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Pancack. I was merely saying that they are trying to drag the limited amount of what they've got to talk about out over a long period of time. As Phil said they start every sentence by 'An earthquake has hit Japan' yadder yadder yadder. On the breaking news section of their website they even had 'Barack Obama has been woken up early to be informed of the earthquake'. It's a load of s#it.

It really is like watching the day after tomorrow. My heart really does go out to the people affected. Can't really get my head around it. It's like thinking of the whole of Brighton being wiped off the face of the planet. The history that has gone into all those buildings, the memories and everything completely irradicated. I just can't get my head around how massive this must have affected people. Their homes, businesses, cars completely lost - and in some even worst cases entire families lives taken.

I disagree. They play the same footage over and over again. They zoom out and in on the same footage so it looks different. To begin with they were only saying the British were trying to help which is why I said what I said earlier in the thread. If they weren't giving that impression, I wouldn't have got it? There is not a doubt in my mind that they've been very typical of reporters in the way they've highlighted things. It is what I fully expected though as this is what always happens! I don't know how they could do it any differently as everything that has happened can be covered in 15 minutes of talking, so they have to try and drag it out a bit longer than 15 minutes! I'll always hate reporters though. It is a case of doomed if they do, doomed if they don't. I don't think the BBC does a bad job in comparison to some other channels though.

I'm off to the Caribbean for 2 weeks on Tuesday - Dominican Republic to be precise. What with what happened in Haiti it's certainly going to be on the back of my mind the whole time I'm there!

Concerning.

It absolutely is - just a bit frustrating at the same time that other countries don't try and help!

Why is it always Britain going in to help with things like this? Never Germany, Spain, France etc. Whatever happens in any part of the world we always seem to be first to put our hand in!

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I'd be more impressed if it was uploaded a few months back and not on the day of the event?

That's what I thought - but apparently it is illegal in Japan to accept donations from other countries as it could be considered a bribe to support certain policies or something like that... I bet that contribution law will suddenly change!

What happens after this sort of incident to people who've lost their cars, houses etc? Presumably they are exempt from claiming on insurance because of it being an act of god? As there are billions and billions of pounds of damage here is this going to drastically affect Japan's economy? Or do you think they'll recieve a huge amount of national aid which will help them pull through this?

eh?

That was a real stab in the japs eye.

President Barack Obama was woken at in the early hours of the morning to be told about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Washington says. Much of the US west coast, as well as Hawaii, remains on tsunami alert. This is getting serious.

news.sky.com Can anyone get on their website?

How far in land has water reached so far? Don't seem to be getting any 'facts' so far - which I think is a really, really bad sign that the worst news is yet to come.

spam?

I can't think of what we have done, but I'm sure we've helped them out before when they've been struggling. We've certainly favoured them when loaning out players in the past. WTF is their problem?

Or buy lots of beavers.

600MPH, yet they've reduced the threat level and assume it is only going to damage their sealife?

We're lucky to be at the heart of Europe! (for a change)

I'm watching BBC news online. Why aren't they mentioning the other earthquake in Hawaii?