Day 2 at Rikuzen-Takada: more video

Posted by admin on Apr 22, 2011 at 7:59 pm America/Chicago

Our CRASAR/IRS team continues to work in Rikuzen-Takada searching coves and flotsam jams that the Japanese Coast Guard divers cannot check. Today will be our last day and then we will return home on Sunday. The devastation is unimaginable and we have made only the tiniest dent in the victim recovery process and haven't even touched critical infrastructure inspection and recovery operations. These videos show the value of the image enhancement software on the SARbot, which has been our "go to" ROV. (And yes, we did all gasp when we first saw the glove, thinking it was a hand.) We were told to expect victims either trapped under flotsam or partially buried in slit on the sea bottom. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdN2-LCCUR8[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ_V2t79h7I[/youtube]