TWO DIFFERENT DISASTER: LESSONS TWO DIFFERENT
(update March 15, 2011, 2330)
(update March 15, 2011, 2330)
quite mysterious offers English reality for one to get into the realities of other continents. But this is not a "blog" specialized and would rarely ignore, or give the impression of being oblivious, terrible events, which just by its size and importance, we are present and immediate, also in subjective closeness to local events.
goes without saying that the Islamic world to me mysterious, strange and, therefore, subjectively far away. Islam few things I see clear, but not now come to mind. Now it is striking developments in several countries usually little news and that prevented massive killing of two of these countries, Tunisia and Egypt , the status of the zone seem catastrophic to stop the armed conflict in Libya , accompanied by disturbing episodes that occur here and there, but always with a certain geographical proximity. That is one hundred percent human catastrophe, although it is difficult or impossible to determine the different contributory causes. While in the Far East, in Japan, there has been no human catastrophe as a result of the tectonic plates collide and tend to overlap. Catastrophe human of Islamic countries has very deep roots, difficult diagnosis and treatment rather than problematic, not from outside (outside untreated, it seems) but from within these societies . The great catastrophe natural exceed of Japan, however, the human element . In any case, both disasters have something in common, purely external, are in these days of instant global communication (and in many ways, always precarious, should not forget), realities that are introduced into our homes.
HUMAN CATASTROPHE IN LIBYA : NEEDED AREAS OF EXCLUSION OF TYRANTS
After the events of Tunisia and Egypt , we live in "a minute" for a media effort that have gone through the media to an almost underground, Libya revolt against Gaddafi is now what it is at all times. The uncertainties on Tunisia and Egypt (with the addition of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Sudan, etc.) Are partners to those of Libya, but these days there is only news of Libya, where a civil war a crushing of the rebellion (depending on your point of view) with the tremendous noise and glare own relentless death. The media seems to care at the most phenomenal, what best can be seen and heard, to which most sensory impact. I suspect that this selection of news not only because of the greater difficulty of monitoring what happens outside the public in Tunisia and Egypt, and will surely be too sensuously perceptible, although more effort with better qualified - but also the belief that the customers of the "media" as preferred spectacular, though not the most important. So that, between them and other factors, all "Arab countries" with internal turbulence (all important), only continue to receive pictures and news from Libya. For now, that's all spectacular and worthy of attention media.
I think, on the political and social upheaval of the Islamic world, the new ruling that is now called " intelligence" and formerly known as " information services" (more espionage , pure and simple) (as always, the former names were more modest and accurate and modern, so pompous and inaccurate and ridiculous). The "intelligence " Western (is ie the U.S., Britain and continental Europe) has been decidedly silly . Not only did not know anything that could not be simmering without any outward sign, but there have been gaffes so glaring as the Secretary of the Foreign Office, which announced the move as news Gaddafi to Venezuela. And in this area as in others more modest (headlights, pay at supermarkets, Justice, etc), the "leaders" of all parties are endeavoring to replace (not supplement, replace) the "human factor" (the book of Graham Greene , the works of Le Carré ) for technology, aerospace, electronics, computer science. And so, without people on the ground, only to find out what crosses the ether or what the satellite photograph (the play: there are people who believe everything that appears in the film and think that everyone has provided over one or more satellites): in any case, such automatic information that no one can "process."
Gaddafi is by far the more ludicrous and undisguised dictatorship of the top three countries in crisis, less disguised tyrant, the most strident. And Libya lacked and lacks a remotely political structure comparable to that of Tunisia and Egypt. However, by the mysteries of "realism" of international politics, Qaddafi has been the "leader" most traveled and most shamefully feted by Western leaders, including English.
Perhaps because you have read the young-and after-reread some classics, never crossed my head the export of democracy. What democracy in Afghanistan be comical if it had already cost so many lives . But one thing is not to impose democracy and quite another, reirles the Thanks to the tyrants and assemble the tents democratic territory. Now, with Gaddafi , Western leaders talk about not knowing what to do. And the EU, with 27 speakers, which has been the palm of quackery: Obama has also made his statements, but rather to criticize him for his silence. All doubt (normal: the situation is very complicated), all except RodrÃguez Zapatero (ZP), which, without hesitation, sent English troops in the wilderness where agreed tribalized UN or something. But if ZP is certainly not because by sending English troops to Libya would not be thinking or Libya or soldiers English, but raise more dust here.
