Japan Earthquake: Fukushima

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 03:24 PM

Another YouTube vid...the speed of the tsunami is terrifying.

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 03:38 PM

The Gaddafi family must be cracking open the bubbly as we speak.

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 03:45 PM

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 03:53 PM

18 aftershocks reported, all above 5.4, biggest still 7.1

**Travelmate** · 11-03-2011, 03:56 PM

On that vid you can see the car/s turning around and trying to race away! Hope they made it!!

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 04:03 PM

18 confirmed dead...NHK

But going to rise...

**Frankenstein** · 11-03-2011, 04:04 PM

It's unreal how fast that thing is moving.

**ItsRobsLife** · 11-03-2011, 04:09 PM

I just woke up, switched on the TV and saw the footage on the news.
Seemed unreal at first, thought it was a spoof or the latest sci-fi disaster movie.

**Norton** · 11-03-2011, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

But going to rise...

18 "confirmed" dead only from earthquake I believe. Toll will be much higher when tsunami aftermath and death count tallied.

**SandMike** · 11-03-2011, 04:24 PM

The first reports I saw on the BBC from the 2004 Tsunami reported the same low numbers ...

That was some time after swimming out of my hotel room in Patong !!

This brings back all the memories, and I sincerely hope this is nowhere near as bad but looking at the TV, I think the final death toll will be of a similar magnitude.

**The Muffinman** · 11-03-2011, 04:41 PM

Holy crap, just spent a couple of hours at the gym only to come back to this disaster. Watching CCN now, pictures of a massive blaze. Looks terrible, hope casualties can be kept at a minimum.

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 04:44 PM

Looking at USGS there's been a small quake (3.2) right next to Hawaii. They don't call it the Ring of Fire for nothing, do they?
I wonder if this is a direct result of plate movement from the Christchurch Quake?

**Loy Toy** · 11-03-2011, 04:49 PM

26 confirmed dead. One is already too many.

My sincere condolences and sympathy to any Japanese forum members or those with Japanese loved ones.

Such a horrible tradegy.

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 04:55 PM

Video of tsunami hitting Sendai airport

**Poo and Pee** · 11-03-2011, 05:10 PM

from all my years here, i have felt nothing like this. it really was scary.

aftershocks are still happening now.

here is a video i took of an aftershock about 20 minutes after it hit

**Mid** · 11-03-2011, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Poo and Pee

here is a video i took of an aftershock about 20 minutes after it hit

this is what makes TD , thanxs for posting

**robuzo** · 11-03-2011, 05:30 PM

^^The emotional reactions people have to earthquakes are interesting. One might expect Japanese to be fairly used to them, but while some people remain calm, others panic, while others have emotional breakdowns or get depressed. The girl being comforted in the video reminded me of this. I could tell that my colleague in Tokyo was really starting to feel down in response to aftershock followed by aftershock. He complained of nausea. There is something unique about the feelings elicited by a quake as compared to other catastrophic events. For example, hurricanes can be just as damaging and deadly, but they don't show up without warning, so perhaps that's why the emotional reactions to them are not really the same as those in response to earthquakes.

**ItsRobsLife** · 11-03-2011, 05:40 PM

It's incredible how well the buildings have survived such a massive quake.
Not unexpected of course, as Japan has always championed it's building and safety technique.

**Loy Toy** · 11-03-2011, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by robuzo

One might expect Japanese to be fairly used to them, but while some people remain calm, others panic, while others have emotional breakdowns or get depressed.

It was the Japanese plan to escape this "distaster waiting to happen country" over 100 years ago and when they invaded China and joined Germany in the second world war.

They know full well that human building technolgy cannot withstand the big one and that is yet to happen.

I suppose they go through life knowing that disaster is only a rumble away much the same as the residents of San Francisco and others who live on these seismic hot spots.

I guess if the Japanese race is going to remain a global power, let alone survive they will have to again look at other locations to live.

These type of events will only remind them about this fact.

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Poo and Pee

here is a video i took of an aftershock about 20 minutes after it hit

Be a good idea to stay away from big glass windows.

**Takeovers** · 11-03-2011, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

They know full well that human building technolgy cannot withstand the big one and that is yet to happen.

The Japanese believe otherwise, I am sure. They trust their buildings. But only the large new Highrises. A lot of old and low residential houses may not stand.

BTW on german TV a geologist said this earthquake may be followed by others over the next years. The dreaded big one for Tokyo is now more likely and not less than before.

**hopskimoet** · 11-03-2011, 06:14 PM

Just woke up! Man! The death toll is going to be huge.

I was just watching the the tsunami (on TV) going inland and it was taking out cars and trucks as they was trying to escape.

8.9! It's a biggie! Tsunami alerts on the west coast of the USA!

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 06:17 PM

2012 it is then. Bloody Mayans.

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 06:24 PM

Smoke rises from Japan's Odaiba bay

Black smoke rises from a building in Tokyo's Odaiba bay area after strong earthquakes hit Japan Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Yasushi Kanno, The Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

The tsunami wipes out a town

Waves of debris destroy most things in their path

Wreckage at a port in Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan

People watch the aftermath of tsunami tidal waves covering a port at Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, after strong earthquakes hit the area Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Keichi Nakane, The Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

After the tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture

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Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, after strong earthquakes hit the area Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Keichi Nakane, The Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

A burning building in Tokyo

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The tsunami strikes Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture

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Office workers in Tokyo watch buildings sway in the aftershock

Office workers in Tokyo's Shiodome district near Tokyo Bay stay on the pedestrian deck, observing surrounding high-rise office and hotel buildings swaying Friday, March 11, 2011, shortly after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Reporters take cover at the AP's Japan bureau

Read more: Pictures: The Japanese Earthquake And Tsunami

**hopskimoet** · 11-03-2011, 06:27 PM

Why do people take refuge under a desk? Are they mad.

I'd be heading for the door and away from any structure.

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