BlueMoon Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Although it was hot spot in Japan, an earthquake, expected every 5 to 10 years struck Japan, causing a tsunami breaking through the entire pacific coast. Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-tsunami_n_834380.html http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/japan/2011/03/11/294283/Major-tsunami.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan and yes, i noticed i fucked up on the forum title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan I'm on the 24th floor in Beijing and it sent me running out of my apartment. I was the only one, though. I was telling people that there was an EQ and they told me I was crazy. Fuck them, I'm obviously a finely tuned geological early warning mother fucker, mother fucker!! I went back up to the apartment about 10 mins after the initial sway and shit was still swaying up to 15 mins after. *in first with the godzilla reference!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan live video and japanese prime minister currently on tv http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoHuxtable.. Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan I'm watching it on the news now... seeing that water moving all those homes and cars over land is incredible. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANDALICIOU$$$ Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan damn I'm waatching footage of this on the news right now it reminds me of the boxing day tsunami in 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siks6siks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoHuxtable.. Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan Tsunami warnings in Hawaii and the West Coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan damn christof. lucky bastard. very sad. and incredible footage i hope i never get the live show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375389/Massive-tsunami-hits-Japan-after-earthquake.html Holy shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan oh my fucking mother nature. thanks for posting that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/11/vo.whirlpool.earthquake.nhk?hpt=C2 fuckin boat in that whirlpool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloverthetown Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan scary shit man... makes you really think, as these natural disasters get worse..... Crazy. That whirlpool is just unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan I don't watch TV or listen to the radio and ended up learning about this from the internetz. I had a ton of idiots on my facebook referring to this as "the beginning of the end of the world". I'm hoping my friends in Japan are all OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan hmm, the 2005 earthquake also caused people to flip out. i always find that end of the world shit ridiculous. my dad once said that the world will never be lucky enough to go out in one fell swoop, it'll be a long hard slog to the end of humanity. (and even then i think the world will go on...) however, i DO wonder if there is some crazy geo-thermal shit on the horizon. the chile earthquake a few years back, and this one, are two of the most powerful ever, plus then if you count 05, it's like 3 of the top five were in the past few years. then the seismic activity in the midwest.. just seems, the earth's crust is about to set it off. i'd laugh but then i remember i've got people in japan, hawaii, australia, fuckin hell. hopefully everyone is ok indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOTSMYBRAIN Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan Well people say we are due for things like this in the near to far away future, it's just a matter of time. With that being said, this is terrible, the Tsunami footage is unreal, I live in NYC in an area that would be devastated if a Tsunami ever hit. Makes you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan text REDCROSS to donate $10 to tsnuami/quake relief efforts. random addition: and btw, save a life day in March 19th in honor of Gabby Giffords sign up at your local red cross for a one hour CPR course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearekilluminati Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan 3/11/11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silba Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan I dont understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan Just woke up, first thing I read is that a reactor over there is on its way to meltdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RES4 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan as far as i know there has been a radiation leak after that explosion. theyre evacuating people 10k away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan Expanded to 20ks but they are saying that the reactor vessel wasn't ruptured and radiation is subsiding. Probably true but could possibly be BS and the govt is trying to contain the resulting chaos and coordinate things as best they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RES4 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan if theyve increased it to 20k then surely that means its worse than they first thought? as you say, its more likely that they're trying to stop the panic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RES4 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan I just heard on the news that the only explosive material that could have caused the explosion is in the reactor core itself and that the government reassurences are pretty much bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silba Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan =[ That is all, Why didnt they shut the reactor down? was it too far gone after the eartquake/Tsunami? What am I missing here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan *Edit, in response to the claim that only the core can explode. That's not completely accurate. There is a lot of steam and hydrogen involved with the cooling system in reactors that can build up great pressure due to overheating of the core. The core doesn't really explode, it melts because of extreme heat. Very simplistic and I'm no physicist, not by a long fucking shot, but that is what I'm aware to be true. The problem is that this blast has breached the containment vessel and from what I am hearing the presence of iodine and selenium 137 in the area indicates severe core damage. A specialist that we are talking to says that on a scale of 1-10, this is most definitely a 10....., as if that wasn't already obvious. Looking further down the track from a geopolitical perspective this stands a pretty good chance of greatly improving Japan's economy and strengthening the military. However it has probably put back the agenda of some 'hawkish' elements (such as the mayor of Tokyo) who wish to see Japan as a nuclear armed country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOTSMYBRAIN Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan This just went from a disaster to a potential catastrophe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silba Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan This just went from a disaster to a potential catastrophe. This. I hope nothing worse happens, but It seems like this is just a few hours away from another Chernobyl or worse. I was thinking about moving to Japan too,I guess I wont now. :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan yeah^ i'd actually been in the middle of planning a trip to tokyo, for april of this year. ain't happenin now. it does feel like the world is a pressure cooker right now, just SO much happening SO many places. the photos of the disaster are fucking unreal.i also remember looking at photos of katrina, then seeing it in person, and how the devastation is never fully captured in photography or footage. i feel for them. i did just finish reading about how the reactors are not facing an imminent meltdown (though clearly not out of the proverbial woods yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Re: 8.9 Earthquakeuake in Japan move the slide for before and after satellite photos.. insane. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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