Japan : (

Doppleganger · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:25 am

7.9 earthquake just hit Japan. The live pictures are horrible. tsunami warning in effect.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/1 ... 34380.html

EDIT: Now they are saying it was an 8.8 HOLY SHIT

I :love:

u Japan

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:29 am

WTF, No wonder why I felt (and still feeling) strong winds maybe?

wtf, im scared now :S

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:30 am

Get moving to high ground...

Edit: CNN says it was an 8.8 quake, not 7.9

Doppleganger · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:32 am

They just upgraded the size from 7.9 to 8.8!!! OMFG

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:40 am

WTF....... err...oh dear god, to the hills srsly :S

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:45 am

Nah, just make sure you watch your local channels. CNN does say that there's a Tsunami watch for Hawaii, but your local news will have the most up-to-date information for sure.

lentyski · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 118 **Location:** USA

Watching that on the news right now.

RIP to those who have died so far =/

They showed a mall and a car port on-top of the mall and the water was filled up to the car port so everyone in the mall is now underwater...

Sadly, I see more heavy Earth Quakes like this coming again, Japan has had a lot of heavy Earth Quakes so far.

Wouldn't be surprised if the San Andreas Fault burst soon too.

Good Luck Japan my heart is with you guys!

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:48 am

lentyski wrote:

Watching that on the news right now.

RIP to those who have died so far =/

They showed a mall and a car port on-top of the mall and the water was filled up to the car port so everyone in the mall is now underwater...

Sadly, I see more heavy Earth Quakes like this coming again, Japan has had a lot of heavy Earth Quakes so far.

Wouldn't be surprised if the San Andreas Fault burst soon too.

Good Luck Japan my heart is with you guys!

Major Earthquakes like this come every 5-10 years. Last one was 2004 in Indonesia.

lentyski · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 118 **Location:** USA

Well I mean the past few days it seems they have had a few 6.0s 7.0s..from what Iv heard.

Never a good thing with Earth Quakes, not really the shake that is the bigger devastation, but the Tsunamis.

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:53 am

In this case, yes, the Tsunamis will be the worst part, Japan actually builds their buildings very well just for earthquakes. Impossible to protect against a tsunami though.

Doppleganger · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:56 am

Upgraded again to a 8.9 :shock:

Doppleganger · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:01 am

OMG They are showing live footage on CNN of the tsunami and its taking out everything!!

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiap ... ke/?hpt=T2

Holy shit... I feel bad for those people right now.

lentyski · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 118 **Location:** USA

They now say its 8.9

THIS GIANT wave is going inland..ruining all farm lands, taking ANYTHING with it..hell debris on top is getting on fire.. Cars are driving as fast as they can from it...this is just horrible.

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:07 am

Watching the tsunami move inland on the farm area is just... wow... seeing buildings and cars and stuff pulled along as if they're insects in a stream basically.

lentyski · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 118 **Location:** USA

MrJoey wrote:

Watching the tsunami move inland on the farm area is just... wow... seeing buildings and cars and stuff pulled along as if they're insects in a stream basically.

Yeah I know..these sorta events just make me think "ok take a step back from the PC screen and pray for those poor people."

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:18 am

There's been aftershocks in the range of 7+ as well, so those are creating even more tsunamis. I'm not the praying type (and this actually affirms that even more...) but I wish the best for all people affected.

Mirosuke, if you haven't found out, Hawaii is in the watch stage, and they were saying that basically means that there's a couple hours before any tsunamis hit it, so you'll have plenty of advance warning. Keep your radios and news channels on, and don't go to bed til it's all over.

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

Unreal footage.

Live feed:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

heroo · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 6618 **Location:**

just read about it a minute ago. this is going to be devastating.

edt: WTF, you must check out the link in Evga's post. really unreal footage.

lentyski · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 118 **Location:** USA

Yeah I live in USA Calif...my bro lives in ocean side...so hopefully no damage goes to Hawaii and Calif...last thing which needs to happen, all focus needs to be put on Japan =(.

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

Was watching the waves come in earlier, destroying everything in its way...

*not my pictures*

People are dying in those pictures... notice the cars fleeing

EDIT: Another wave coming in right now.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:37 am

MrJoey wrote:

There's been aftershocks in the range of 7+ as well, so those are creating even more tsunamis. I'm not the praying type (and this actually affirms that even more...) but I wish the best for all people affected.

Mirosuke, if you haven't found out, Hawaii is in the watch stage, and they were saying that basically means that there's a couple hours before any tsunamis hit it, so you'll have plenty of advance warning. Keep your radios and news channels on, and don't go to bed til it's all over.

Yeah, I'm aware, thanks. There was an Earthquake in Chile with a magnitude above 9, and there was a warning for a huge wave coming toward Hawaii, at the end nothing really happened at all. This time is Japan which is pretty much a neighbor country for Hawaii... I didn't hear any alarm for tsunami warning atm. Probably soon...

@EVGA WTF.....

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

another one approaching the shore.

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:41 am

Mirosuke wrote:

MrJoey wrote:

There's been aftershocks in the range of 7+ as well, so those are creating even more tsunamis. I'm not the praying type (and this actually affirms that even more...) but I wish the best for all people affected.

Mirosuke, if you haven't found out, Hawaii is in the watch stage, and they were saying that basically means that there's a couple hours before any tsunamis hit it, so you'll have plenty of advance warning. Keep your radios and news channels on, and don't go to bed til it's all over.

Yeah, I'm aware, thanks. There was an Earthquake in Chile with a magnitude above 9, and there was a warning for a huge wave coming toward Hawaii, at the end nothing really happened at all. This time is Japan which is pretty much a neighbor country for Hawaii... I didn't hear any alarm for tsunami warning atm. Probably soon...

@EVGA WTF.....

It was just announced on CNN that Hawaii has an official warning, and that it's supposed to get there at 2:59 A.M. (Hawaii time).

lentyski · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 118 **Location:** USA

Thank god for the one that was approaching the shore did not make it, it sorta died out it seems.
Gotta remember, Japan is sitting on about three different plates if I am not mistaken.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:45 am

MrJoey wrote:

It was just announced on CNN that Hawaii has an official warning, and that it's supposed to get there at 2:59 A.M. (Hawaii time).

Gaaah, yeah I just heard of that right now... Wow.
The live feed vid/pictures kinda freaked me out. :banghead:

Edit: wow, no wonder why those suddenly STRONG winds today.....
ITS HELLA WINDY...

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:52 am

Mirosuke wrote:

MrJoey wrote:

It was just announced on CNN that Hawaii has an official warning, and that it's supposed to get there at 2:59 A.M. (Hawaii time).

Gaaah, yeah I just heard of that right now... Wow.
The live feed vid/pictures kinda freaked me out. :banghead:

Edit: wow, no wonder why those suddenly STRONG winds today.....
ITS HELLA WINDY...

No idea how much practice you have with evacuation for such a thing, but keep safe. Same goes for any other SRFer that might be affected.

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

So much debri...

Stay safe Miro, keep an ear to the radio and tv.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:08 am

OMG, the TSUNAMI ALARM has been activated :/

...

Watching the local news now.

MrTwilliger · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 1374 **Location:** Hiding

Those poor people, the world is falling apart

I can't bear to watch any live feed, even those pictures are too much for me to bear. Such destruction, I'd rather plead ignorance to it than be faced with the reality of it all. I feel sorry for anyone involved. Make sure you stay safe Miro.

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