Perhaps in Libya can not now do much from the outside. You can certainly do in order not to feed more Gadafis. As it could not present the world as normal to Tunisian Ali Ben or Hosni Mubarak Egyptian expelled both from the Socialist International almost posthumously. thing about the "strange bedfellows " should have a limit: if not for decency and dignity, at least for the pragamatismo who is advising experience. If they had created "zones" policy would not be asking now fly zone to neutralize Gaddafi.
NATURAL CATASTROPHE OF JAPAN, THE POWER HUMAN AND WESTERN GREAT DANGER (STRICTLY HUMAN ) LOSING THE REASON, THE VIEW AND MORE SENSE ELEMENTAL
We got to Japan in our homes. It has achieved a violent earthquake, something from nature, not politics or ideology. But, with the invaluable help of some "media" in the West are able to politicize the earthquakes and tsunamis. And of course our "leaders" are capable of behaving, in fact, they are doing, from German to French, to "commissioners" Europeans "as if the country suffered an earthquake of maximum intensity (and 40 more very respectable) and a terrible earthquake was the cause or blame for these phenomena .
Japan is an immense tragedy, no matter what happens with nuclear power plants crisis. generically argue on nuclear plant safety in view of what happened to the affected for a few earthquakes of intensity, duration and responses as those suffered by the Japanese, from day 11 until now, I think, all things considered, somewhat, not because of lack wisdom, but mentecatez hard to beat, with total loss of perspective (historical, geographical, geological, etc.). . Because you are trying to risks "ordinary" nuclear power compared to what happened in one of the highest seismic risk with the land and because the fourth most powerful earthquake in history known human . It is so foolish as to raise the risks of nuclear event of collision with the planet of a huge meteorite. to see if they find these cretins for what happened. Because, inexplicably, even to see and hear, do not learn . Initially told that the entire Henshu Island (the main group and the most affected by the earthquake and tsunami) moved 2.4 meters and the axis of the earth itself may have moved 10 centimeters. Now change the numbers, but did not decrease.
[I just wrote that, "inexplicably " mostly idiots half the world leaders " not hear. "I did not say it: is perfectly understandable that these fools Bible (in the Bible is speaking more and more clear about the foolishness), half the world governing -no exaggeration: think in which, by act or omission, have mounted the global economic crisis, deceived and misled by letting the brains of creative financial - not know at all : even something as visible and noisy (more is unthinkable) as a 9 earthquake and a tsunami with waves of 10 meter starts running at 500 km. per hour. French authorities, who repeat, in a tone of reproach, that "the Japanese have lost control" (as if they are deemed able to not lose it, perhaps because it would prevent earthquakes and tsunamis), as well as the tontucio European who speaks of "Revelation " and it feels great to have found a historical statement, belong to the subspecies, abundant, of biblical fools ready past. So they are fools slime. we noticed not too far, but is fully in these historical trances where strips around Folly costume and is presented in its true giant. The real heroes, anonymous and silent, are dying for men. The genuine heroes do not stop to think at the maximum pressure and to work tirelessly, while important , sound asleep and in good armchairs, pontificate the first thing you think of . And, indeed, it is not surprising because it is in those rare occasions when you always look the wretched and foolish giving all the notes of the scale, the "do" to "yes" all tune, and showing his real intellectual and moral stature, tiny. Like the popular television commentator in the USA who was pleased, yes, well, was pleased "that the costs of Japan what appeared to be more human that economic . For once, the English leaders have not (not being) a of mentecatez champions: the way things are. The European Commission, however, that set of wise not to go tumbling to the financial crisis widened, improvisations, fulminating miserably in Japan, "have lost control, "he said in Brussels. let us see them!. Although, honestly, better not. I do not like to see the" control "of the French leaders in this case very" courageous mice "- to an earthquake intensity of 9 degrees to one hundred miles off the south coast of Britain, for example. I admire France, but not so much their" leaders "today.]
Despite the astonishing ; strength of hundreds of thousands of buildings, calculated and constructed adequately to specific hazards, there are thousands of deaths and tremendous devastation: the first numbers, we still have them- been checked and counted dead. That, and the hardships that lie ahead, is what else should matter now. In a consensus that there should be indissoluble. But no, our leaders are busy demand accountability. In demand accountability by an earthquake of grade 9 to 30 to 40 earthquakes, many of them from grade 6 up ! And some "media" so-called "communication" (just read some important) inserted a holder wondering if could not be foreseen the catastrophe ! I ask these sell-newspapers-to-coast-of-your-mother , as if he did not know any toddler moderately educated that earthquakes are unpredictable in their particular time .
