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After Japan's quake and tsunami, freezing weather threatens relief efforts

Many of those hit by the disaster lack blankets, food and fuel, raising fears of a quiet but deadly humanitarian crisis

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Freezing winds, hail storms and thick snow
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not equipped for the care and feeding of large numbers of people
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the first dispatch of reserve personnel since the self-defence forces were established during 1954. They join 80,000 troops, firefighters and emergency workers in the disaster area.
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The main problem is a lack of fuel.
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food trucks and rubbish collection vans remain parked at their depots because they do not have enough fuel.
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Supermarkets and convenience stores across the north-east first sold out of jerry cans as queues lengthened at petrol stations, then they ran out of batteries when the government announced plans for rolling power cuts.
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Panic buying and hoarding are occurring in large parts of Japan and beyond. As far away as Hong Kong, shoppers have reportedly been buying up Japanese milk powder in case future supplies are contaminated by radiation.
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adequate scale. Some needed medicine. Others were desperate for sanitary wear. Many were cold because they lacked blankets and stoves. All were uncomfortable and unhappy about the lack of running water which meant they were having to relieve themselves in plastic bags.
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"I eat one rice ball a day. Of course, I am hungry, but when I think what the other citizens have been through, it's nothing.
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"What we urgently need now is fuel, heavy and light oil, water and food. More than anything else, we need fuel because we can't do anything without it. We can't stay warm or work the water pumps,"
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They also feel they have been treated badly by people from outside the affected areas: they hear people in Tokyo are panic buying whereas people in the affected areas have nothing to buy.
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... here we see a long list of things we have "forgotten" since childhood ...
... we kept old ugly blankets nobody used, just in case, this an example of the case ...
... work and schools cafeterias are not just a "socialist solution" ...
... they are also a civilian protection resource, lets prevent politics from killing us ...
... have we updated regulations for mass recall of military reserve since WWII ? ...
... "fuel", yup, that was "really" unexpected, have a pony and a bicycle ready ...
... "efficiency", barges and "simple" railroad versus the myth of "private transport" ...
... I keep thinking humanity is lacking some brain wheels ...
... since instead of 300 miles per gallon recumbent and hovercraft we build "cars" ...
... but don't mind, I'm just joking, maybe ...
... until the age of cannibals at the local gas station may show otherwise ...
... rubbish collection, second war stoves and garbage burners anybody ? ...
... yes, they pollute, but in emergency unburied frozen dead pollute much more ...
... hoarding, another "virtue" of the monetary system ...
... one more reason to move to a cashless society based on rationing cards ...
... what have we done since the oil crises of 1974 to implement rationing cards ? ...
... what about "portable" and "infrastructure" solar and wind energy ? ...
... oh, forgot we have to fill the pockets of wall street oil-kristo-bankers lobby ...
... sanitary wear, where are the fertilizing bags ? ...
... emergency food, water, thermal cloth, medications, what about air delivery ? ...
... are civilian protection agencies capable of operating "in total absence" of mineral fuels ? ...
... where are the civilian protection agencies airships delivering supplies ? ...
... and what about water ? ...
... nuclear companies that can not even solve "their" problem of water ? ...
... wait a minute, does anybody here can see a problem ? ...

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