The video from the helicopter of the Tsunami swallowing of that entire farming community is pretty gad dam scary. Good luck Japan...
that video just froze me up. i really hope and pray for the japanese and surrounding countries! looks like my area has now a tsunami warning in effect now. going to hit here in the morning
We got some Tsunami warnings here too... 1-1.25m waves, but it's in the other side of the Philippines... Stated to arrive 7-9 pm tonight... Hoping for the best from my countrymen...
We have tsunami warnings, but I would suspect those far away will just have higher than normal tides. Even after the indonesian tsunami we in Aus just had higher tides.
Good luck to those in Japan.
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That footage was pretty damn scary too, watching the tsunami sweep across the ramp and swamping the airbridges was incredible. I wonder if they managed to get any aircraft away in advance, couldn't see any in the tv pictures so far...?
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I woke up in a great mood until I turned on my computer and TV to see the news about Japan and the subsequent tsunami. Caused me to become pretty emotional. We're on a tsunami warning now and the water levels have already risen. The peak is expected between 9:00-10:00.
RIP, God help them. Horrifying is an understatement to describe the pictures/videos, my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims. I believe many miracle stories will come out of this one.
May the People of Japan be able to bear this loss, as you have been on our minds recently (There has been quite a lot of talk on Japan Airlines recently on the forum. )
Ive heard about the eathquake on the radio all day but just finsihed work and seen the pictures, looks scary, the nuclear power stations sound like a poblem that could cause a bigger problem if not contained.
yea im sure a quake as strong as that we will be seeing big aftershocks too
can someone tell me why the us sending an aircraft carrier...how that helps the situation?
They are? Which one?
Its a logistics thing Kai. Just think the wonders that all those choppers and Greyhounds can do to bring relief supplies to the inland.
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The footage is unbelievable.....thoughts and prayers with all the people caught up in that
heard somebody in california has got swept in to the sea taking photos of the tsunami coastguard are looking for him? and good luck to anybody here who might be effected keep safe
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The rural area was just swallowed by this massive slurry of water and debris. You would think the wave would stop after a while, like most waves do but it keeps on going. The area looks completely devastated. Tsunamis are, in my opinion one of the more bizarre and natural disasters with very odd characteristics. It looks terrible, but I am sure Japan can manage the situation. They are no strangers to Natural Disasters.
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Actually, there were four people in Crescent City, CA who were swept out to sea, but three survived.
Hard to feel bad for dumbazzes who go down to the beach to film a tsunami...how stupid do you have to be to ignore repeated warnings about the unpredictability of those waves? I feel very badly for the people who lost their lives in Japan, though...they had almost no warning. It's heartbreaking to see the destruction there. My daughter tells me that a commuter train literally vanished with an unknown number of passengers...all swept to sea.
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the write off to something like this must be crazy. looks like all nissans. with some fairlady Zs up in the left. gosh, i cant even begin to imagine what would happen if that happened here. my continual thoughts and prayers go out to the japanese peoples
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Hard to feel bad for dumbazzes who go down to the beach to film a tsunami...how stupid do you have to be to ignore repeated warnings about the unpredictability of those waves?
I know, I thought the same. People do the same thing when hurricanes get closer to land. You wouldn't catch me anywhere near the water!
Geez it's been a bad year so far....first the floods and cyclones in Australia, then the quake in New Zealand, and now this in Japan and to top it all off, a 6+ quake in Tonga today. I hope that is it for the Pacific region for the time being. We need some time to get our breath back and get back on our feet. For those that have been directly involved in any of these events...hang in there, our thoughts and good wishes are with you all.
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It's so depressing seeing the video footage shown on CNN and BBC and a 6+ quake just adds to all the problems they are already undergoing
May all our thoughts and prayers be with the Japanese people.
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And The Fun Is Not Over. They Expect Many After Shocks Up To Magnitude 7.5 In The Coming Several Weeks. And The Poor Buggers Are Still Paying Off The Hundreds Of Billions For The Earthquake In Kobe, 1995.
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Saw the graph charting the plume of radiation if the power plant has a meltdown. It will sweep across the Pacific and smack right into the western US after about ten days. We'll be getting back some of the radiation we gifted the Japanese with 65 years ago. Karma may be coming. Let's hope not.
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This disaster just seems to be getting worse and worse and with the threat of the meltdown now is worrying, i believe it wasnt the quakes that caused the initial trouble it was the back up power that failed after to keep the core cool.....my god this has so many knock on effects its hard to comprehend what could happen its looks something from a movie truly worrying
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As might be expected, aviation has been hit badly in the area also.
Yesterday, the TV news report showed smashed up light planes at what was an airfield and aerial views of a Japanese Air Base with Mitsubishi F-2As and Kawasaki T-4 trainers smashed into a hangar by the force of the water. There is not one aspect of life that hasn't been hit. Anyone seen any footage of airliners caught up in this on the ground?
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What is frightening is that video starts with a dry road and a trickle of water. In just 5 minutes the force of the water is ripping buildings from foundations.
What is frightening is that video starts with a dry road and a trickle of water. In just 5 minutes the force of the water is ripping buildings from foundations.
Exactly my thoughts Tupe ... at first I thought ... "just a little water - no problem".
Then it starter getting higher and rougher ... rougher and higher ... and finally it was an ocean current!
yea i saw that vid too. that water is intensely powerful. i wonder if that white car in the beginning made it out...
even those cars in front were no match (i thought they would stay put since they seem like in a secure location), and that stairway railing.....gives me the chills...
It just keeps getting worse on Japan. There are now high risk nuclear meltdown warnings. Some areas are go bad, people are not allowed to leave their house.
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