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International

Government Incompetence: Natural disaster policies actually made things worse, so much for Japan being the most prepared nation in the world

An independent panel, investigating the Japanese government’s policies, regarding natural disasters, has found many faults that actually made things worse after the March 11 disasters.

Two primary faults were pointed out at a press conference.

One was the lack of an evacuation policy.  It seems the government never expected to have to evacuate survivors.  The panel said in the future, evacuation plans must be a pillar of dealing with natural disaster.

The second major fault (pun intended) was that the government ignored geographical evidence of 9.0 earthquakes, and hundred feet high tsunamis along Japan’s coastline.  The result was that buildings and seawalls along the coastline were not built strong enough.

Also, the panel discovered that most of the government’s hazard maps and historical tsunami data are totally wrong.

The independent panel will now research ways for the Japanese government to come up with a functional natural disaster preparedness plan.

International

Pacific Ring of Fire: Chile hit by 6.6 Earthquake

June 21, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a 6.6 quake hit Chile, near it’s border with Bolivia.

No emergencies reported, the quake was deep in the ground, at 111.3 kilometers (69.2 miles).

It seems the number of 6 plus quakes, and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ring of Fire have increased this year.  Earlier this month a volcano in Chile erupted, for several days, spewing ash that shut down airports as far away as New Zealand and Australia.

Fukushima

Tokyo revises Liquefaction Zone Map

The 11 March 2011 9.0 earthquake near Fukushima, Japan, caused liquefaction as far away as Tokyo.

Tokyo officials say they are now revising their current liquefaction zone map, because the 11 March quake revealed a potentially larger liquefaction zone.

The new map will affect future construction in Tokyo.

Fukushima

Ring of Fire strikes again: Costa Rica & Japan hit

On the evening of 13 May, the Central American country Costa Rica, was hit by a 6.0 quake.  The epicenter is near the Arenal volcano.

Then, in the early morning of 14 May,  Japan was hit by a 6.2 quake (some reports say 5.7), near the same spot as 11 March 9.0 earthquake, off the coast of Fukushima.  Initially a tsunami warning was issued, but was canceled.   No word on any damage to the nuke plants in Fukushima.

Fukushima

False Flag op? Japanese scientists knew major tsunami was going to hit Japan, at least one month prior!

A report discovered by Japan’s NHK news, shows that officials knew in February that a major tsunami could hit Japan soon.

The report was put together by the Earthquake Research Committee.  It looked at geographical evidence, and recent studies, and came up with a scenario that is exactly like what happened on 11 March.  It even named Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures as being the hardest hit!

The conclusion of the report was that the prefectures of north east Honshu needed to make preparations.  Even though the report was finish in February, the officials weren’t planning on releasing it until April.   Apparently even the experts didn’t think it could actually happen.