8.9 Quake Hits Japan, Massive Tsunami follows

[kingfish]

End of the world anyone?

[SRV]

End of the world anyone?

Highly doubt it....Japan is a very small portion of the world. Only if somehow a tsunami hit every coastline in the world, then yes.

[Real Deal]

Wow man, 109 quakes (aftershocks) since the 8.9 hit. Out of those 109, there have been 19 of them that are a 6.0 or greater, and 100 of them a 5.0 or greater, one being a 7.1 as well. :o

[ChosenOne]

Wow man, 109 quakes (aftershocks) since the 8.9 hit. Out of those 109, there have been 19 of them that are a 6.0 or greater, and 100 of them a 5.0 or greater, one being a 7.1 as well. :o

 

 

4 millon homes without power, and the Tsunami waters have reached 6 miles inward.

[ChosenOne]

For the ones who were not watching this last night the first half of this was shown live last night.

 

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/03/11/natpkg.tsunami.wrap.cnn

[GamerGuy]

This video shows just how massive the underwater waves were after the quake.

 

http://gizmodo.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5781040/see-the-japans-massive-underwater-earthquake-ripple-across-the-world

 

[GamerGuy]

CRESCENT CITY, CA (AP) - A tsunami swept at least five people watching the waves out to sea Friday and ripped docks out of harbors in California and Oregon, spreading the destruction of a devastating Japanese earthquake to the shores of the United States. SLIDESHOW: Quake, tsunami damage

 

Four people were rescued from the water in southern Oregon, but one man who was taking photos in Northern California was still missing Friday afternoon. Coast Guard helicopters searched for him near the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County, Calif., but called his chances of survival slim in the cold, rough ocean.

 

The large waves shook loose boats and tore apart docks in at least two California harbors and one in Oregon, causing millions of dollars of damage.

 

http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=127779&catid=2

[NomarFachix]

Explosion heard and smoke seen at a nuclear power plant hit by the Japanese quake :o

[MainEv3nt]

2012 IS REAL.

 

im scared, hold me. (no homo of course)

[Real Deal]

The explosion can be worse than anything that has happened so far. This is not good, at all.

[Cobb]

Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis

 

(CNN) -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

 

"At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

 

Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).

 

The temblor, which struck Friday afternoon near the east coast of Japan, killed hundreds of people, caused the formation of 30-foot walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfed entire towns, dragged houses onto highways, and tossed cars and boats like toys. Some waves reached six miles (10 kilometers) inland in Miyagi Prefecture on Japan's east coast.

[*Swish*]

Damn that's very sad. I heard there are more and more dead people. Hopefully, it stops.

Edited March 13, 2011 by *Swish*

[htown11]

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Huge-Japan-quake-spawns-tsunami/ss/events/wl/031111japanquake#photoViewer=/110312/photos_ts_wl_afp/2343c9668a341172ff2756a3dcb3bcd2

 

Bunch of pictures here, they are all unbelievable.

[ChosenOne]

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Huge-Japan-quake-spawns-tsunami/ss/events/wl/031111japanquake#photoViewer=/110312/photos_ts_wl_afp/2343c9668a341172ff2756a3dcb3bcd2

 

Bunch of pictures here, they are all unbelievable.

 

For example.....

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110312/capt.182299b0fa1d4dd2a05cdbf5c1ae3067-182299b0fa1d4dd2a05cdbf5c1ae3067-0.jpg?x=400&y=249&q=85&sig=hMbu0MOZy7kPLJabmZ4aVQ--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110312/capt.802e521e98cd47c780470c89d267d44d-802e521e98cd47c780470c89d267d44d-0.jpg?x=400&y=291&q=85&sig=B8j_ZtbXwzjhKoR0JCwS1w--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110312/capt.c159ba80a4144582bde6d9db12884078-c159ba80a4144582bde6d9db12884078-0.jpg?x=249&y=345&q=85&sig=9EAEvspOu__3yfV.tseh9g--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110312/capt.d432748b47984584bc46c253284898be-d432748b47984584bc46c253284898be-0.jpg?x=400&y=304&q=85&sig=o6N23DS2jsg8mrDg8I0hHg--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110312/i/r3828689043.jpg?x=400&y=267&q=85&sig=O_Z1kbshLC121v58EHoXzQ--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110312/capt.940ef6b9dcc2428e82c9d25681d8ed7e-940ef6b9dcc2428e82c9d25681d8ed7e-0.jpg?x=249&y=345&q=85&sig=11Sdp78pFEiyALK.pGvysw--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110313/capt.3be9bc86c24e46be8b15e010f35dd7e8-3be9bc86c24e46be8b15e010f35dd7e8-0.jpg?x=261&y=345&q=85&sig=A6gjhO_vAPY02TpiLVjcoQ--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110313/i/r786779642.jpg?x=400&y=240&q=85&sig=dVUGuCdRKtbJz0roXLoI9Q--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110313/i/r3502766010.jpg?x=400&y=253&q=85&sig=NCJVcLh5y9_MaZbqY5RmOA--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110313/i/r4004455299.jpg?x=400&y=238&q=85&sig=blhYgTZYNoPlxTthmZzLBQ--

 

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110312/i/r3584216833.jpg?x=400&y=301&q=85&sig=mwGxW.WR6B2ha6WfZZTJQw--

[The Truth]

Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis

that's freaking crazy

 

this is something I saw on infowars today:

 

the lunar eclipse occurred exactly two years before 12/21/12, then there's this...

