On this day: Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami - March 11, 2011
On this day in 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean roughly 80 miles east of Miyagi, Japan. The earthquake, the strongest in recorded Japanese history, set off a series of tsunamis that killed 18,000 throughout the northeast coast of the country. Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures had all but a hundred or so of the casualties. The tsunami that struck Fukushima knocked the power out in the Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which led to a partial meltdow
Tony Boccia
Bonus Blog post: Comparing Crises
Hello friends, this week I've got a bonus blog post, somewhat different than the normal topics we usually cover. Inspiration hit and I had to get it out. I hope you enjoy it! This week, my squadron had the pleasure of hosting Rita J. King for a talk on color mindset, and her project Power Pairs . As part of her presentation, Rita facilitated a thought exercise in which we looked at different sides of a historical event. She chose the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, in
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In case you missed it: Imperial Japanese Historical sites of Tokyo - Enomoto Takeaki statue in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Enomoto Takeaki 榎本 武揚 is one of the founding fathers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a pivotal figure in the history of Japan. Enomoto was born in Edo, near what is now Taito-ku, Tokyo, in 1836. Among the many in Japan motivated by the arrival of Perry's Black Ships in 1854, he began learning Dutch, and studied at the Tokugawa Shogunate's Naval Training Center in Nagasaki as well as the Tsukiji Warship Training Center in Edo. At the age of 26 he was sent to the Netherland
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