Earthquake (8.9magnitude) & Tsunami hits Tokyo

inspector_monkfish

lostinrates wrote: »

Impressive, but ....I can't imagine working through something on this scale...I'd want to at least follow what was happening!

Well, thats Bankers for you.... all round professionals and great guys

inspector_monkfish

08:46 11Mar11 - JAPAN WARNS OF IMMINENT STRONG QUAKE ON NORTHEASTERN HONSHU ISLAND

1984ReturnsForReal_2

I wonder how much it will cost the underwriters.

PasturesNew

I got up/dressed to go see this on the telly, but The Wright Show's on. So I said "earthquake in Japan", answer "seen it".
Me: "But, it's on now"
Them: "They're always having them"
Me: "But, but, it's a biggun"
Them: "I've known bigger".

So I left and came back here.

lemonjelly

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

Well, thats Bankers for you.... all round professionals and great guys

Or.....They've taken their eyes off the ball again!:eek:

Seriously, I can't help but wonder how they're concentrating on working whilst all this is going on. Hope they're ok.

ChiefGrasscutter

lemonjelly wrote: »

Or.....They've taken their eyes off the ball again!:eek:

Seriously, I can't help but wonder how they're concentrating on working whilst all this is going on. Hope they're ok.

Easy..
They are just working out what they need to do
Sell all insurers
Buy all construction firms

As ususal making money out of others misery

Spiv_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Its horrific the images isn't it?

DH was meant to be there this week to sort through an issue that isn't going through there for some reason: thank good he didn't go. And he's just given a colleague a bit of an ear bashing for badgering Tokyo based people about lack of response this morning.

When I was watching the tsunami on TV I thought I was looking at rubble and bolders and then I realised it was whole buildings, schools, factorys, cars. I could barely make sense of what I was seeing!

lostinrates

Spiv wrote: »

When I was watching the tsunami on TV I thought I was looking at rubble and bolders and then I realised it was whole buildings, schools, factorys, cars. I could barely make sense of what I was seeing!

yep, same here....I first started pitying the farmers the rubbish coming across their fields and the clean up then realised it wasn't ''litter'' or even ''big litter''.

Snooze

julieq wrote: »

Watching this in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, and apart from the horrific reports and pictures I have to say that Al Jazeera's coverage is streets ahead of the BBC. They're letting the experts talk and not injecting misplaced speculation. It doesn't detract one iota from the drama.

:beer: I find that Al Jazeera's news coverage on everything is way better than BBC, Sky, CNN etc. I don't know how they do it nor even who they are or where they are based (presumably Middle East somewhere) but I have their 'English' news URL bookmarked and always use them instead of BBC. :T

Oh and the female reporter is VERY easy on the eyes as well :eek: :j :T .

lostinrates

I have just been watching on BBC this morning, but I've only just realised I'm watching it on BBC1 not the 24 channel. Its significant enough to bbc to replace the homes under the hammer rubbish. which at least says something positive about BBC to me.