Massive 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastate Japan

Tress

Tress

The damage is massive.

It's odd, but one of the first things I felt was some small measure of relief that Japan may be better equipped to handle something like this compared to other countries.

As of right now they're watching to see if the tsunami will reach Hawaii, Russia, Guam, and other areas in the Pacific.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Mike Alt of CNN said that as he was running around like a chicken with his head cut off (his words), his wife knew exactly what to do. Japanese are trained from childhood for just such emergencies, even though this is larger than anyone can remember.

Live streaming video from NHK World is on http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

Tress said:
It's odd, but one of the first things I felt was some small measure of relief that Japan may be better equipped to handle something like this compared to other countries.
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Considering that an 8.8 quake would have killed thousands anywhere else i'd say that's an understatement.

And i'm guessing that most deaths will be because of the tsunami too.
 
Dave

Dave

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Fuck. No more jokes from me about this. I'm an asshole for the one I did above.



This video makes me want to cry. Can you imagine the terror of the people in these cars?
 
MindDetective

MindDetective

Thanks! I don't know why XenForo hates the Mac version of Chrome. I can see videos without problem everyone else but here it is very hit or miss.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
Dave said:
Fuck. No more jokes from me about this. I'm an asshole for the one I did above.



This video makes me want to cry. Can you imagine the terror of the people in these cars?
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Hollywood only wishes it could evoke even half the raw horror watching that amorphous, detritus-laden, flame-spewing blob spreading across all and sundry does.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

From what I understand (bearing in mind I haven't been able to reach a LOT of detail on this yet), most of the disaster is among the coastal areas. Some of the larger populated areas wouldn't be as affected. I think. Plus, as others have said, Japan is prepared for these sort of things. The death toll will likely reach over 1,000 but compared to a lot of other countires, it won't be nearly as bad.

Over 1,000 lost lives is still terrible, though.
 
Tress

Tress

Here in California we got some light tsunami damage. Mostly boats and harbors get smashed by waves. I'm just amazed that an earthquake on the complete other side of the ocean could cause a tsunami in California strong enough to do damage. That was definitely one hell of a quake.
 
MindDetective

MindDetective

Wahad

Wahad

The tsunami has crossed the entirety of the Pacific Ocean - boats in SF harbor were crushed by ~8ft waves. Think about that scale for a second. It's terrifying.
 
J

Jiarn

They need to turn off the damn advertisements on Youtube for today. Seriously.
 
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