A sobering Google Streetview journey

Oberon · 04-29-13, 10:33 PM

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...&cbp=12,0,,0,0

Start here, and then follow the road wherever you want, this is inside the 'Restricted Zone' of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on the road you will pass wrecked cars, silent reminders of the tsunami that swept across the road you're on, two years ago. If you travel a bit to the west, you will find the town of Namie, once home to over twenty two thousand people, now grass grows high through the pavement, no children play in the grounds of the elementary school and rubble lies where it fell. There are still people who live in Namie, no-one really knows how many, nor how much radiation they've taken in.

Stealhead · 04-29-13, 11:20 PM

Notice that an area right at the start point on the bridge is blurred out?

Between the 10th and 11th pole for the railing on the right side.
Curious looks like it just fuzzes there for some reason moving away a bit and looking at the same spot its more clear.

Oberon · 04-30-13, 12:05 AM

It could be Googles 'face/numberplate recognition software' being a bit overzealous, I have noticed in other places where it's blurred something completely randomly.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-30-13, 06:50 AM

The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK.

Jimbuna · 04-30-13, 11:35 AM

Struggling to find Namie tbh

Oberon · 04-30-13, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Struggling to find Namie tbh

Zoom out into Google maps and go to the north-west, you should be able to see it there.

Jimbuna · 04-30-13, 11:42 AM

Rgr that...looks a tad spooky, bit like a ghost town.

Oberon · 04-30-13, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Rgr that...looks a tad spooky, bit like a ghost town.

Aye, that's what gets me the most, everything just left like it was that day two years ago, passing the elementary school and seeing the grass growing out in the playground, it's pretty sad to think of the children suddenly plucked away from their homes and scattered throughout Japan. I wonder if they will face the same sort of discrimination that the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced, the Hibakusha. One can hope that the campaigns that the original Hibakusha launched, and the fact that they survived this long will help remove the discrimination for the next generation of Hibakusha.
Certainly though, through studies of families evacuated from the exclusion zone, the major health problems have been mental rather than physical.

mookiemookie · 04-30-13, 12:44 PM

Looks like the setting for the next Stalker game.

Stealhead · 04-30-13, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Looks like the setting for the next Stalker game.

Get out of here Stalker!

WernherVonTrapp · 04-30-13, 02:31 PM

I actually saw a recent photo of my uncle who lives in Florida. Haven't seen him in over 20 years otherwise.

Mork_417 · 05-01-13, 02:50 AM

The scale of destruction is unbelievable.

Onkel Neal · 05-01-13, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK.

And Houston. We need a new mayor. Streets here are like 3rd world country.

Jimbuna · 05-01-13, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

And Houston. We need a new mayor. Streets here are like 3rd world country.

I did notice back in 2008

Oberon · 02-18-14, 02:55 PM

Some epic thread necromancy, just to point out that since I last checked the area, quite a bit more of the exclusion zone has been mapped, including the approach roads to the power station itself.

04-29-13, 10:33 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	A sobering Google Streetview journey http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...&cbp=12,0,,0,0 Start here, and then follow the road wherever you want, this is inside the 'Restricted Zone' of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on the road you will pass wrecked cars, silent reminders of the tsunami that swept across the road you're on, two years ago. If you travel a bit to the west, you will find the town of Namie, once home to over twenty two thousand people, now grass grows high through the pavement, no children play in the grounds of the elementary school and rubble lies where it fell. There are still people who live in Namie, no-one really knows how many, nor how much radiation they've taken in.

04-30-13, 06:50 AM	#4
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	The sobering thought is that they still have better roads than in the UK. __________________

04-30-13, 11:35 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Struggling to find Namie tbh __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-30-13, 11:42 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rgr that...looks a tad spooky, bit like a ghost town. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-30-13, 12:44 PM	#9
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Looks like the setting for the next Stalker game. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

04-29-13, 11:20 PM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Notice that an area right at the start point on the bridge is blurred out? Between the 10th and 11th pole for the railing on the right side. Curious looks like it just fuzzes there for some reason moving away a bit and looking at the same spot its more clear.

04-30-13, 12:05 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It could be Googles 'face/numberplate recognition software' being a bit overzealous, I have noticed in other places where it's blurred something completely randomly.

04-30-13, 02:31 PM	#11
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I actually saw a recent photo of my uncle who lives in Florida. Haven't seen him in over 20 years otherwise. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

05-01-13, 02:50 AM	#12
Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	The scale of destruction is unbelievable. __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

02-18-14, 02:55 PM	#15
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Some epic thread necromancy, just to point out that since I last checked the area, quite a bit more of the exclusion zone has been mapped, including the approach roads to the power station itself.