Along with the grief of the catastrophe, it is convenient, because it is human and noble (what else is stupid and gross ignoble animals), admire the Japanese resistance in all directions. To clarify: if there had been a 9 earthquake with its epicenter at a hundred miles from Santander, we are talking about hundreds of thousands or millions of deaths in Spain, since our seismic construction standards are not as demanding as the Japanese. I just read a good source (not Buenafuente, eye!) That there is in Barcelona (he was an engineer Catalan who said) not a single building, old or new, can withstand such an earthquake. In Lisbon, 1775, an earthquake similar to the last Japanese, followed by a tsunami, destroyed the city and caused a hundred thousand deaths, not only in Portugal, but also on the Andalusian coast of Cadiz and Huelva. A high percentage of buildings in Seville were affected and the effects are registered in Andalusia and in Castile. The tremor was felt in Finland.
Japan, hardworking and organized, have suffered and still suffering, despite all its serious precautions, a huge blow to physical, moral, human. It would have been desirable, and so I originally wanted in this "post" - not distracting us with a reprint of the ubiquitous talk of "nuclear threat", which never provide solutions. Here it would only be, if anything turns out to be true, criticizing the lack of any action recommended in Japan , given their special and known seismic hazards. But I hope still proceed further congratulations to the Japanese more than they deserve and for their efforts, if ultimately sustained despite the onslaught of such tremendous forces of nature and damage in many of its structures, manage, no longer control the nuclear crisis (as desired for 24 hours), but reduce its impact. What has happened so far can be explained by the earthquake and tsunami, the earthquake caused the automatic shutdown of the reactor, the cooling due to begin, the first cooling system (water pump) failed due to loss of supply ordinary electric, due to take up emergency power generators, but the crippled tsunami, were sought and still seek new ways of cooling, but the reactors have been overheating. There are still buildings or containment, expected to go abroad to avoid high radiation by a meltdown of the reactor, although seems to have broken at least one of these precincts. It's scary what can happen yet, despite what they are trying.
[I just wrote that, "inexplicably " mostly idiots half the world leaders " not hear. "I did not say it: is perfectly understandable that these fools Bible (in the Bible is speaking more and more clear about the foolishness), half the world governing -no exaggeration: think in which, by act or omission, have mounted the global economic crisis, deceived and misled by letting the brains of creative financial - not know at all : even something as visible and noisy (more is unthinkable) as a 9 earthquake and a tsunami with waves of 10 meter starts running at 500 km. per hour. French authorities, who repeat, in a tone of reproach, that "the Japanese have lost control" (as if they are deemed able to not lose it, perhaps because it would prevent earthquakes and tsunamis), as well as the tontucio European who speaks of "Revelation " and it feels great to have found a historical statement, belong to the subspecies, abundant, of biblical fools ready past. So they are fools slime. we noticed not too far, but is fully in these historical trances where strips around Folly costume and is presented in its true giant. The real heroes, anonymous and silent, are dying for men. The genuine heroes do not stop to think at the maximum pressure and to work tirelessly, while important , sound asleep and in good armchairs, pontificate the first thing you think of . And, indeed, it is not surprising because it is in those rare occasions when you always look the wretched and foolish giving all the notes of the scale, the "do" to "yes" all tune, and showing his real intellectual and moral stature, tiny. Like the popular television commentator in the USA who was pleased, yes, well, was pleased "that the costs of Japan what appeared to be more human that economic . For once, the English leaders have not (not being) a of mentecatez champions: the way things are. The European Commission, however, that set of wise not to go tumbling to the financial crisis widened, improvisations, fulminating miserably in Japan, "have lost control, "he said in Brussels. let us see them!. Although, honestly, better not. I do not like to see the" control "of the French leaders in this case very" courageous mice "- to an earthquake intensity of 9 degrees to one hundred miles off the south coast of Britain, for example. I admire France, but not so much their" leaders "today.]
Despite the astonishing ; strength of hundreds of thousands of buildings, calculated and constructed adequately to specific hazards, there are thousands of deaths and tremendous devastation: the first numbers, we still have them- been checked and counted dead. That, and the hardships that lie ahead, is what else should matter now. In a consensus that there should be indissoluble. But no, our leaders are busy demand accountability. In demand accountability by an earthquake of grade 9 to 30 to 40 earthquakes, many of them from grade 6 up ! And some "media" so-called "communication" (just read some important) inserted a holder wondering if could not be foreseen the catastrophe ! I ask these sell-newspapers-to-coast-of-your-mother , as if he did not know any toddler moderately educated that earthquakes are unpredictable in their particular time .
