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Massive Quake Hits Japan!

Magnitude 8.8 quake has hit 250 miles from Tokyo and there are numerous Tsunami warnings out right now, some incredible video of a tsunami hitting a portside area in Japan on Al Jazeera...

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

Holy shit, that's fucked up

Really scared for Marcus. Fuck.

Insane!!!




There is an even bigger one, its just like the entire country side is sinking into the ocean!

Holy crap! Is Lira still over there?



Nou I thought you were there too?

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Originally posted by Rose Holy crap! Is Lira still over there? Nou I thought you were there too?

I just got back.

My brother is in Kobe and said he didn't feel it, but he said people in Osaka, just a few miles (well like 100 miles) away felt it.

God just watching these waves.... Its insane! Its just eating towns!

My buddy's girlfriend is over in Tokyo. This is not good.

Lira last I know of was in the Nogoya area, far inland, he wouldn't be in danger. Miyagi is very far in the north. I am sure he is fine.

I have several friends in Kochi, I hope it's far enough south that it didn't get hit too hard. I'm waiting to hear from them, I'm sure the cell networks in Japan are going crazy right now, so getting through with e-mail may be tough. :/

omg that's terrible
i was about to post in the c0r about how my house started to flood a little bit and i spent the past 2 hours battling back water that was pouring in at 2 small spots, creating maybe 5square feet of damage at the most

that's fuckin terrible, so depressing to hear. wow

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/




Tsunami warning for Hawaii now too.

scary shit to see the cars trying to outrun the water in some town and its just surrounded by water coming from everywhere

Heh, Tokyo seems to have faired pretty well, reports are people are already returning to work, not more than 2 or 3 hours after the quake.

Shit my best friend has a lot of family in Japan. Hope they and everyone else there are okay.

they just said new zeeland will be hit by the tsunami 12 hours after the quake so they better get ready

they show that burning oilplant all the time now.. damn its burning so much, that place is gonna go boom

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby

Fuck!

I hope everyone evacuated in time.

Tsunamis are due to hit Hawaii at 3am local time. No idea what that is in GMT yet?

Evacuation zones and other details can be found below.

http://www.scd.hawaii.gov/

Jesus Christ. This is just terrifying.

i think it's 4 and a half hours from now or so

i can't take my eyes off of this. this is so fucking depressing to me it's unbelievable

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Originally posted by Acton Tsunamis are due to hit Hawaii at 3am local time. No idea what that is in GMT yet? Evacuation zones and other details can be found below. http://www.scd.hawaii.gov/

Shit my cousin lives there. Hope everyone in Hawaii will be okay, too.

I just shudder to think of what's going to happen to the countries that aren't so well prepared as Japan and America when this hits them

I can't bring myself to leave for work..... I think i'll work from home today.

I just hope that everyone on the Pacific coastlines get the evacuation warnings in time, I mean, it's nighttime that side of the world, right?

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Originally posted by Lews Shit my cousin lives there. Hope everyone in Hawaii will be okay, too. I just shudder to think of what's going to happen to the countries that aren't so well prepared as Japan and America when this hits them

8.9 is huge for any country. Honestly, if an 8.9 quake hit here in LA, I don't even think our building codes are up to snuff for that level of shaking. Japan is pretty much the only place "prepared" for it.

Tsunamis are something you can't even prepare for, though, you just have to get out of its way. Scary stuff.

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Originally posted by Lews Shit my cousin lives there. Hope everyone in Hawaii will be okay, too. I just shudder to think of what's going to happen to the countries that aren't so well prepared as Japan and America when this hits them

Try and get in touch with him mate, but I guess you're already doing that.


And yeah, I'm worried for all the small pacific islands, like the ones in French Polynesia and stuff. Some have maximum heights above sea level of less than 2/3 metres, not even that!

They won't stand a chance if warnings don't get to them in time

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Originally posted by Lews Shit my cousin lives there. Hope everyone in Hawaii will be okay, too. I just shudder to think of what's going to happen to the countries that aren't so well prepared as Japan and America when this hits them

I cant imagine we'd be that well of, compared to the Japanese. When I was over there I was taking special notice of their earthquake infrastructure. Maybe it was because I was in Kobe, and they did a lot of rebuilding, but almost everything seemed to be built to withstand earthquakes. All the highways and train bridges/elevated railways were built to sustain a large a quake. Not at all compared to a lot of parts of Seattle or Tacoma.

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