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bmwracer

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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:34 pm Post subject:

Wow, there's already a Wiki entry for the Sendai Earthquake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami

xploring

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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject:

The situation with the nuclear power plants is worrying, hope they will have it figured out and under control soon.

gaijinmark

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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject:

xploring wrote:

The situation with the nuclear power plants is worrying, hope they will have it figured out and under control soon.

They're saying the blast occured because some walls fell down, they say the reactor is safe, but they have widened the evacuation area around the plant.

Tu_triky

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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:34 pm Post subject:

Eyeyore

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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:49 pm Post subject:

Gosh....it reminds me of the movie, "Sinking of Japan". I hope the cold compressors from the US could reach the nuclear plants quickly. perhaps some of us will recall the frequent earthquake alerts on the top of the TV screen when we watch Jdoramas. I thought these alerts started getting more frequent since last year. At the beginning of this year, it became a weekly affair. The worst part of it is the aftershocks. It delays any recovery from PTSD. I remember my experience having to catch only 4hrs sleep for over a week because I woke up every time i hear the window grilles shaking. And I just couldn't decide whether to act or not to act. ERH.....HOW DID THAT GOZILLA PIX GOT UP THERE???

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:04 am Post subject:

Geezer wrote:

All that stuff that we all but take for granted simply didn't exist when I was a kid.

I learnt about tsunami and whirlpools when i was a kid. It wasn't an important topic during school exam and neither were these phenomenon popular topics in school projects because we couldn't find photographs or modern accounts of a tsunami or whirlpool. The best representative was a Hokusai's painting of a tsunami.

How things have changed. Terrifying to watch it 'live' on tv Sweat

bmwracer

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:06 am Post subject:

Tu_triky wrote:

Guess the earthquake/tsunami woke the brother up...

Eyeyore

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:07 am Post subject:

So, where is our Ultraman ?

bmwracer

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:08 am Post subject:

Eyeyore wrote:

So, where is our Ultraman ?

How about UltraWoman?

nippon addict

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:47 am Post subject:

Tu_triky wrote:

wow cool! at least there's a lighter side of the tragedy...
can i repost this in my FB account?
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Tu_triky

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:48 am Post subject:

nippon addict wrote:

wow cool! at least there's a lighter side of the tragedy...
can i repost this in my FB account?

Of course. It's not mine. I just shared it here.

nippon addict

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:17 am Post subject:

Tu_triky wrote:

Of course. It's not mine. I just shared it here.

thanks a lot! the Pacific is not so "pacified" these past few days...
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Tu_triky

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:37 am Post subject:

nippon addict wrote:

thanks a lot! the Pacific is not so "pacified" these past few days...

Indeed. With the fifth strongest earthquake in recorded human history I can see why.

Geezer

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:43 am Post subject:

Sheesh! I saw a graphic yesterday that said this earthquake was 900 times worse than the Loma Prieta quake in '89. 90 times worse than the 1906 quake that destroyed San Francisco. And this was only the 5th worst quake in recorded history? Thank google I wasn"t any where near those other four. _________________ Manga is to Literature what Graffiti is to Art

Tu_triky

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:47 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

Guess the earthquake/tsunami woke the brother up...

No need for an alarm when the planet starts rumbling and speeds up by 1.6 microseconds. Sweat

xploring

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:49 pm Post subject:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm Before and after satellite photos

bmwracer

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:05 pm Post subject:

xploring wrote:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

Before and after satellite photos

Yow.

Reminds me of those similar satellite pics of Indonesia back in 2004(?)... Unbelievable. Sweat

xploring

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:49 pm Post subject:

Japan's earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the main island by about 2.4 metres, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/13/3162741.htm The death toll from Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami is likely to exceed 10,000 in Miyagi Prefecture alone, its police chief says. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/13/3162810.htm

bmwracer

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:21 pm Post subject:

xploring wrote:

The death toll from Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami is likely to exceed 10,000 in Miyagi Prefecture alone, its police chief says.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/13/3162810.htm

Terrible.

Hope he's wrong. Fingers crossed

bmwracer

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:07 am Post subject:

Still watching the NHK news reports. They've been interviewing survivors... Some are parents who have lost their children from the initial wave of water... Heartbreaking.

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