8.9 EQ off Japan, Tsunami flooding Japan shoreline. Wow! Turn on the News!!!

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Posted by DaveT on Mar-11-2011 07:20:

8.9 EQ off Japan, Tsunami flooding Japan shoreline. Wow! Turn on the News!!!

Scary stuff.

It had an aftershock over 7!

8.9 --> 6.4 --> 6.4 --> 6.8 --> 3.2 --> 7.1 --> 6.3.

Posted by DaveT on Mar-11-2011 07:43:

That 6.8 aftershock was actually centered in Tokyo, not near the original epicenter. Fires in Tokyo.

Scary stuff!

(I've always had a fascination with natural events, sorry!)

Posted by Apeattack on Mar-11-2011 07:47:

All the news channels are showing high-quality videos of the tsunami flooding land near the shoreline, probably from a helicopter.

The images are incredible. I have never seen tsunami videos this clear before. When the camera pans out you can see just how devastating tsunamis can be. Buses and homes are being tossed around like they are nothing.

Tsunami warnings for Hawaii, ~2:59am Hawaii time.

Posted by fantasyexctasy on Mar-11-2011 07:50:

I hope that guy who is from Japan that posts here is alright

Posted by jimji1005 on Mar-11-2011 07:51:

well, i am good. but wife can't be reached. all cell are down. tsunami and fire going on. all trains and monorail are down. pretty wild.

Posted by jimji1005 on Mar-11-2011 07:51:

and the news anchor on tv is wearing a construction hard hat. that is pretty interesting.

Posted by fantasyexctasy on Mar-11-2011 07:52:

Also, to make light of the earthquake, if they can broadcast a Tsunami in 2011 in this stunning detail, imagine how well they would have braodcast the World Cup had they got it. Damn you Qatar

Im hoping for no deaths, but there is no way nobody died in that tsunami

Posted by jimji1005 on Mar-11-2011 07:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Apeattack
All the news channels are showing high-quality videos of the tsunami flooding land near the shoreline, probably from a helicopter.

The images are incredible. I have never seen tsunami videos this clear before. When the camera pans out you can see just how devastating tsunamis can be. Buses and homes are being tossed around like they are nothing.

Tsunami warnings for Hawaii, ~2:59am Hawaii time.

yeah i saw that, its bout 200 miles north of here

Posted by fantasyexctasy on Mar-11-2011 07:57:

Glad to hear you're ok Jimji. I can't imagine how much worse this would have been had it hit closer to Tokyo

Posted by jimji1005 on Mar-11-2011 08:03:

quote:
Originally posted by fantasyexctasy
Glad to hear you're ok Jimji. I can't imagine how much worse this would have been had it hit closer to Tokyo

totally agreed. i was at school when it happened. i swear my students thought the ground was going to split in half.

Posted by Nerologic on Mar-11-2011 08:17:

wow shits crazy.

times like this I miss having TV

Posted by jimji1005 on Mar-11-2011 08:23:

get on ustream loads of live news feeds

Posted by jimji1005 on Mar-11-2011 08:25:

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

Posted by DjWoody on Mar-11-2011 08:32:

If you're in LA and don't have cable or satellite, you can tune in to NHK WORLD LIVE on Channel 18.2 (KSCI). That's the channel all TV stations are feeding off from. You can also tune in live on the net http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

Posted by Apeattack on Mar-11-2011 08:33:

I'm sure sometime in the near future we should get some spectacular images when the San Andreas decides to go off... if the Big One hits during the day.

Posted by Quazar on Mar-11-2011 08:33:

I e-mailed my friends in Kochi, but they haven't responded. I assume the cell networks, and thus e-mail, are pretty strained right now.

I'm hoping they're ok since Shikoku is so far south.

Posted by DaveT on Mar-11-2011 08:37:

Bah, don't have their sub channels on Time Warner. And no antenna.

Posted by Apeattack on Mar-11-2011 08:39:

Oh wow, videos from helicopters show tsunamis way off-shore, quickly traveling to shore, and hitting the coast wiping out everything in its path.

These tsunamis might be the best documented tsunamis ever.

Posted by DaveT on Mar-11-2011 08:50:

Tsunami watch for west coast. If anything happens, Tsunami will hit San Francisco around 8:08am.

4 million buildings in Tokyo w/o power. WOW!

Hawaii doing mandatory evac of lower areas. sirens blaring in the middle of the night there.

Posted by fantasyexctasy on Mar-11-2011 08:57:

There sure are some morons on twitter: "IN YOUR FACE JAPAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT WORSHIPING JESUS AND GOD ALMIGHTY!"

Posted by Nerologic on Mar-11-2011 09:00:

I have been watching the aljazeera link for a bit, getting kinda repetitive. Time for some sleep haha

Posted by DaveT on Mar-11-2011 09:02:

The stations had live feeds from Japan. If all the helicopters went up at the same time, they are prob all out of gas at the same time and in getting filled up.

This is gonna keep me up all night. And I have an interview tomorrow!

Posted by DaveT on Mar-11-2011 09:16:

Expect the first one to change to a warning eventually....

...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE COASTAL
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO
POINT CONCEPCION CALIFORNIA...

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE
COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM POINT
CONCEPCION CALIFORNIA TO THE OREGON-WASHINGTON BORDER...

Posted by Apeattack on Mar-11-2011 09:22:

Early videos being played on a loop on CNN, MSNBC, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwWJvJA0ePQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBt5VlZkdyY

Posted by Junior Chavez on Mar-11-2011 13:02:

What a tragedy. My prayers are with them.

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