, they called it Tuesday.[/QUOTE]
The scar is pretty huge. All school children are taught about it and its long-lasting effects (and how it's really a terrible war crime). There's just nothing to compare it to because it's the only country to ever have been attacked with a nuclear weapon.
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