8.9 earthquake in Japan: tsunami warnings

*Lacy33*

Greg Bernhardt

wow! and I am headed there next week :(

Greg Bernhardt

live coverage
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

scary video

*Lacy33*

Sorry you have to go there next week Greg.
Good Luck.
And to all people and PFers in the path of tsunamis on the way to other countries right now.

Greg Bernhardt

a report that a 10m wave hit sendai kyoto airport!!!!

*Lacy33*

MAP 8.9 2011/03/11 05:46:24 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...quakes_all.php

*Proton Soup*

wow, cars washing up like driftwood. that makes katrina look pretty small.

Greg Bernhardt

8 confirmed dead so far

*Proton Soup*

i think i saw more than that get washed away in a liveleak video.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=016_1299829101

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by Proton Soup

i think i saw more than that get washed away in a liveleak video.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=016_1299829101

certainly, it's very early. that video is crazy! you can see a couple cars racing away from the wave!

*Proton Soup*

it looks bad, but hopefully their warning systems will keep it from being as bad as the last tsunami in the indian ocean. japan's is already up on the wiki below it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami..._Ocean_tsunami

quietrain

does it have anyhting to do iwth the moon's closest approach ?

fillipeano

Thank God Japan is prepared for events like this.

hypatia

Shocking video, a lot of damage. I hope the aftershocks lesson. So grateful for Facebook, my nephew at Atsugi base is ok.

Borg

I hope that casualties are as minimal as possible.

tsunami warning

Lots of large aftershocks:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak.../10/140_40.php

The image above is the current one from USGS, so it will eventually go out of date. Red is the last hour, Blue is the last day and Yellow is the last week.

Borg

CNN has video of a house (or something large) being swept along while it's burning. Really incredible.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2....hit.japan.cnn

Main story:
Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

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Quote by Borg

CNN has video of a house (or something large) being swept along while it's burning. Really incredible.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2....hit.japan.cnn

Main story:
Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

Whole towns have been swept away. This is going to be monumental !

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Greg Bernhardt Admin Blog Entries: 5	wow! and I am headed there next week :(

Proton Soup Blog Entries: 3	wow, cars washing up like driftwood. that makes katrina look pretty small.

quietrain	does it have anyhting to do iwth the moon's closest approach ?

hypatia	Shocking video, a lot of damage. I hope the aftershocks lesson. So grateful for Facebook, my nephew at Atsugi base is ok.

Borg Blog Entries: 1 Recognitions: Gold Member	I hope that casualties are as minimal as possible. tsunami warning Lots of large aftershocks: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak.../10/140_40.php The image above is the current one from USGS, so it will eventually go out of date. Red is the last hour, Blue is the last day and Yellow is the last week.