 

lots of lives lost on 9/11/01

 

lots of lives lost on 3/10/11

 

add them together, it's 12/21/12

 

just thought it was interesting, I still don't buy it...

Edited March 13, 2011 by Tha Truth

[ChosenOne]

that's freaking crazy

 

this is something I saw on infowars today:

 

the lunar eclipse occurred exactly two years before 12/21/12, then there's this...

 

lots of lives lost on 9/11/01

 

lots of lives lost on 3/10/11

 

add them together, it's 12/21/12

 

just thought it was interesting, I still don't buy it...

 

[Real Deal]

The quake hit on March 11th, not the 10th.

[ChosenOne]

10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns

 

SENDAI, Japan – The estimated death toll from Japan's disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water. The prime minister said it was the nation's worst crisis since World War II.

 

Nuclear plant operators worked frantically to try to keep temperatures down in several reactors crippled by the earthquake and tsunami, wrecking at least two by dumping sea water into them in last-ditch efforts to avoid meltdowns. Officials warned of a second explosion but said it would not pose a health threat.

 

Near-freezing temperatures compounded the misery of survivors along hundreds of miles (kilometers) of the northeastern coast battered by the tsunami that smashed inland with breathtaking fury. Rescuers pulled bodies from mud-covered jumbles of wrecked houses, shattered tree trunks, twisted cars and tangled power lines while survivors examined the ruined remains.

 

One rare bit of good news was the rescue of a 60-year-old man swept away by the tsunami who clung to the roof of his house for two days until a military vessel spotted him waving a red cloth about 10 miles (15 kilometers) offshore.

 

The death toll surged because of a report from Miyagi, one of the three hardest hit states. The police chief told disaster relief officials more than 10,000 people were killed, police spokesman Go Sugawara told The Associated Press. That was an estimate — only 400 people have been confirmed dead in Miyagi, which has a population of 2.3 million.

 

According to officials, more than 1,800 people were confirmed dead — including 200 people whose bodies were found Sunday along the coast — and more than 1,400 were missing in Friday's disasters. Another 1,900 were injured.

 

For Japan, one of the world's leading economies with ultramodern infrastructure, the disasters plunged ordinary life into nearly unimaginable deprivation.

 

Hundreds of thousands of hungry survivors huddled in darkened emergency centers that were cut off from rescuers, aid and electricity. At least 1.4 million households had gone without water since the quake struck and some 1.9 million households were without electricity.

 

While the government doubled the number of soldiers deployed in the aid effort to 100,000 and sent 120,000 blankets, 120,000 bottles of water and 29,000 gallons (110,000 liters) of gasoline plus food to the affected areas, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said electricity would take days to restore. In the meantime, he said, electricity would be rationed with rolling blackouts to several cities, including Tokyo.

 

Yahoo! News

 

Damn.

[fish7718]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/japan-earthquake-2011-goo_n_835548.html

 

yikes

[ChosenOne]

Breaking news on CNN: All workers have suspended operations inside the necular power plant. This happening after a breakout of a new fire.

[reno]

http://img4.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94481__468x_operation-tomodachi-001.jpg

 

http://img3.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94482__468x_operation-tomodachi-002.jpg

 

http://img2.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94483__468x_operation-tomodachi-003.jpg

 

http://img3.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94484__468x_operation-tomodachi-004.jpg

 

http://img2.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94485__468x_operation-tomodachi-005.jpg

 

http://img1.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94486__468x_operation-tomodachi-006.jpg

 

http://img2.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94487__468x_operation-tomodachi-007.jpg

 

http://img3.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94488__468x_operation-tomodachi-008.jpg

 

http://img3.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/safe-ix/operation-tomodachi-009.jpg

 

http://img1.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/94493__468x_operation-tomodachi-013.jpg

 

“As expected of our friends!”

 

“USA! USA!”

 

“They’re so handsome. It’s like a movie, really.”

 

“I could cry. We’re truly grateful, America!”

 

“Sorry we were so hard-hearted. It seems America was our only friend after all.”

 

“They are really used to this stuff, aren’t they?”

 

“They really are tool cool. What is this sense of security I feel…”

 

“Please make Japan a state.”

 

“Guys who have seen actual combat are in a different class.”

 

“They are heroes, seriously.”

 

“As expected of our master! Japan will remain by your side as your Pochi forever!”

 

“Rather than seeing our government’s incomprehensible press conferences, seeing the US army on the ground is much more reassuring.”

 

“The SDF isn’t bad, but seeing this you can really tell how badly Japanese lack decisiveness.”

 

“I got wet when I saw this on the news. America can have me any time!”

 

“They seriously look too cool! USA!! USA!! USA!! USA!!”

 

“The USA is truly Japan’s ally!”

 

“If God made the world into a feature film America would be the protagonist.”

 

“Americans may be stupidly optimistic but they are certainly brave and believe in justice.”

 

“It’s amusing that we can rely on another nation’s armed forces more than we can our own government…”

 

“I cried!”

 

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/03/17/operation-tomodachi-us-military-too-cool/

Edited March 18, 2011 by dabearfan101