Massive earthquake hits Japan

[Daistallia 2104]

(-8 C = 17.5 C)

You mean F.

I feel for them. We were without power for 2 days after wind knocked down power lines a few weeks ago.[/quote]

LOL, yes.

[Daistallia 2104]

This is why I am insisting to my wife that our new house WILL have a wood burning stove. If something like this happens, we'll have heat, be able to boil water, and be able to cook still.

She accepted it as a trade off until we got the news about the conditions up north, she's a lot more enthusiastic about it now.

The little bro has two properties. They've been talking about moving the 100 year old farm house from the small one to the large, but recently decided on selling it and building a new place all done green. I'll mention it to him.

Well, I guess that we can at least be glad that the quake didn't happen on mainland Japan itself. I don't know if anybody else here has seen Tokyo 8.0, but that scenario was quite a bit worse than this one...although it was only focused on a few characters rather than the situation at large.

Tokyo is still living in fear of the next great Kanto quake... This just reminded them that when it hits, it's going to be very, very bad.

Indeed. And they needed the reminder - it's been too long since the Hanshin quake.

Times like these you realize how dependent we are on electricity. I have a gas fired grill out back. And that was the only way to cook. There was no heat though. It wasn't quite as cold as it is in Japan though. Still, it got down to the mid 50s inside.

It's been a while, but I've done my share of winter camping, including a wek in a tent at scout camp when the canoe pond froze over solid enough to walk on. (Normal for some places, but damned cold for South East Texas!)

Also, someone just pointed out that today is the anniversary of the great Tokyo Fire Bombing air raid that killed over 100 k.

[Jari Head]

Didn't notice if this had been posted but here's a before and after in the area affected by the giant wave. http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm a wall of water moving at 40mph don't leave much behind.

[Miasto Lodz]

NIKKEI -4.9%. :|

[Milograd]

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[NERVUN]

This is why I am insisting to my wife that our new house WILL have a wood burning stove. If something like this happens, we'll have heat, be able to boil water, and be able to cook still.

She accepted it as a trade off until we got the news about the conditions up north, she's a lot more enthusiastic about it now.

The little bro has two properties. They've been talking about moving the 100 year old farm house from the small one to the large, but recently decided on selling it and building a new place all done green. I'll mention it to him.

Back in '86 there was a flood that knocked out gas and water to most of Carson City where I was living. It it hadn't been for our stove, we literally would not have been able to heat the house, cook beyond microwave dishes, or take baths.

Thus is why I inisted on having one, I remember that, and another time the furnace for the house went boing for two weeks in the middle of February. This just kind of added icing for the cake.

Tokyo is still living in fear of the next great Kanto quake... This just reminded them that when it hits, it's going to be very, very bad.

Indeed. And they needed the reminder - it's been too long since the Hanshin quake.

Yup. I will say though, it seems as if the lessons of Hanshin were learned. Japan has handled the quake better than it did then.

Of course, as my wife notes, the DPJ is also damned well aware that its very political life hangs on this. If Kan doesn't come off looking like a leader, if the DPJ doesn't function as a government giving the people help and direction, they will never see power again, and they know it.

That said, Kan sounds like he is finding his voice and is sounding like he's finally in command.

[NERVUN]

The chief of Miyagi Prefectural Police thinks the death toll will be above 10,000 in Miyagi Prefecture alone.

That is where my family is...

I am sorry. I hope they are part of the ones who found shelter.

[Sibirsky]

It's been a while, but I've done my share of winter camping, including a wek in a tent at scout camp when the canoe pond froze over solid enough to walk on. (Normal for some places, but damned cold for South East Texas!)

Unbelievable.

Also, someone just pointed out that today is the anniversary of the great Tokyo Fire Bombing air raid that killed over 100 k.

I'm glad we remember. And very glad we cooperate now.

[Sibirsky]

NIKKEI -4.9%. :|

Surprised they opened. The decline is mild, considering what happened. Of course they still have quite a bit of trading to do.

[Sibirsky]

That is where my family is...

I am sorry. I hope they are part of the ones who found shelter.

All of us here do.

[Milograd]

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[Zeth Rekia]

I am sorry. I hope they are part of the ones who found shelter.

All of us here do.

Indeed.

[Jari Head]

Well, I guess that we can at least be glad that the quake didn't happen on mainland Japan itself. I don't know if anybody else here has seen Tokyo 8.0, but that scenario was quite a bit worse than this one...although it was only focused on a few characters rather than the situation at large.

Tokyo is still living in fear of the next great Kanto quake... This just reminded them that when it hits, it's going to be very, very bad.

Like what'll happen when big fault in SoCal finally lets go with the 'Big One'

[NERVUN]

Tokyo is still living in fear of the next great Kanto quake... This just reminded them that when it hits, it's going to be very, very bad.

Like what'll happen when big fault in SoCal finally lets go with the 'Big One'

Worse, much, much worse.

The last time it hit was the Great Kanto Quake, which killed 140,000 (The deadlist quake on record) and leveled Tokyo. Tokyo is much larger than it was then, and while newer buildings have better quake codes, older ones post WWII that were tossed up as quickly as possible to rebuild after the firebombings do not, and there's a lot of them, and a lot of houses like that.

Not to mention as we saw in this quake, once the trainlines go down, there is virtually no way to evacuate the city. When it hits (Because it's a matter of when, not if), the latest estimations I saw call for almost a quarter of a million dead.

[Sibirsky]

Like what'll happen when big fault in SoCal finally lets go with the 'Big One'

Worse, much, much worse.

The last time it hit was the Great Kanto Quake, which killed 140,000 (The deadlist quake on record) and leveled Tokyo. Tokyo is much larger than it was then, and while newer buildings have better quake codes, older ones post WWII that were tossed up as quickly as possible to rebuild after the firebombings do not, and there's a lot of them, and a lot of houses like that.

Not to mention as we saw in this quake, once the trainlines go down, there is virtually no way to evacuate the city. When it hits (Because it's a matter of when, not if), the latest estimations I saw call for almost a quarter of a million dead.

Just as I'm regaining some normalcy, I read this. Not good. Goose bumps started crawling all over my skin once I got to the quarter million part.

[Zeth Rekia]

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Just as I'm regaining some normalcy, I read this. Not good. Goose bumps started crawling all over my skin once I got to the quarter million part.

Zeno's not even reading the articles anymore...

Come to think of it... this is not doing Zeno's mental healthy any good whatsoever. Good luck to everyone who has family and friends over in the bad places... Ughhh... [/Ejectsfromthread]

[Ludkin]

Just as I'm regaining some normalcy, I read this. Not good. Goose bumps started crawling all over my skin once I got to the quarter million part.

Zeno's not even reading the articles anymore...

Come to think of it... this is not doing Zeno's mental healthy any good whatsoever. Good luck to everyone who has family and friends over in the bad places... Ughhh... [/Ejectsfromthread]

I haven't even read one article...

[Kiryu-shi]

JET is currently trying to contact all the JETs in the area, but...

Ugh. My school runs a program for graduates in Morioka and the surrounding areas, we had enough trouble trying to hear from all of them.


Sendai people seem to be able to get word out recently, news of several families have been passing around Japanese American communities in New York. Smaller coastal cities still seem to be relatively devoid of news.

[NERVUN]

JET is currently trying to contact all the JETs in the area, but...

Ugh. My school runs a program for graduates in Morioka and the surrounding areas, we had enough trouble trying to hear from all of them.


Sendai people seem to be able to get word out recently, news of several families have been passing around Japanese American communities in New York. Smaller coastal cities still seem to be relatively devoid of news.

Recent news states that areas are starting to see electricity again and the various social networks are working wonders in terms of getting information out.

The smaller costal areas though... A lot of them are still isolated and even the military (Both the JSDF and US) are having problems getting to them.

[Christantle]

Ugh. My school runs a program for graduates in Morioka and the surrounding areas, we had enough trouble trying to hear from all of them.


Sendai people seem to be able to get word out recently, news of several families have been passing around Japanese American communities in New York. Smaller coastal cities still seem to be relatively devoid of news.

Recent news states that areas are starting to see electricity again and the various social networks are working wonders in terms of getting information out.

The smaller costal areas though... A lot of them are still isolated and even the military (Both the JSDF and US) are having problems getting to them.

Glad electricity is coming back online,
Just pray that the military gets to them in time.

[Daistallia 2104]

The chief of Miyagi Prefectural Police thinks the death toll will be above 10,000 in Miyagi Prefecture alone.

That is where my family is...

[Daistallia 2104]

And 2 (?) explosions at #3...

[NERVUN]

And another tsunami is on its way.

[Aeternus Audentia]

And another tsunami is on its way.

Shit shit shit. Same prefecture?

[NERVUN]

And another tsunami is on its way.

Shit shit shit. Same prefecture?

Yes.