Earthquake in Japan....9.0...ouch!

Cosimo · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:35

Craig1981 said:
I'm actually watching Sky News, but the same thing applies.

It’s all the news channels do you expect hundreds of TV crews to be all over the disaster scenes as soon as something happens. This is a disaster on a huge scale and the news will come in dribs and drabs, the coverage will improve.

You should be concerned about the fate of these poor people and not about the lack of your new video coverage. Get real.

Embed · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:36

"Tsunami warnings expanded to include Oregon and California coastlines"
Any idea when it would reach Cali? Got a few family members on the LA coast.

Schizophonic · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:37

Hope Japan will be able to cope well after this. I know they can deal with Earthquake scenarios. Just the other smaller countries I'm worried about

AGD · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:37

It's good that japan has buildings designed for this otherwise it would be a hell of a lot worse! I'm going to japan in a week. :eek:

anything I don't mind · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:37

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake-miyagi-tsunami-warning

here is more footage. unbelievable.

Participant · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:38

simulatorman said:
It’s all the news channels do you expect hundreds of TV crews to be all over the disaster scenes as soon as something happens. This is a disaster on a huge scale and the news will come in dribs and drabs, the coverage will improve.

You should be concerned about the fate of these poor people and not about the lack of your new video coverage. Get real.

The point is that some news channels are much better than others. Pointing this out does not mean you don't care about the terrible things that are happening :rolleyes:

. Or do you want this thread to be entirely filled with 'oh gosh, how terrible'?

Booner! · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:38

Embed said:
"Tsunami warnings expanded to include Oregon and California coastlines"
Any idea when it would reach Cali? Got a few family members on the LA coast.

Well they expected it to hit Hawaii at roughly 11-12AM if that helps? They have a few hours yet..

DAIR · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8zyscGWe4

:|

Embed · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:44

Booner! said:
Well they expected it to hit Hawaii at roughly 11-12AM if that helps? They have a few hours yet..

Ok, thank you.

Just watching the wave going over the fields again, and you can see the cars trying to out run it, but get swept away. I hope the drivers are ok

Azza · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:49

Wow, oh dear, not good! Poor Japan.

From Sky News Breaking Twitter 1 minute a go...

Fire breaks out at Onagawa nuclear plant in north-east Japan following earthquake

Craig1981 · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:53

Death toll is upto 26 now

MookJong · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:54

Watching this unfold gives me the same feeling I had on September 11.

I really hope they get that nuclear plant under control.....**** me.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:54

Embed, that was the image I was trying to find. I saw that about an hour ago but couldn't find it again.

Cheers

Participant · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:57

Craig1981 said:
Death toll is upto 26 now

That's completely irrelevant compared to what it's going to be.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:57

Azza said:
Wow, oh dear, not good! Poor Japan.

From Sky News Breaking Twitter 1 minute a go...

I don't see that tweet on their page.

Only one I see mention nuclear power plants is:

Four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to the quake have been safely shut down according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Not saying it isn't there, I just can't see it, that is all

FutileBreadMachine · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:57

Did anyone see that special on channel 4 about the Christmas day Tsunami in 2004? This footage reminds me of that. Just an incredible scale of destruction, totally unstoppable. It was really terrible, in the one part you could see the tsunami heading to the shore and the Thai people were shouting at the tourists to run, but many didn't know what was happening, so they didn't leave immediately. Eventually they did, but for some reason 1 guy decided to just stand on the beach and watch it and then you just saw the thing smash into him at such a speed.

This kind of thing really puts mankind's place in the world into perspective. Really heartbreaking for all the people affected.

Kerplunk · 11 Mar 2011 at 09:58

If its coming towards you, where would you run to? :/

FutileBreadMachine · 11 Mar 2011 at 10:00

Away?

Hzza · 11 Mar 2011 at 10:00

Aparently the latest TF2 update caused it.

Srsly though, best wishes to all involved.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Mar 2011 at 10:01

On this vid, you can see the statue has been demolished

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/03/watch-outdoors-in-tokyo-minutes-after-the-quake/

edit: oh dear, just seen this vid (posted by someone else) is the christchurch quake.