Rich Grise wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
Sunworshipper wrote:

How hard and fast could an excavator be hooked up for remote control
with a fire hose in Japan? 10 hours? I'd put redundant cameras on the
arm.

I'd think more like 2 days, since gathering the components would take
some time.

Probably even more, since they just had an 8.9 magnitude earthquake
there plus a 30-foot tsunami.

They're probably focusing more on getting clean water and food to the
people who were displaced.

Thanks,
Rich

The earthquake was upgraded to 9.0. At any rate they have plenty of
people and certainly have enough people focused on this particular
problem.