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.
Mar-11-2011 08:24
Acton
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quote:
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