Friday, November 15, 2013

Japan honours Jane Birkin for tsunami relief effort

Tsunami Passing Finesse and Working on Vayu on one of the Downwind Legs
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Image by Robert of Fairfax

Tsunami raced in the Chicago NOOD regatta. She is a Beneteau 40.7 (same type as TJ Arrufo’s) and has the white and blue "star" spinnaker.


Japan honours Jane Birkin for tsunami relief effort

Best known as the muse of iconic French singer Serge Gainsbourg who wrote several of her albums, Birkin rushed to Japan after the 9.0-magnitude quake and ensuing monster tsunami. "We were struck by her immediate reaction to the earthquake," said …
Read more on The West Australian


Tsunami Debris No "Island," Still Heading for US

This collection of satellite images was originally produced on March 14, 2011, days after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan. The known death toll came to 15,848 with 3,305 missing. The tsunami also …
Read more on Discovery News


How architects are helping Japanese communities after the tsunami

This fishing port in northeast Japan was devastated by the earthquake, and tsunami which struck the country on March 11 2011. Houses were torn from their foundations and floated away beside trawlers swept half a mile inland. The fuel leaking from …
Read more on Financial Times




Japan honours Jane Birkin for tsunami relief effort

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