Japan rocked with 8.9 earthquake.

[pomtzu]

February 2nd 2011
In Pictures: Inside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Thanks for posting. I was surprised tho, to see that some work is going on inside the building. I thought no one could go anywhere the place.

I heard on the radio yesterday that only $49 million had been donated to the Red Cross so far. Sounds like a lot to me, but I guess that is a lot lower then historically donated in the 6 days following a major event like this.

I heard it said that it is due to the Japanese economy being what it is, since they are a big player in the world market. Compare that to Haiti, and it certainly does make sense. None the less, they still need help, and the donations so far have been pretty meager.

[smokey the elder]

I'm not sure why this is. Maybe because they're seen as a First World country, and wealthy. The US didn't get a lot of foreign donations after Katrina, for example. I don't think there's the push to donate like there was with Haiti. Who knows?

I see now that they are planning to entomb the reactors after all.