Along with the grief of the catastrophe, it is convenient, because it is human and noble (what else is stupid and gross ignoble animals), admire the Japanese resistance in all directions. To clarify: if there had been a 9 earthquake with its epicenter at a hundred miles from Santander, we are talking about hundreds of thousands or millions of deaths in Spain, since our seismic construction standards are not as demanding as the Japanese. I just read a good source (not Buenafuente, eye!) That there is in Barcelona (he was an engineer Catalan who said) not a single building, old or new, can withstand such an earthquake. In Lisbon, 1775, an earthquake similar to the last Japanese, followed by a tsunami, destroyed the city and caused a hundred thousand deaths, not only in Portugal, but also on the Andalusian coast of Cadiz and Huelva. A high percentage of buildings in Seville were affected and the effects are registered in Andalusia and in Castile. The tremor was felt in Finland.
Japan, hardworking and organized, have suffered and still suffering, despite all its serious precautions, a huge blow to physical, moral, human. It would have been desirable, and so I originally wanted in this "post" - not distracting us with a reprint of the ubiquitous talk of "nuclear threat", which never provide solutions. Here it would only be, if anything turns out to be true, criticizing the lack of any action recommended in Japan , given their special and known seismic hazards. But I hope still proceed further congratulations to the Japanese more than they deserve and for their efforts, if ultimately sustained despite the onslaught of such tremendous forces of nature and damage in many of its structures, manage, no longer control the nuclear crisis (as desired for 24 hours), but reduce its impact. What has happened so far can be explained by the earthquake and tsunami, the earthquake caused the automatic shutdown of the reactor, the cooling due to begin, the first cooling system (water pump) failed due to loss of supply ordinary electric, due to take up emergency power generators, but the crippled tsunami, were sought and still seek new ways of cooling, but the reactors have been overheating. There are still buildings or containment, expected to go abroad to avoid high radiation by a meltdown of the reactor, although seems to have broken at least one of these precincts. It's scary what can happen yet, despite what they are trying.
Some "little truths", given the stark, are these: 1 st) A nuclear plant is very different from an atomic bomb, starting with radioactive materials, 2 nd) In 1986, the great catastrophe of Chernobyl nuclear power plant badly constructed, was due to the virtual absence of the containment building , before, in 1979, Three Thousand Island, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , evacuation was of thousands of people, but not dead, because the containment building withstood the meltdown. That is, until a few hours ago, there was only a catastrophic nuclear accident: the Chernobyl , for lack of a building or containment . Nobody could completely rule out more serious disaster, but the situation itself and in proportion to the unusual intensity (even for that area) the main quake, did not justify create panic. And now, it is understandable and justifiable many, the real threat to panic. But it is still unreasonable to panic from afar . The real panic panic, it's not wimpy politicians fear tiny panic offensive to the Japanese victims, you have to feel, what can you do?, When it comes . I felt in Japan before the main earthquake and before the tsunami. They feel to their replicas. to us, we corresponded and we correspond two more noble and altruistic: the serenity and compassion, to feel close and suffer or suffer with victims. And help is always possible. In contrast, the shouting empavorecido "Leaders" autonomous, local, national and foreign because of "their" nuclear power plants, completely silent on pain and suffering of Japan, is a spectacle of meanness and even cowardice. This kind of wee folk , miserable and foolish, cause of our human catastrophes . A closer reality-European, American, I refer. The Japanese will come out of this natural disaster, because there are a human catastrophe, but a nature strong and tenacious human. I add a link to the balloon Mingote March 14, great at his age and after so many geniuses. Although many will not understand, Mingote says it better than me:
http://www.abc.es/humor/20110314/mingote Les
add a link to THE WORLD, which comparative report of Chernobyl and Fukushima. I saw a comment from a reader who said, "more I read, reread and think, I find the parallels." Poor! Is that the report of the world, yet still very soft, which shows the contrast:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/03/15/internacional/1300208285.html
http://www.elpais.com/edigitales/entrevista.html?encuentro=7818 #
http://www.abc.es/humor/20110314/mingote Les
add a link to THE WORLD, which comparative report of Chernobyl and Fukushima. I saw a comment from a reader who said, "more I read, reread and think, I find the parallels." Poor! Is that the report of the world, yet still very soft, which shows the contrast:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/03/15/internacional/1300208285.html
in country a long interview with important observations of a nuclear engineering expert. Read it if the subject interests them
http://www.elpais.com/edigitales/entrevista.html?encuentro=7818 #
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