8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hit Japan

[Jesda]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJzdtzl6KY[/youtube]

[Otto.]

I hear the radiation levels outside of the power plant have gone back down.

Apparently, they have started pumping seawater into the reactor to help cool it down, too.

They said 150 aftershocks so far!?

[Ace2cool]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJzdtzl6KY[/youtube]

[themadscientist]

No s***! I know at ground level a good shaker can shift my house around with authority. The idea of being up in a high building, no thanks! I'm glad I missed the experience of the 15th floor of my hotel rattling around like that.

[bluepillow]

CNN just said the nuclear reactor is melting down.

edit: the ambassador said not quite melting down.

[Gold Digger]

Here you can have instant news updates from Japanese NHK network in English.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/r/movie/

[alms24sebring]

damn this is crazy! An estimated 10,000 people missing. I hope as many people can survive this as possible.

They thing they were saying is that the people are workinf together. There are no riots, no mobs, no random killings or lootings, no shotguns out and guarding food and water; they're relatively calm and organized as the Japanese naturally are. Thats the best thing in the most desperate times.

I know if this happened in the US. pfffft forget it. It would be completely opposite, every man for themselves, Armageddon style for sure, no matter what city in the US.

Nala seriously stfu

[simmode1]

This just keeps getting worse and worse. Nissan's VPC EXPORT lot, all Infintis...

[OriginalWheelman]

Movement of this magnatude has to induce similar corrective shifts elsewhere. I would not be surprised if there is activity all around the "ring of fire." Not the Johny Cash song.



People in Alaska should be getting prepared just in case.

I may be wrong, but I believe quakes have been working their way up the edge of the Pacific plate since the quake in Indonesia.

[themadscientist]

Don't forget that Chile quake not too long ago. The quake on Okinawa last year was the biggest I have felt in all the years I have lived here. The Pacific plates have been busy for sure.

You can pretty much count on the Japanese to come together and take care of business. They are not like Americans, but that is not meant to be insulting, just fact.

They are culturally and ethnically similar so no major demographic conflicts. Their culture is one that emphasises the group over the individual, and much of the affected areas are not populated with "sophisticated" city types who have moved away from traditional values. I would expect this sort of community cohesion in rural America, but not the closer you get to metropolitan areas.

I'm not even Japanese or a mainlander and I wish there was a way I could get up there and start digging for survivors; it rubs off on you. If I was stateside, however, I would be cleaning my guns and checking my perimeter defenses in anticipation of defending me and mine becase I know it would be likely to be necessary. When in Rome....

[Chaotic_Warlord]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T1

Quake moved the Japanese coast 8 feet and shifted the Earth's Axis.

I knew this isht was bad, but damn. I watched 2012 last night for the first time, seemed fitting considering how much the Mother Nature is giving us the Finger over the last couple of years, needless to say as fake as a lot of the scenes were the way things happened is pretty damn close to what's being predicted.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

I watched 2012 last night for the first time, seemed fitting considering how much the Mother Nature is giving us the Finger over the last couple of years.

Last couple of years? Nature has been systematically hunting down humans like dogs since the dawn of time...you just hear more of it thanks to increases in population and media coverage.

[themadscientist]

Can you blame it?
We loosly mirror the activity of a virus.

As I say to all the global warming people after a significant demonstration of the power of nature like this.

Does the planet look scared of us?

[nissangirl74]

The quake triggered more than 160 aftershocks in the first 24 hours -- 141 measuring 5.0-magnitude or more.

HOLY s***.

They thing they were saying is that the people are workinf together. There are no riots, no mobs, no random killings or lootings, no shotguns out and guarding food and water; they're relatively calm and organized as the Japanese naturally are. Thats the best thing in the most desperate times.

This part is awesome.

[themadscientist]

Tsunami model.



The earthquake in a photo montage.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan ... allery.htm

Natori



Miyagi


Minamisanriku


Sendai airport.


Fukushima reactor, before.


After explosion.


People being checked for radiation.

[alms24sebring]

This just keeps getting worse and worse. Nissan's VPC EXPORT lot, all Infintis...

that bloooooooooooooooooooooows

[nissangirl74]

Just a few hours after the earthquake, a volcano in Indonesia, also in the Ring of Fire, erupted.

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=126132

[Captain Slow]

Before and After (Move cursor over pics)
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/jords ... bilder.php

[Chaotic_Warlord]

Before and After (Move cursor over pics)
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/jords ... bilder.php

That isht is crrraaaazzzzyyyyyyyy. Good find.

[audtatious]

http://www.infinitig37.com/japan-earthquake.html

The above article has video of the Infiniti shipping yard

[alms24sebring]

holy crap!. How does a fire like that even start?

[Gold Digger]

Just checking in with you while we still have power.

Starting this morning (Monday the 14th), Tokyo Electric Power COmpany (TEPCO) has announced there will be scheduled power outages in several major prefectures including Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama.

My city will be shut down from 3:20pm-7:00.

It supposedly will be a daily occurrence from now till sometime in April.

We are still getting aftershocks almost 3 whole days later. It's mind boggling. Last night was the first night I was actually able to get a restful sleep. Friday night and Saturday night were just to tense.

We are all ok, still, and trying to get some semblance of a life back.

I am off to work later this afternoon, because I have to make sure we have money should something happen and we need to haul a**.

I'll keep you updated as much as I can. Also, keep an eye on my FaceBook page. Although, I'll not be adding any new friends for the next few weeks, as I have other things to worry about than my friend count.

Take care and keep us and all of Japan in your thoughts/prayers.

[audtatious]

Thanks bro, keep us updated!!!!

[TurboSauce]

http://kumakubo.seesaa.net/upload/detai ... 6.JPG.html

[troskinatior]

This is going to sound bad but im mostly sadened by ebisu being destroyed. I think the reason for that is because I have no connection to japan other than cars

[Xdisaster240sX]

Good luck to all of my Nico family who live there. I wish I could be there to help you guys out.

[nissangirl74]

Just checking in with you while we still have power.

Starting this morning (Monday the 14th), Tokyo Electric Power COmpany (TEPCO) has announced there will be scheduled power outages in several major prefectures including Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama.

My city will be shut down from 3:20pm-7:00.

It supposedly will be a daily occurrence from now till sometime in April.

We are still getting aftershocks almost 3 whole days later. It's mind boggling. Last night was the first night I was actually able to get a restful sleep. Friday night and Saturday night were just to tense.

We are all ok, still, and trying to get some semblance of a life back.

I am off to work later this afternoon, because I have to make sure we have money should something happen and we need to haul a**.

I'll keep you updated as much as I can. Also, keep an eye on my FaceBook page. Although, I'll not be adding any new friends for the next few weeks, as I have other things to worry about than my friend count.

Take care and keep us and all of Japan in your thoughts/prayers.

Thoughts and prayers go out to you, yours, and everyone else. I honestly wish I was there and able to do something to help. However, you look at what is left and you wonder where to start. The clean-up is just a logistical nightmare, but that can't even be worried about until the reactors are stabilized, water and power are re-established, and food, clothing, and water are established for those who are displaced.

[Gold Digger]

I have no connection to japan other than cars

You have me.

[Jesda]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1

"An explosion shook an earthquake-damaged Japanese nuclear power plant Monday sending plumes of smoke rising from the building, live television showed."

[BusyBadger]

Yeah, I just read this.

Hydrogen explosion at Japan nuclear plant; new tsunami warnings

Soldiers warn of tsunami threat in NE Japan


When is Japan going to catch a break.