Japanese Tsunami

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 01:35 AM

Quote:

TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese television has shown major tsunami damage in northern Japan on Friday, following a magnitude-7.9 earthquake.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

Quote:

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and U.S. state of Hawaii.

Let's hope all our subsimmer's along the pacific rim are all ok.

Quote:

Public broadcaster NHK showed cars, trucks, houses and buildings being swept away by tsunami in Onahama city in Fukushima prefecture.

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 01:51 AM

Been upgraded:

Quote:

The quake that struck 2:46 p.m. was followed by a series of aftershocks, including a 7.4-magnitude one about 30 minutes later. The U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.8.

8.8

CCIP · 03-11-11, 02:05 AM

I turned on live TV, and I first see boats swept away, then cars floating down streets, then HOUSES floating down streets.

Good god this is massive

The live pictures from there, where the tsunami is still ongoing and continuing to move ashore, are seriously apocalyptic.

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 02:14 AM

8.9 now

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 02:42 AM

Live feed here:

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

03-11-11, 03:13 AM

Watching the Al Jazeera Stream (Well listening really since connection is too slow to play the video well)
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Edit: So how long till Fox starts blaming the liberals and Obama?

Too Soon?

Tchocky · 03-11-11, 04:31 AM

Watching this live on BBC. Jaw-dropping.

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder

Edit: So how long till Fox starts blaming the liberals and Obama?

Too Soon?

Yes... too soon

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 04:38 AM

Apparently an Oil refinery went up in the fires.

Current news conference says it's the largest quake to Japan in recorded history.

Tsunami is over 7m they say.

Matador.es · 03-11-11, 04:41 AM

Incredible. The footage is shocking! They say it’s the worst eart shake in 250 years…

joegrundman · 03-11-11, 04:45 AM

holy moly. i only left tokyo a year ago.

best place i ever lived in

TarJak · 03-11-11, 04:51 AM

Looks very nasty. I heard a short while ago that the confirmed death toll had reached 19. IT looks like a large part of the northeastern coast has been devestated!

Gargamel · 03-11-11, 04:59 AM

TarJak.... have you heard anything about a warning there about tsunami's? The PTWC seems to have issued an alert for the entire Pacific.

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php?region=1

The aerial footage of the wave hitting shore is amazing. The photography from this one will far surpass the Sumatra quake.

Tchocky · 03-11-11, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargamel

The aerial footage of the wave hitting shore is amazing. The photography from this one will far surpass the Sumatra quake.

That's something I've noticed, and I hope it plays into rescue/casualty results. More aerial footage implies more helicopters, more chance of rescuing people. Japan is much better equipped to deal with this kind of thing than somewhere such as Banda Aceh was.

joegrundman · 03-11-11, 05:13 AM

japan is superbly well equipped.

The very large building we worked in was built on enormous (and i mean enormous) springs to cope with large earthquakes

03-11-11, 02:05 AM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I turned on live TV, and I first see boats swept away, then cars floating down streets, then HOUSES floating down streets. Good god this is massive The live pictures from there, where the tsunami is still ongoing and continuing to move ashore, are seriously apocalyptic. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-11-11, 02:14 AM	#4
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	8.9 now __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-11-11, 02:42 AM	#5
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Live feed here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-11-11, 03:13 AM	#6
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Watching the Al Jazeera Stream (Well listening really since connection is too slow to play the video well) http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ Edit: So how long till Fox starts blaming the liberals and Obama? Too Soon? Last edited by Rilder; 03-11-11 at 04:14 AM.

03-11-11, 04:31 AM	#7
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Watching this live on BBC. Jaw-dropping. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

03-11-11, 04:38 AM	#9
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Apparently an Oil refinery went up in the fires. Current news conference says it's the largest quake to Japan in recorded history. Tsunami is over 7m they say. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-11-11, 04:41 AM	#10
Matador.es Chief Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 327 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Incredible. The footage is shocking! They say it’s the worst eart shake in 250 years…

03-11-11, 04:45 AM	#11
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	holy moly. i only left tokyo a year ago. best place i ever lived in __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

03-11-11, 04:51 AM	#12
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Looks very nasty. I heard a short while ago that the confirmed death toll had reached 19. IT looks like a large part of the northeastern coast has been devestated!

03-11-11, 04:59 AM	#13
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	TarJak.... have you heard anything about a warning there about tsunami's? The PTWC seems to have issued an alert for the entire Pacific. http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php?region=1 The aerial footage of the wave hitting shore is amazing. The photography from this one will far surpass the Sumatra quake. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-11-11, 05:13 AM	#15
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	japan is superbly well equipped. The very large building we worked in was built on enormous (and i mean enormous) springs to cope with large earthquakes __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill