Japan Earthquake and Tsunami!

[Alpe d'Huez]

If you're awake and on this site, turn on your TV. Massive 8.9 earthquake in Japan, with huge tsunamis. Massive. Never seen anything like this in my entire life. Astounding.

 

[jens_attacks]

the images are apocalyptic.good thoughts for all the japanesse people.

 

[thrawn]

this is absolutely horrible. i've been watching this on tv since i got home from work.

i fear that the casualty count for this will be high i sincerely hope im wrong.

 

[thirteen]

i just got to the computer and saw this!

my nephew is in Tokyo and i'm waiting to hear from my sister if he is okay

 

[sublimit]

Unbelievable pictures, whole houses getting picked up and swept inland and Its on its way to the most of the Pacific coast apparently..

 

[kukiniloa]

..waiting to have some idea how large the wave might be here in Hawaii...certainly nothing like that seen in northern Honshu.

 

[thirteen]

..waiting to have some idea how large the wave might be here in Hawaii...certainly nothing like that seen in northern Honshu.

please post back... my dad lives on the beach front in Maui (but somewhat protected by Lanai and Molokai)...

 

[I Watch Cycling In July]

Absolutely horrible news.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

x-wife and daughter

I was on this site late and want to thank Alpe for the Heads up. I did not have my television on. My X-wife and daughter live in Japan and spent a good hour trying to call. Finally got through and all was well with them. Some major damage and something they are prepared for but nothing they have really ever seen in terms of Tsunami.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

please post back... my dad lives on the beach front in Maui (but somewhat protected by Lanai and Molokai)...

cnn predicting 2 meters once it arrives in Hawaii.

 

[kukiniloa]

please post back... my dad lives on the beach front in Maui (but somewhat protected by Lanai and Molokai)...

Tsunami arrival time is estimated to be 0300HST, which is 0800 EST.
We are supposed to get some idea of the wave's size when it reaches Midway and Wake within the hour.

 

[thirteen]

cnn predicting 2 meters once it arrives in Hawaii.

thank you! just found out they are evacuating for higher ground.

my nephew sent a brief note on facebook "I am alive" and nothing since.

scary!

 

[thirteen]

Tsunami arrival time is estimated to be 0300HST, which is 0800 EST.
We are supposed to get some idea of the wave's size when it reaches Midway and Wake within the hour.

thank you! i am depending on all of you as my father isn't exactly email king...

i only heard that they were evacuating because my brother called them after i sent a text to his phone (thank god he stays up late!).

ETA: LOL! he actually sent me an e! almost verbatim:

Tsunami is expected at 0300. We will have a better idea of the magnitude of the wave when it hits Midway Is. at 0300.
aloha

that is worrisome in itself... my dad almost never does that.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Pretty scary video: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24485372

What stuns me is that people are still driving over that bridge!

Susan

edit: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24485635

 

[jens_attacks]

Pretty scary video: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24485372

What stuns me is that people are still driving over that bridge!

Susan

edit: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24485635

i was shocked too about that video.probably that bridge is the only thing above the water there so i guess they were safe on it.

 

[thrawn]

Pretty scary video: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24485372

What stuns me is that people are still driving over that bridge!

Susan

edit: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24485635

the second video is absolutely astounding in its devastation.

to thirteen: i hope all of your family are ok.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I wouldn't call any bridge safe if that rushing water is going under it, and the ships are smacking into it!

I couldn't even cmmen on the second vido, it is so horrifying.

Susan

 

[thirteen]

to thirteen: i hope all of your family are ok.

thank you! they are (though i admit i'll feel better after it's all over).

being from southern california, i hate earthquakes passionately. but, truly, tsunamis (of which i've never been affected by) scare me more than anything. the videos Susan linked showed how stunningly powerful they are. it is frightening when you see something that surpasses your worst nightmares

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

'They are now calling for tsunamis to hit California and also the western part of the Pacific, such as the Philippines and Australia.

Susan

 

[thirteen]

'They are now calling for tsunamis to hit California and also the western part of the Pacific, such as the Philippines and Australia.

Susan

yes, and they are WARNINGS, not merely watches!

there have been fears about the SuperMoon on the 19th. was this an early strike or is there worse to come?

 

[thrawn]

'They are now calling for tsunamis to hit California and also the western part of the Pacific, such as the Philippines and Australia.

Susan

That depends. I'm an Aussie, and our authorities are saying there is no threat (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/no-australian-tsunami-threat-say-authorities-20110311-1br74.html). Hopefully the wave is incredibly small by the time it hits anywhere else.

 

[thirteen]

hopefully...

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Police on the Oregon Coast are going door to door waking people and getting them out.

Having said that, the last time there was a large tsunami warning here it petered out and turned out to be nothing more than a large wave. So let's hope that's the case here.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Better to take precautions and have nothing happen, than the other way around.

I am just watching the news. I really have trouble believing what I am seeing, it is so awful.

Susan

 

[sublimit]

Reports on an overheating nuclear power station in Japan. This is going from bad to worse

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-declares-nuclear-emergency-quake