9.0 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan

[BlayZa]

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mother nature pissed at something, we had an earthquake here last month - end toll will be around 250, but that pales in comparison to this.

so sad.

stay up, Japan.

 

[Mamba]

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I wonder how much this is going to raise the price of gas?

I'm sure the oil companies will find some reason to raise it because of this.

How horrible of a person am I that after Godzilla, this was the 2nd thought to pop into my head?

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

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Wow, tsunami warning issued for hawaii

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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Tsunami watch (not warning) has been issued for Multnomah and Clackamas counties.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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How horrible of a person am I that after Godzilla, this was the 2nd thought to pop into my head?

We prefer to call ourselves realists.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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tsunami expected to hit hawaii at 3am hawaiian time.

 

[Rodolfo]

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The tsunami footage is fucking crazy. wow.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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The footage of the cars being swept away with a person banging on their windshield as the car was going down was horrible.

 

[Wheels]

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The footage of the cars being swept away with a person banging on their windshield as the car was going down was horrible.

good god I didnt see that... that would have been gut and heart wrenching.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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anyone's FB feeds full of people talking about the quake and people liking their status updates? must be weird not to have a message board.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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i'm thinking more quakes around the world are coming. its like dominos.

New Zealand, Chile and Japan.

 

[Wheels]

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same. But I cant blame them. A family friends daughter and son in law are in hawaii now so they are worried sick.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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We're going to have $5 gas by May. Quake + unrest in Saudi Arabia now.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

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anyone's FB feeds full of people talking about the quake and people liking their status updates? must be weird not to have a message board.

YES. They are all about praying for Japan. As an atheist, I posted one saying I am sending positive brain waves in Japan's general direction. Fun fact: 64% of Japan is atheist.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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i'm thinking more quakes around the world are coming. its like dominos.

New Zealand, Chile and Japan.

Cascadia subduction zone?...

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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saw on the tweeters that Canon Beach had tsunami sirens blasting.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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ah fuck.

Tsunami *watch* issued for West Coast, CA to AK. Wave expected to reach SF at 8:16 a.m. Santa Barbara 8:24 a.m. La Jolla 8:48 a.m.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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Seeing this city without power is eerie. It's something you'd see in an apocalyptic movie.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/tsumani-warning.html

Officials said California could see small waves Friday morning resulting from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan.
Cindi Preller of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center told Fox 11 News that the tsunami could cause some unusually high tides but not major inundations.

It's possible that officials will ask that beaches be cleared as a precaution. She added that the situation on the California coast might be similar to the aftermath of last year's Chile quake. That quake caused some small waves but caused no major damage.

Officials said the tsunami-related waves would occur in Santa Monica at 8:39 a.m. and in Newport Beach at 8:45 a.m.

great, the waves hit while I'm on my commute to work. Wonder if any shit will be going down. I'm about a mile from the ocean.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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holy crap they have to evacuate waikiki. that's nuts. so many people there.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

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Be Safe Man

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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The Oregon coast is officially in the tsunami warning.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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I'd hightail it, but I gotta pick up my brother at LAX in the AM. bleh. wonder if this will affect flights....LAX is right next to the Pacific Ocean.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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Some douche from the Howard Stern show just pranked MSNBC.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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ba ba booey?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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They mentioned him and "#winning"

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

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holy nutballs

 

[Natebishop3]

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Take a good look folks because that will be Portland some day. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but it will happen. Earthquakes are insanely destructive. The quake in SF back in 1906 killed thousands and they weren't nearly as densely populated as we are. I'm just hoping we don't get the Tsunami and that Japan is able to save as many lives as possible.

 

[BrianFromWA]

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I'm in Narita airport right now...literally standing in line to board when the first one hit, and then after the second aftershock they moved us outside. No one was hurt at the airport, which impresses me. (But it didn't stop prayer for the millions of others affected by this) B/c it was a few thousand people sitting on the tarmac in 45deg weather when it started to rain, they gave in to "peer pressure" by a few of us military types and let us into the first floor commuter terminal. Then they talked about the potential for a 30' tsunami coming, but the airport administrators wouldn't let anyone move to a higher floor until it had been inspected. That finally happened 10 minutes ago.

Then we heard that all the flights were cancelled, even though the runway was inspected as clear, and we had pilots and planes sitting at the terminal waiting for us. They passed out the emergency blankets, ritz crackers and one bottle of water (and some formula for the babies) and told us they didn't know any more, but that we would "probably" be re-booked "sometime after tomorrow". Since immigration had left the building, it was like being Tom Hanks in The Terminal, where you couldn't get on your plane and you couldn't leave their holding area (which is packed). Well done to Delta, who at that point opened up the planes on the runway, took all the snacks and started passing them out to people.

We'll see how long this goes. Terminal's now safe, runway's been inspected and the poor bastards that were on the tarmac for 7 hours took off successfully. Our planes are still here, and pilots are here. Though there's devastation all over, I'm selfishly hoping to get out of here quickly. My baby girl's 1st birthday party is tomorrow.

Hope that all of you in the tsunami zone make it out of this ok. From early reports of the Philippines and Indonesia, it seems that not much damage is coming from the delayed tsunamis.

 

[illmatic99]

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Wow. That sounds riveting.

Glad you're okay, BfWA.