8.8 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

blister pus
blister pus Posts: 5,610
edited March 2011 in The Crudcatcher
8.8er and one mother of a tsunami

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2 ... nami-video

^ you can see cars trying to outrun it on the highway at about 3:10ish
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  • Richie63
    Richie63 Posts: 2,132
    Devastation across the nation

    It has that same feel about it as watching the twin towers situation just destruction happening before your eyes and a feeling of helplessness for all those caught up in it . Along with more to come as it moves across the Pacific.

    Sympathy goes out to all involved
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLPv4KFlYkA
  • mak3m
    mak3m Posts: 1,394
    Inlaws currently in thailand but as far as i can see its looking ok there

    mate snowboarding in japan at the moment was in tokyo 2 days ago, now up high so hes been on Facebook to say hes fine, still has internet but no land lines and its really bad on the ground at the moment :shock:
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    watching news here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

    holy hell.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • toby_winkler
    toby_winkler Posts: 1,298
    Bloomin' hell :shock:
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    GODZILLA!!!!!!!

    fm475_king_kong_vs_godzilla1.jpg
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  • PXR5
    PXR5 Posts: 203
    Bloomin heck, according to Wikipedia its the 7th largest quake ever recorded

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Senda ... nd_tsunami

    Looking at the Richter Scale thing is even more scary

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

    Just amazing that the reported deaths are so low at present, hopefully the Japanese really know what they are doing when it comes to building inan earthquake prone area.
    Every time I go out, I think I'm being checked out, faceless people watching on a TV screen.....
  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    :shock: That's quite a few natural disasters since 2010, or the media are showing more than normal....
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    what surprises me is that there has been no discussion of this in the Road or the Commuting sections yet.
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    nicklouse wrote:
    what surprises me is that there has been no discussion of this in the Road or the Commuting sections yet.

    I don't go over there.

    If we had earthquakes etc over here, it may well benefit us espcially the DH riders... Mountains could appear out of erm nowhere.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    nicklouse wrote:
    what surprises me is that there has been no discussion of this in the Road or the Commuting sections yet.

    I'm sure someone there will threaten to Dlock a motorist who got washed in front of him before too long.

    What will spoil their fun though is all the traffic lights will be down so they can't have a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 page debate on RLJ.
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    "wooo no more red lights to slow us down!!"


    http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=asia

    This site is pretty nifty in terms of giving a breakdown on everything
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  • wordnumb
    wordnumb Posts: 847
    It's all gone a bit Manga, half submerged nuclear reactors and unstoppable waves bobbing recently pristine Toyotas. Dolphin and whales are fighting back maybe?
  • wordnumb
    wordnumb Posts: 847
    projectsome wrote:
    If we had earthquakes etc over here, it may well benefit us espcially the DH riders... Mountains could appear out of erm nowhere.

    As silver linings go, that's pretty tenuous.

    Well done.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    wordnumb, welcome to the Crudcatcher.
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    you wanna see what uncle George had to say on disasters in general...

    George Carlin-Natural Disasters

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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    quite a whirlpool:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8zyscGWe4
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    daily fail's got some good snaps.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ation.html

    like those before and after "homes on the coast of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture" shots
  • mikebx
    mikebx Posts: 21
    i can't find my house after 10 aftershocks either
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    blister pus wrote:
    daily fail's got some good snaps.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ation.html

    like those before and after "homes on the coast of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture" shots

    They are also blaming the moon for it (citing evidence from an astrologer...not the people who actually know about stuff)

    http://istyosty.com/tmp/cache/20de4e7fe ... 56574.html



    (I use istyosty when linking so Daily mail don't get any money through advertising)
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    For a second there, I was about to interject and add that the moon does indeed have an effect on tidal strengths, and maybe these people had got it right...
    THEN, I read the first two lines of your link :lol:
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Tis really bad...


    Oddly, gas and elec prices went down a bit today though :lol:

    However, expect them to shoot up very soon and stay even higher - almost all suppliers pulled their offers this morning :x
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    For a second there, I was about to interject and add that the moon does indeed have an effect on tidal strengths, and maybe these people had got it right...
    THEN, I read the first two lines of your link :lol:


    Yeah it's mental. The problem is though you'll have people reading that who perhaps know the moon has something to do with the tides (though perhaps not the ins and outs) and then take the article as gospel. No doubt they'll then try and claim the moon is in cahoots with Islam and black people.
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    (I use istyosty when linking so Daily mail don't get any money through advertising)

    cool I'll use that mr frosty site when dealing with the fail.

    super moon, humm
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    the problem with the nuclear reactor could get messy. If you don't know, I'll explain. Water wasn't going through a cooling system in a nuclear power station on a reactor. They tried to to use the emergency off switch, but it didn't work. So its overheating and they can't stop it, not good.

    It really is amazing the sheer power of the earthquake and tsunami. I'm glad the death toll is so low though.
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    getonyourbike wrote:
    the problem with the nuclear reactor could get messy. If you don't know, I'll explain. Water wasn't going through a cooling system in a nuclear power station on a reactor. They tried to to use the emergency off switch, but it didn't work. So its overheating and they can't stop it, not good.

    It really is amazing the sheer power of the earthquake and tsunami. I'm glad the death toll is so low though.

    Death toll so far estimated at 1,000. Probably going to be much higher.
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  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    getonyourbike wrote:
    the problem with the nuclear reactor could get messy. If you don't know, I'll explain. Water wasn't going through a cooling system in a nuclear power station on a reactor. They tried to to use the emergency off switch, but it didn't work. So its overheating and they can't stop it, not good.

    It really is amazing the sheer power of the earthquake and tsunami. I'm glad the death toll is so low though.

    Death toll so far estimated at 1,000. Probably going to be much higher.
    yep
    :(
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    Id be more worried about that reactor.
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Briggo wrote:
    Id be more worried about that reactor.
    it could impact on the whole of asia and possibly further a field.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    everything glooped together in that mud tsunami reminded me of We Love Katamari on the ps3

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv8g_fhXC-Y
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