!Japan EQ/Tsunami/Radiation/Volcano/WTF???

[Queen_Herpes]

8.9 earthquake.

Thoughts/prayers out to Japan.

More earthquakes to come in the next nine days with the lunar apogee.

Crazy tsunamis.

The Building housing one of the Nuclear Reactors at one of the power plants exploded Saturday:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake

Radiation exposure passing over to the world...

Volcano erupting in Japan...

What next?

[HapSmo19]

holy crap

pictures of the tsunami are crazy. those poor people...

[Queen_Herpes]

I was nerding out on usgs.gov and saw the quake. I thought it was too far offshore. I've been following a series of earthquakes in the same location. They continue to get hit with massive aftershocks: 7.1, 6.8, 6.5, 6.5, more tsunamis. Tsunami to hit Hawaii at 2:59am...

[angola]

The video of the tsunamis is insane.

Thoughts and prayers for our Japanese members.

I can't imagine.

[JPcelticfc]

God help the 100 people on the boat that got swept away!!

[angola]

Video of a tsunami shredding farmland and community: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/wo ... cnn?hpt=T1

Video of a tsunami hammering a bridge with people on it: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/wo ... cnn?hpt=T1

Video of the earthquake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3fUqdGXLbM

[PLAYER57832]

God help Japan... and Hawaii.

[thegreekdog]

Wow. I hope Japan can limit the deaths and property destruction, but I'm not sure how (especially after seeing those videos).

[PLAYER57832]

Wow. I hope Japan can limit the deaths and property destruction, but I'm not sure how (especially after seeing those videos).

The most appropriate phrasing I have heard is that Japan is as prepared as it is possible for any nation to be prepared. Its that "as possible" bit that gets worrisome.

[jonesthecurl]

Wow. Good luck japan, and others too.

[alex951]

Video of tsunami coming in filmed by self defence forces
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-gtv

[Commander9]

The video of the tsunamis is insane.

Thoughts and prayers for our Japanese members.

I can't imagine.

This. I'm still trembling after this... Wow.

[notyou2]

It's horrible to watch.

[GTE]

Just wanted to say God bless to all those affected by the disaster in Japan.

[Pirlo]

God help them and ease their pains

[pimpdave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-t5qe_VSEA

At about :42 you can see a white car burning rubber in reverse, then it tries to turn around and go forward. I wonder if the camera panned away to avoid showing their fate...

[tkr4lf]

Jesus...this is horrible. Some crazy videos tho.

[The Bison King]

You know I really don't know what to say here. Obviously this sucks massively. It's seems like Earth Quakes and Tsunami's are becoming a lot more frequent all around the world and especially the Pacific.

[muy_thaiguy]

May God help them all.

[radiojake]

Thoughts go out to the Japanese people affected...

I know Japan had sent quite a lot of 'earthquake experts' to New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquake the other week. If they were still in New Zealand I dare say they would be heading straight back home now.


Only a slightly different note, does anyone else think that youtube should actually just remove the comment options on videos? Some of the crap that has been posted in relation to the earthquake videos is disgusting -

[Baron Von PWN]

Thoughts go out to the Japanese people affected...

I know Japan had sent quite a lot of 'earthquake experts' to New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquake the other week. If they were still in New Zealand I dare say they would be heading straight back home now.


Only a slightly different note, does anyone else think that youtube should actually just remove the comment options on videos? Some of the crap that has been posted in relation to the earthquake videos is disgusting -

youtube comments are the cesspit of the internet, so maybe.

[HapSmo19]

I did a little google earth searching and found some of the locations shown in the videos and most of what you see is already about one mile or more inland. Some large housing tracts were anihalated before you see the wave going through the farmland. It's hard to believe the death toll won't be fucking huge when you still see all those people in cars that close to the sea - some even heading toward the coast more than two hours after the quake.

Knowing what I saw after the Thailand quake, I woulda already had a six pack down and the coals ready on a nearby mountain top.

[angola]

This isn't an AP News Alert you want to see come across the wire:

TOKYO (AP) — Japan nuclear safety commission official says meltdown at nuclear power plant possible

[HapSmo19]

Man, they have some bad luck with nuke products over there.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

I was actually just wondering about an update on that power plant. That's the last thing they need at this point. From what I've heard, it'd be a full melt-down.

The Oregon coast is under warning right now, too. I live about 50 miles inland, so no worries, but I met a few people today at work who lived on the coast and they weren't even allowed to drive back home. The harbor in Crescent City, a port town, has pretty much been demolished, along with some boats. I don't think any deaths have occurred, though.

Scary stuff.

-TG