my point was that massive waves arent hitting hawaii, so its not likely that anything noticeable will hit the west coast

3/11/2011 9:10:29 AM

it's amazing how powerful tsunami's are and how rapidly the water rises

3/11/2011 9:11:13 AM

Quote :

"POWERFUL TSUNAMI'S ARE"

3/11/2011 9:12:58 AM

More like

Japan pwnt. leave home

This sucks

3/11/2011 9:14:47 AM

3/11/2011 9:27:38 AM

3/11/2011 9:32:08 AM

a moving wall of water, houses and fire.

3/11/2011 9:33:03 AM

Quote :

"Between 200 to 300 bodies found in Japanese coastal city of Sendai, the Kyodo news agency reports. "

3/11/2011 9:39:04 AM

So exactly how far inland does this tidal wave go?

Those videos/pictures are horrible. I couldn't imagine being there.

Events like this make other stuff in your life seem pretty insignificant, at least for me.

3/11/2011 9:44:27 AM

for any other geo nerds out there, USGS has published the focal mechanism for the quake:


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/neic_c0001xgp_wmt.php

having lunch with a professor today that does massive amounts of research over there. hopefully no one he knew was involved...

3/11/2011 9:44:34 AM

so wait, there were 2 earthquakes? or did the first one get an upgrade?

3/11/2011 9:46:51 AM

one earthquake, got upgraded to 8.9. aftershocks as high as 7.1



http://maptd.com/japan-earthquake-tsunami-impact-map/

3/11/2011 9:47:38 AM

CNN:

Quote :

"DON'T GO TO THE BEACH"

3/11/2011 9:47:53 AM

Arnold is gonna need to reprise one of his movie roles to save Califownnya.

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 9:51 AM. Reason : .]

3/11/2011 9:51:16 AM

Quote :

"Today, we are all japanese"

I think i'm turning Japanese, I really think so

3/11/2011 9:52:34 AM

^^^
In Japan, Beach comes to you!

Sorry, had to

3/11/2011 9:53:51 AM

3/11/2011 10:21:05 AM

http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en

Google did the same thing for New Zealand. You can search for somone or update information for people looking for you.

3/11/2011 10:25:33 AM

^^ I really hope those two cars on the bridge are motionless and empty and not actually trying to escape. I find myself trying to determine the best escape route either way.

They better jump that ditch and hope for the best.

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 10:29 AM. Reason : ]

3/11/2011 10:28:31 AM

no Godzilla spottings?

3/11/2011 10:37:52 AM

so Japan is attacking Pearl Harbor...AGAIN??

3/11/2011 10:41:09 AM

this is one of the scariest and awesomest videos
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/11/sot.tsunami.hit.japan.cnn?hpt=C2

along with this one from page 1
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/raw-video-tsunami-slams-northeast-japan-24485635

3/11/2011 10:53:33 AM

a huge dam just washed away another northern town in japan... first waves hitting the west coast right now.

3/11/2011 10:56:43 AM

^^ohmygod.

3/11/2011 11:06:52 AM

You have to admit, watching the Earth unleash some fury is pretty cool.

3/11/2011 11:14:09 AM

never seen anything like this...shit is crazy

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/11/vo.whirlpool.earthquake.nhk?hpt=C2

3/11/2011 11:17:58 AM

^wow

^^it is until i saw the cars racing to get away from the water. i can't even imagine.

3/11/2011 11:20:26 AM

Quote :

"You have to admit, watching the Earth unleash some fury is pretty cool."

It's awful yet fascinating at the same time...I'm sitting here like

3/11/2011 11:32:46 AM

Quote :

"Radiation levels at the nuclear plant are rising"

3/11/2011 12:21:06 PM

uh, damn. source? last i heard they didn't have any leaks, but now i'm hearing there's a fire at a nuke plant

3/11/2011 12:22:35 PM

they just said it on CNN. Not sure how valid you consider that, but they are also reporting fires and 'cooling problems'

3/11/2011 12:25:20 PM

Must be happening just now, since both Fox and CNN articles say there are no radiation leaks. Crazy

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 12:27 PM. Reason : they are reporting fires and coolant leaks]

3/11/2011 12:27:17 PM

Wait, Fox has news?????

3/11/2011 12:32:33 PM

pretty horrifying tsunami footage, scary stuff

lots of news trucks at my work...

3/11/2011 12:37:23 PM

I mean, it could be ABC News who goes and interviews this guy

Quote :

""Up to 100 percent of the volatile radioactive Cesium-137 content of the pools could go up in flames and smoke, to blow downwind over large distances," said Kevin Kamps, a nuclear waste specialist at Beyond Nuclear, which is an advocacy group that opposes nuclear weapons and power. "Given the large quantity of irradiated nuclear fuel in the pool, the radioactivity release could be worse than the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe of 25 years ago." "

http://abcnews.go.com/International/japanese-earthquake-stokes-nuclear-fears-damaged-power-plants/story?id=13114181

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 12:43 PM. Reason : sad]

3/11/2011 12:42:43 PM

I hear they were now able to cool the reactors

3/11/2011 12:58:50 PM

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/?rf=twtr


Wow. This fund just jumped $17,000 in 30 minutes.

3/11/2011 1:01:04 PM

Nobody is suing God for fucking up Japan?

perhaps it's time to make TWW famous

by suing jesus

for letting this happen.

3/11/2011 1:13:29 PM

I'm gonna sue you for claiming to be a genius when in fact you're a moron.

3/11/2011 1:14:50 PM

Maybe it was Buddha mad that they weren't being good practicing Buddhists

3/11/2011 1:18:02 PM

if you can, donate some money!

either through the GlobalGiving link or here:

https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052

3/11/2011 1:21:47 PM

Or just text REDCROSS to 90999

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 1:22 PM. Reason : w]

3/11/2011 1:22:19 PM

that big whirlpool they have been showing on TV is fucking crazy

3/11/2011 1:23:20 PM

Quote :

"Maybe it was Buddha mad that they weren't being good practicing Buddhists "

get money, attain nirvana?

3/11/2011 1:23:20 PM

what caused the whirlpool?

3/11/2011 1:25:03 PM

the earthquake

3/11/2011 1:26:09 PM

well, I was looking for a specific answer...

3/11/2011 1:26:37 PM

^^^
^^

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 1:26 PM. Reason : -]

3/11/2011 1:26:43 PM

From some random website

Quote :

"It’s not in the ocean … it’s inside the mouth of a walled harbor. Looks like the water is going inland on one side, and out to sea on the other, with the effect of a vortex being formed. This movie shows the exact location of the whirlpool relative to the harbor: youtube.com/watch?v=mqVhE3NNszI"

3/11/2011 1:30:25 PM

Click for high-res

3/11/2011 1:51:02 PM