"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:13:00 -0800, Jim Stewart
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...-japan/100022/

Nasty! Condolences to the Japanese and others on affected coastal
cities.

I had some questions about what I saw in some of those pics.

Can anyone explain them?

What caused the whirlpool in Oarai?

Why did the road in Satte split exactly on the yellow middle line?

The paving machine was 1/2 as wide as the road and made a seam
down the middle?


How were there no planes on the ground in Narita Int'l Airport?

A pilot friend of mine tells me that in an event like that nothing in
the air is allowed to land (unless there is insufficient fuel on board)
and anything on the ground is sent up asap. However this still doesn't
explain how all the planes on the ground at the time escaped damage
(if they all indeed did). He flies cargo out of Miami FL and prior to a
hurricane everything is sent well out of reach of it.
Art