A Japanese TEPCO executive visited a temporary shelter for evacuees in the area of the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster, bowing and apologizing for causing such a ‘nuisance.’ ‘Nuisance.’ If this man bows a bit lower, someone should take the opportunity to kick his head through a plate glass window. These Japanese power company nincompoops are [...]

Look at that picture.  That’s a Reuters news photo of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan.  It is disintegrating.  Explosions, fires and radiation leaks are growing worse by the day and the efforts to dump water on the reactors are desperate and considered by experts to be ‘last-ditch’ efforts. The UK’s Daily Mail has [...]

The Daily Mail in the UK has a series of photos of the earthquake and tsunami damage in Japan. The photos are from the European Pressphoto Agency. CNN has a live blog following the quake and tsunami. The Huffington Post has live coverage. Here is how you can donate to the Red Cross Japan Earthquake [...]

This is raw and shocking video of the tsunami in Japan entering and destroying a town. It was posted by James MacWhyte on his Facebook page. Thank you to Paul Gallagher of Dangerous Minds for the find. CNN has a live blog following the quake and tsunami. The Huffington Post has live coverage. Here is [...]

CNN has a live blog following the quake and tsunami. The Huffington Post has live coverage. Here is how you can donate to the Red Cross Japan Earthquake effort.

Computer programmers and other technical people are building valuable tools for helping the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake on January 12. Crisis Camps have been set up for volunteers to develop applications that help with damage assessment, mapping, locating of survivors, locating first aid stations, translation, radio communications, food and water deliveries, free [...]

Perhaps the most disgusting company on the face of the planet has made itself known today: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has docked the cruise ship Independence of the Seas at a private beach in Haiti which is fenced off from the rest of the stricken nation, for some fun and sun along the beach.  The [...]

This is an application from Google that tries to locate information about missing persons in Haiti. I don’t know how well it works, but I think Google is trying pretty hard with its considerable resources to find any data that might help. Update (1-17-2010): News organizations that have set up sites to help locate people [...]

There’s no water in Haiti.  With approximately 6,000,000 people looking for water this is a truly horrific situation.  Many thousands more people are going to die within several days if enormous amounts of water are not somehow delivered to them.  With a single jammed airport in Port-au-Prince, it seems like a nearly impossible task. You [...]

Bill Clinton offers ideas on how to help Haiti after the earthquake. Whenever this guy opens his mouth I feel like someone is doing something to help.