Whoops I misspoke evidently the population is more like 45 million people in (potential) harms way... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area
Given the scale of this thing one would have thought that someone somewhere with some authority would have done a risk assessment and built a 1000 year or even a hundred thousand year event into the planning... (and Arthur you point re: Silicon Valley/LA/Vancouver etc. being similarly at risk for 1000 year events (more likely 100 year events) is very well taken... M -----Original Message----- From: Michael Gurstein [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:49 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [Futurework] Some Why's Re: Japan How (if necessary) exactly do you evacuate a city of 25 million people and then once they are evacuated what then? In the meantime I wish them (and us) the very best of good health and good fortune. M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Harrell Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:47 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Some Why's Re: Japan And then there is this: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/opinion/17azuma.html?_r=1&hp This and Dr. Laurie Garrett science journalist from the Council on Foreign Relations spoke about how superior the Japanese were in their scientific preparation and their health care for such emergencies compared to the U.S. on Rachel Maddow this evening. Maybe they will pull this out of the bag. I certainly hope so. REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:47 PM To: [email protected]; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] Some Why's Re: Japan http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world/asia/17tokyo.html?partner=rss&emc=rs s _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
