Workers watch a crane dismantling houses in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the port town of Kesennuma, Iwate Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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Workers watch a crane dismantling houses in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the port town of Kesennuma, Iwate Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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Patricia Yarrow
Morbid times, melovelongtime.
goddog
If the three guys watching were to work, things might get done more quickly.
meloveulongtime
can we please have some more uplifting pictures of the day? This website is becoming morbid
getsy
it's not a crane..' it's a mini Excavator with a claw attachment put on. Japanese call them Power Shovels. So I guess this one would be a mini power shovel.
Gurukun
Weird.
I dont see a crane I didn't know that those blue plastic containers were houses Didn't know thst lifting a box was called dismantling.cactusJack
It is gonna take that one little crane a long time.
kokorocloud
I do wonder why they're just standing around and watching. Couldn't they be picking stuff up or something? Or maybe they did before and/or after this shot was taking.
paulinusa
It's a monumental mess to clean up, but it will get done and maybe in less time than expected.
my2sense
I have seen many shots like this...first thing I noticed 15 yrs ago...mini cranes and guys standing around watching is a common sight in Japan- minus the destruction in the background. The crane racket sure made out as it did many years ago.
YongYang
And so it begins. The Rebuild. 頑張れ!