Earthquake / Tsunami Hits Japan
 

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...pt=T1&iref=BN1

This is some crazy stuff...

-ms

Not the happiest news to wake up to, my thoughts goes out to the people of Japan.

sad stuff :/


i can't imagine going through something like that.

I have family in Japan. I'm not Japaneese myself, my girlfriend is. My girlfriend's sister recently moved to Japan with her boy-friend. So naturally we were pretty worried about them. We sent an e-mail around 7am EST and hoped they would respond... Thank goodness they did.

Here is a little snipet from her e-mail of what they experienced today:


the epicenter was in sendai, about 250 miles
north of tokyo. it was seriously scary for a bit, cars shaking, fire
escape stairs were pounding against buildings, and the ground shook
for what felt like minutes. adrian and i were clutching each other in
the middle of the road (trying to avoid glass from buildings) and when
i looked up, there were tons of ppl who had joined us, having been
evacuated from their buildings. crazy. we felt another big aftershock
on the walk home...and then a series of smaller shocks after we were
in the house. they're still continuing, but getting smaller which
hopefully means we are closer to safety.

Tsunami warning is in effect for all of the western coast of North America. Here in Washington we already had a storm/flood warning for today, so I guess this is just more to add to the pile.

The guy sitting next to me's only concern is that the quakes potentially killed his favorite "maynga" artists :roll: Good to know he has priorities.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/1...ylhvpd9-04.jpg

path of the tsunami

don't know why that shows up soooo large

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-ms

Oh man first New Zealand and now Japan my thoughts go out to you guys.

Friend of mine was on a bus downtown Tokyo when the quake hit. She said the bus stopped and she could see buildings swaying all around her. Oi.

Transportation is down all over. Tokyo airport is closed but Okinawa is opened at least.

I was extremely worried for my friend but couldn't call cuz the cell phone lines were down but they were back up around 7am this morning so she's been able to call to give us updates.

Those people didn't deserve this. Nobody deserves the kind of horror of what I've been seeing and hearing all day. These people got an earthquake last week, this morning, the aftershocks, another earthquake that was not considered an aftershock (6.6), tsunami all the way to the California coast, neuclear powerplants going critical, gas refineries on fire. The sea is litterally swallowing up the farms and the towns and carrying the houses, the cars and boats out to sea. I hear that a man in very far northern California was carried out to sea and the harbors there, completely abliterated. I don't know if any of you know this, because it was not mentioned, but the sea floor where the earthquake hit, split wide open and now there is a whirlpool. For the exception of in your bathtub or sink, you never hear about whirlpools in the ocean. If you look at what this thing looks like, it resembles a spiral-looking hurricane when looking it one from space.

The latest thing I'm hearing is that those neuclear power plants, the pressure level in the reactors, has gone from 8 times to now 1,000 times where they should be. You know the last thing these unfortunate people need is a neuclear disaster on top of this. I also hear that Japanese who fled Japan just before it hit were diverted here in Chicago at O'Hare International.

Over an hour ago, on the news, I heard from a guest from the National Geological Survey about this and it sounds like that these earthquakes that have been hitting lately, as strong as they are, there is a pattern. You have the 9.0+ in Chile, New Zeland, Japan (multiple times), Haiti, and just a few minutes ago, another earthquake strikes the Pacific Ocean in the small island of Tonga (NE of Austrailia). As far as the one that hit Chile, the plates in the ocean are trying to push the ocean underneath the landmass of South America. It starting to look like the continents of the Pacific areas are beginning a major continental shift. I mean they're saying that there is a pattern going on to why major quakes at record breaking levels have been hitting a lot in the Pacific since 2004 (Indonesia).

Either way, this whole world feel like it's going crazy lately. We've had strong tornadoes hit the south and southeast USA; floods in the northeast US; 5-foot snow blizzard here in Chicago last month; the storms in California just since Christmas. The world is going crazy.

BREAKING NEWS

Two more earthquakes just hit the Pacific Ocean just moments ago. A 6.1 magnitude off the island of Tonga (which is northeast of Austrailia), and now a 6.8 off the coast of Japan (Honshu). Now there is another tsunami threat hitting the Pacific Ocean since the main one this morning. Again, two more ocean quakes hit the Pacific, one off the coast of Japan's western coast, causing now two more tsunamis. I wouldn't be surprised if this next quake off Japan's coast is part of the same faultline as the main one this morning.

My god, this day is completely crazy around the Pacific.

Folks, for those of you considering donating to the victims of the disaster in Japan, keep in mind, as with any donation, to verify that you are donating to a legitimate charity or fund. Sadly, tragedies like this bring bad guys out of the woodwork, and many pretend to not only represent real organizations, but also set up their own with the sole purpose of pocketing your money.

Strong tornados? pssssh. Little tornados. Neither all that strong....or unusual at all for this time of year. And I've been in an F5 so I know a strong tornado.


The earthquake/tsunami is tragic for sure. However, people who live in areas prone to earthquakes and tsunamis are trained from childhood to have the skills to survive a big quake....and buildings are built to stand up to them. Just like I have been trained from childhood to know exactly what to do to survive a tornado.

Japan is a very prepared nation for things of this nature. It could have been much worse in a less prepared country.

And now a blast at one of Japan's nuclear plants.
(Doesn't appear to be as bad as it sounds at this point).

Geez, my prayers really go out to the Japanese right now.

I have quite a few friends who live in Tokyo that were scared out of their minds. Luckily everyone is okay. It's a shame that this happened, but Japan is one of those countries who take precautions and are prepared for this kind of thing. Things could've been much worse, indeed.

My heart goes out to everyone who suffered in this tragedy.

It seems that just about almost every year, there is a major natural disaster. Haiti last year, and now this.

I really hope Japan can recover from this.

It's sad that Japan went through all that. I hope they get better soon

The irony of the neuclear power plant incident in Japan is that in a month from now is the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl incident of 1986.

Holy.... They just upgraded the quake to 9.0! :o

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