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Posted: 3/14/2011 11:53:11 AM EDT
I'm sure this link has been posted before, but it is so staggering I think it needs a stand alone.
21 pictures, on which you can drag a line between pre- and post event.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42064847?gt1=43001

You cannot get through these without saying 'holy shit' a lot.  
Staggering losses, just staggering.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 11:57:12 AM EDT
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Good photos...  

I suspect the before pics may be quite old, as in some cases there are sturdy buildings that survived that are not present in the before pic.  The rail building in the airport photo is the most striking example.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:05:22 PM EDT
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Wow.

I guess if anyone wanted to know what Japan would have looked like if they'd invaded teh home islands in '46 would have looked liked.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:06:58 PM EDT
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Amazing really...




Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:10:07 PM EDT
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I like this one more than the other link that is similar.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:11:36 PM EDT
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Saw them this morning

It looks like everything but the big buildings is just gone.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:16:55 PM EDT
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Both amazing and sad at the same time.  Nothing compares to the power of nature.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:23:09 PM EDT
[#7]
Holy cow.....
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:35:57 PM EDT
[#8]
New York times has a better view. On their site you can slide the middle divider back and forth.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:38:56 PM EDT
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And you wonder how myths of world-wide floods started back in the day.

To anyone living through an event like that it must have seemed like the end of the world was upon them.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:39:23 PM EDT
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New York times has a better view. On their site you can slide the middle divider back and forth.


That one does the same.  
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:42:57 PM EDT
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Holy cow.....






 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:47:03 PM EDT
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Look at all that farmland now toast.  I'm sure all that saltwater isnt good for it.

Expect the price of rice to raise drastically.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:48:06 PM EDT
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New York times has a better view. On their site you can slide the middle divider back and forth.


you can on this link as well.



 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 12:50:07 PM EDT
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Dam
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 1:03:34 PM EDT
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Quoted:


Both amazing and sad at the same time.  Nothing compares to the power of nature.






 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 1:44:00 PM EDT
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Dam


Link Posted: 3/14/2011 1:49:33 PM EDT
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Quoted:

Dam










 
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 1:52:25 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Dam


Link Posted: 3/14/2011 6:21:55 PM EDT
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I fell so bad for them
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 6:41:28 PM EDT
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Wow, that's really bad.
Link Posted: 3/14/2011 7:00:16 PM EDT
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Quoted:

Both amazing and sad at the same time. Nothing compares to the power of nature.


she can be a real bitch

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