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8.9 magnitude earthquake hits the coast of Japan, causing 10-meter tsunami waves
tania:
i know the answers to both of those questions but i will decline to answer because i am still far too ashamed of my newfound expertise re: the disney princess franchise
Ozymandias:
Megara and Esmeralda are not princesses, no.
The princesses are Snow White, Aurora, Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, and now, presumably, Rapunzel- who is white.
Fuck all y'all.
Spluff:
--- Quote from: calenlass on 13 Mar 2011, 21:29 ---I think we should take their example for how to prepare for and handle crises, though. They haven't asked for money, and all the building damage was caused by the tsunami, not the earthquake. I am pretty sure California would not be able to say the same, if they were in the same situation.
--- End quote ---
Japan is situated in the most earthquake prone area in the entire world, though. The level of preparedness of most countries for this sort of thing varies directly with how likely they are to occur (provided they are in a country that can afford to do something about it - there are a lot of countries in disaster prone areas with terrible infrastructure because of their poor government and economics). California may be less prepared for earthquakes than Japan (because it is less frequent in California than Japan), but they are still well prepared (because they still get a good amount of earthquakes, being situated on a fault line).
There's also the fact that only a few states of the USA are prone to this sort of thing, whereas all of Japan (to some extent) is vulnerable, elevating it to a national issue - and national issues will always be better funded and organized than something that only effects parts of the nation.
Spluff:
whoops there was a second page
I now return you to your scheduled disney princess discussion
scarred:
OK radiation is coming out
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