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Massive earthquakes and tsunami hit Japan
Topic Started: Mar 11 2011, 08:02 AM (1,905 Views)
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What's going on there? Any details?
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Yeah, they're fucked.

Hawaii is next, as well as a million other places located in the Pacific.

Hold on tight!
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Oh wow, this is really happening right now.
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Expect another rendition of "Like A Prayer".
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Tsunami due to hit Russia, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Guam, Chile, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia PNG, entire west coast of the United States.
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It's just awful. I can't even bring myself to look at the footage. Terrible.
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holy shit :scared:

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bulgar
Mar 11 2011, 09:24 AM
holy shit :scared:

The cars! :shock:
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and look how professionally shot the footage is... Plays like a deleted scene from "2012". :scared:
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Holy fuck
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Tsunami warning issued for at least 20 countries after quake :shock: :scared:

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(CNN) -- The threat of a tsunami prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue a warning for at least 20 countries and numerous Pacific islands after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan Friday.

The wide-ranging list includes Russia and Indonesia, Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica and the U.S. state of Hawaii. The weather service's bulletin is intended "as advice to government agencies."

The quake, which struck near the coast of Honshu on Friday afternoon unleashed a wall of water that rushed in toward land, leveling houses and cars in its path.

Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam said a tsunami could hit the island as early as 7:09 p.m. (4:09 a.m. ET). Sirens sounded in Hawaii around 10 p.m. Thursday (3 a.m. ET), warning residents they could expect tsunami waves five hours later.

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center early Friday issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas along the United States and Canadian west coasts. The tsunami warning includes coastal areas of California and Oregon from Point Conception to the Oregon-Washington border. It also includes coastal areas of Alaska from Amchitka Pass to Attu

In the Philippines, the government has evacuated 20 coast areas. A tsunami could could hit by 6 p.m. (5 a.m. ET), it said.

Meanwhile, the regional government in eastern Taiwan's Taitung county canceled classes and work, but did not immediately begin evacuations.

Russia's emergency situations ministry said more than 11,000 people living in dangerous areas had been evacuated after a tsunami warning was issued for the Kuril Islands. Ships docked in open ports were heading back out to sea to avoid being hit by tsunami waves, the ministry said.

Chip McCreary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said officials estimated the quake was already causing waves with magnitudes of up to 2 meters above normal sea level.

"This is a very large earthquake. We've evaluated it as about the same size as the earthquake last year in Chile. However, it's much closer to the Hawaiian islands than the Chile earthquake," he said.

The National Weather Service list includes Japan, Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, New Zealand, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and the United States.

Numerous Pacific islands, including some U.S. territories, are also on the list.

Friday's 8.9-magnitude temblor in Japan was the largest earthquake since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Banda Aceh area of Indonesia on Dec. 26, 2004, causing a massive tsunami that killed about 250,000 people in 14 countries and washed away entire communities. The tsunami caused nearly $10 billion in damage and more casualties than any other tsunami in history, according to the United Nations.

Tsunami waves can travel at speeds of 800 kilometers per hour. The earthquake, initially reported as a 7.8 earthquake, was upgraded to an 8.9 quake.

"When you jump a magnitude from 7 to 8, it's not 10 times stronger, it's a 1000 times stronger," said CNN International meteorologist Ivan Cabrera. "With an ... earthquake that shallow, that close to shore, there will be more than one tsunami."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/tsunami.warning/index.html?hpt=T1

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There's now an emergency at a nuclear plant in Japan. :scared:
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hundreds of dead bodies found on the beach in Sendai (the city that has had it worst) :( Japan is geared for this though. if the tsunami hits the Fijis and the Philippines we're goin to see massive casualties

luckily all my friends in Japan are safe!
Edited by Mats, Mar 11 2011, 03:23 PM.
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and 8.9 on the Richter scale! that's a motherfucking shake! I can't believe I'm going to move there :lol2:
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Don't do it Mats! Move to Ireland! The worst that could happen to you here is to be hit by a stray cow.
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Mar 11 2011, 03:24 PM
Don't do it Mats! Move to Ireland! The worst that could happen to you here is to be hit by a stray cow.
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The first waves from the tsunami have now reached the US mainland along the Northern California coast and southwestern Oregon. The Oregon coast is expected to be the worst affected, with surges of six to eight feet (around two metres) expected.

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3.56pm GMT: There are very disturbing reports of a dam breaking in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, washing away homes – and of course it is also close to the nuclear reactor mentioned below.

3.52pm GMT: Good news regarding the fate of Japan's nuclear reactors: the World Nuclear Association says it understands the cooling problems at the damaged Fukushima plant is "under control".
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One more reason to do away with nuclear energy.

Solar panels and wind turbines can't go in to meltdown and ruin everything in a multi-mile radius.
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