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Milk Sheikh
11th March 2011, 09:18
Anyone heard anything?
Omsk
11th March 2011, 10:36
BREAKING FOR CALIFORNIA Tsunami wave expected to hit San Francisco at 8:08 am PST No word on height.

UPDATE 1:15am PST: Holy shit my TV just went to an emergency message on every channel warning of the approaching tsunami wave. There was a loud beeping sound and then a pre recorded voice warning of an imminent tsunami and listed several cities in the Bay Area. Pretty much all of them on the coast

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/HI10/15.25.-162.-152.php

http://www.todaysmostwanted.com/tsunami-japan-today.html

http://planetsave.com/2011/03/09/japan-hit-with-earthquake-minor-tsunami-today/

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/11/breaking-8-9-earthquake-hits-japan-followed-by-tsunami/
RedAnarchist
11th March 2011, 10:41
I get emails from the USGS and there were many strong earthquakes in Japan today. Hopefully the number of deaths can be minimised.
Viet Minh
11th March 2011, 11:03
This is only the beginning, I just hope it isn;t one the same scale as the last tsunami :(
9
11th March 2011, 11:25
I can't believe the earthquake was an 8.9... I'm pretty sure I've never heard of an earthquake anywhere near that magnitude before.

EDIT: Yeah, nevermind... looked it up on wikipedia a minute ago and apparently I just have a shitty memory.
RedAnarchist
11th March 2011, 11:44
I can't believe the earthquake was an 8.9... I'm pretty sure I've never heard of an earthquake anywhere near that magnitude before.

It's the seventh largest in recorded history and the largest in Japan ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitu de

There was also an earthquake on the Chinese-Burmese border shortly before the one in Japan, but that one appears to be less serious, although people there have been killed and injured as well.
9
11th March 2011, 11:57
It's the seventh largest in recorded history and the largest in Japan ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitu de


Yeah, I was just looking at that right before I read your post. Apparently earthquakes in the 8's aren't as uncommon as I thought, but still... seventh largest in recorded history is pretty crazy.
La Comédie Noire
11th March 2011, 12:08
-Sigh- People are already making inappropriate jokes or proclaiming the end times.

:(
Sasha
11th March 2011, 12:09
Shit, heavy earthquake, then a tsunami and now an nuclear powerplant is on fire there.
Don't think it will remain on the now reported 30 dead.
At least it happend during day time and didn't catch them in their sleep.
Omsk
11th March 2011, 12:38
an nuclear powerplant is on fire there.
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/statuses/46165953683263489
:scared:
Dimmu
11th March 2011, 12:50
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/statuses/46165953683263489
:scared:

Does not sound good.. This is the worst thing that can happen..
Sasha
11th March 2011, 12:55
The tsunami just hit the malukas, a lot smaller than Japan, only about half a meter high instead of 10. Still if you live near the coast in hawai, new Zealand, or the west coast of the US I wouldn't gamble and head for a bar inland for a while.
Viet Minh
11th March 2011, 13:00
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/statuses/46165953683263489
:scared:

Extinguished, but the oil refinery is still on fire
ComradeMan
11th March 2011, 13:10
The nuclear fall out is what worries me the most. Apparently they are mentioning 60 fatalities. Of course the economic fall out is the secondary disaster too.

It's all pretty gloomy.

My sympathies first and foremost to the victims and the people of Japan, especially Sendai.
RedAnarchist
11th March 2011, 14:05
Japanese police have found hundreds of bodies on a beach. They all seemed to have drowned due to the tsunami. I wouldn't be surprised if this disaster equals that of December 2004.
danyboy27
11th March 2011, 14:15
all this will have huuge economical repercussion worldwide. if it hit the us and damage enough property, it might be the final nail in the coffin of Obama economical ''recovery.

with the price of gas and commodities already on the rise, it will things much much worst.
Geiseric
11th March 2011, 14:18
god damnit, I live literally right next to the coast in a town next to san fransisco.. These posts are not helping me!!!
RedAnarchist
11th March 2011, 14:29
god damnit, I live literally right next to the coast in a town next to san fransisco.. These posts are not helping me!!!

I've read that they should reach the west coast of the continental US in around two hours from now - it's already reached Hawaii. I don't think it'll cause too much problems there, though.
La Comédie Noire
11th March 2011, 14:30
god damnit, I live literally right next to the coast in a town next to san fransisco.. These posts are not helping me!!!

Please stay safe!
Viet Minh
11th March 2011, 14:37
god damnit, I live literally right next to the coast in a town next to san fransisco.. These posts are not helping me!!!

Dude try to get as far inland as you can, I don;t think you have anything to worry about but better safe than sorry.
Sasha
11th March 2011, 15:27
god damnit, I live literally right next to the coast in a town next to san fransisco.. These posts are not helping me!!!


I've read that they should reach the west coast of the continental US in around two hours from now - it's already reached Hawaii. I don't think it'll cause too much problems there, though.


Dude try to get as far inland as you can, I don;t think you have anything to worry about but better safe than sorry.


like said by the others, it seems that nothing more than maybe a few extra waves will happen on the westcoast.
in principle an tsunami dies down over time so if it on hawai and newzealand was already almost nothing jou should notice nothing except an good surf day but scientists just dont know enough to be completly sure.
just stay of the beach and to be sure contemplate going for the highest ground you can find but you should be fine.
RedAnarchist
11th March 2011, 15:40
From the BBC -


The United States appears to be out of major danger from the tsunami, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley has said. "The tsunami wave has gone through Hawaii and there does not seem to be any enormous impact, which is extremely encouraging," he told a meeting of the President's Export Council in Washington. There was still some risk to the US West Coast, "but I think the enormous fears that that were there hours ago, for some of us hours ago, has diminished greatly, which is quite a relief for all of us", Mr Daley added.
ComradeMan
11th March 2011, 21:04
It seems the death toll is now over 1000 and there is a nuclear/atomic alert.
Thug Lessons
11th March 2011, 22:49
Boner alert. Chaos Reigns
RGacky3
11th March 2011, 23:45
Boner alert. Chaos Reigns


:confused:
RedAnarchist
11th March 2011, 23:50
Boner alert. Chaos Reigns

This is a bit inappropriate, isn't it?
Che a chara
11th March 2011, 23:56
I got the impression that Thug is a female so i too am a bit perplexed by 'her' comments :lol: though it is nothing to laugh or joke about.....
Thug Lessons
12th March 2011, 00:16
This is a bit inappropriate, isn't it?

I'm sorry.
ComradeMan
12th March 2011, 11:30
Oh shit......


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20110312/twl-japan-confirms-nuclear-plant-explosi-41f21e0.html

Has anyone heard about this "Super Moon" theory? Of course it has been "debunked" already but still....
brigadista
12th March 2011, 12:58
horrible- terrifying and tragic
Che a chara
14th March 2011, 06:43
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami

Move the slider to compare satellite images, taken by GeoEye, from before and after the disaster.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html
RGacky3
14th March 2011, 09:51
80,000 people, I think beyond 2000 people your brain just stops counting, its so tragic and terrible, its almost hard to comprehend, if they went on the news and said twice as many people died I think the reaction would be the same.

Its one of those types of disasters you just can't process.

I wonder if theres any Japanese on revleft?