Wow, I thought we had it bad in Florida

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » October 22, 2004, 11:08 am

but Japan is getting royaly fucked.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/10/21/t ... index.html

TOKYO, Japan -- The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Tokage has reached 68, with 20 others missing and another 350 people injured.

It is the heaviest toll from a storm since October 1979, when 115 people died or remain unaccounted for after a typhoon.

Search and rescue crews Friday are combing areas devastated by the typhoon that unleashed high winds and heavy rains two days earlier.

The typhoon -- a record 10th to hit Japan this year -- triggered widespread landslides that forced thousands to flee.

10 Typhoons in one year, and we are worried about 4 hurricanes.

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » October 22, 2004, 11:47 am

Can you imagine the design contraints necessary to build something in that area.

You VERY limited space on the ground. You have to account for full scale earthquakes. You apparently need to account for typhoon strength winds.

Hell all they lack is a volcano nearby.

Splatter · Post by **Splatter** » October 22, 2004, 12:26 pm

They do have one, Mt Aso

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_imag ... japan.html

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 22, 2004, 5:27 pm

Yes, but do they have a giant fire-breathing lizard?!

Oh

Right

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 22, 2004, 5:37 pm

Typhoon Tokage? Why do they get the cool names?

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 22, 2004, 5:43 pm

It's Japanese for Herbert probably.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » October 22, 2004, 7:04 pm

While I was stationed over there, America finally gave Japan permission to build military bases again. On an island you really can't build outwards so they built not only up but DOWN. The big base I saw had at least 23 floors below ground.

For as many people as Japan has 68 dead really isn't all that much. Not to belittle their loss though.