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Desert Tortoise
The same debate occurs in the US. There are arguments that various levels of government should not allow homes to be rebuilt in the same vulnerable places after they are either burned or flooded out. Those places are not limited to western mountains, but also flood prone areas along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Some years ago the state of California tried to add a fire fighting surcharge to the taxes of home and business owners in high fire danger regions to partially pay for the increasingly high cost of fighting these fires to protect these very properties. That didn't go very far. Now it seems insurance companies are refusing to insure homes and businesses in these areas, which will make new mortgages impossible to fund.
voiceofokinawa
Japan is brimmed with too many natural disasters caused by typhoons, disastrous heavy rain, earthquakes, volcanic eruption and tsunamis. So, it must always be prepared to deal with such perennial disasters.
OldHawk
The witness videos are heartbreaking. Deepest condolences to those affected.
Will Goode
@Kurumazaka
@chabbawanga
like doing something about a population after it’s born is much harder than birth control, same say no to planning permission easier than moving house, but this is different Government on purpose made it worse;vanityofvanitiesToday 06:31 pm JST
BBC reporter suggested cutting trees of the upper mountain of the area to build solar panels might have contributed to the disaster.
Yes it did !
quercetum
@Thomas Tank
Thanks for the Tik Tok clip. Looked like the white car got away in time but the I hope he didn't get swept away by the slide seconds later.
Chabbawanga
So people should seriously consider moving, right?
Is there something wrong with this opinion? Should people live in a red zone and just hope for the best? Then if something bad happens shouganai. Its crazy.
Mark
Saw the video, thank you Thomas, Unbelievable force and speed.
Chabbawanga
Downvote if you must but jgov should force people living in these clearly vulnerable areas to move. Its insane to live on a cliff like this in Japan.
smithinjapan
obladi: "It seems like we got two rainy seasons this year."
Or else it's just raining a lot. Doesn't have to be a label for everything, or else this would technically be the third, since we had the "early rainy season" start in May... before it was called the "fake rainy season" and the "real rainy season" started.
Stay safe, peeps. As has been said above, learn and remember your evacuation centers.
obladi
It seems like we got two rainy seasons this year. People living in or near mountainous areas should be extra careful this week.
vanityofvanities
BBC reporter suggested cutting trees of the upper mountain of the area to build solar panels might have contributed to the disaster.
ulysses
Saw footage of the landslide on TV and it was scary. I hope there were no people in the houses that were swept away.
Also the rescue teams were very close to the landslide, hope none of them were hurt!
Thomas Tank
It is similar, sure. (Judging purely from videos) It's sickening and depressing...
Arrrgh-Type
My in-laws said that the footage reminded them of 3.11. The scale isn't the same, obviously, but if you've seen the videos, the sheer force of the landslide is terrifying.
Some dude
I went past Atami on the way to another part of Shizuoka just a couple of weeks ago. It’s a charming looking place.
Hope they get as much assistance as necessary. Who knows, maybe the national government will get off their knees in front of the IOC and do something for their own people.
Thomas Tank
And more. Horrific.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6EYJ3Bk13k
itsonlyrocknroll
Pretty please make sure you are aware of your temporary evacuation site (Temporary assembly point).
Lectures for Foreign Students on Disaster Control
https://www.jpss.jp/en/life/crisis/5/
Thomas Tank
Another, consolidated. :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDAMmB_LMhY
Thomas Tank
Here's a video of the landslide in action. Scary stuff.
https://9gag.com/gag/aNp3xwr
Fighto!
Absolutely awful scenes. Hope and pray for the missing.
When is Japan going to catch a break for once?