8.9 earthquake in japan
- Thread starter greggraffin
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i hope that was faux-tography......cause if it wasn`t,that`s an amazing,scary video....
edit:deleting the rest...this is much,much,much worse than i initially thought...
just a horrible natural disaster...
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Terrible tragedy.
My brother lives in Sendai, Japan... the closest city to the epicenter of the earthquake. His place is about 6-7 miles from that airport surrounded and flooded by water they kept showing on CNN.
Was rough watching it all unfold the first several hours without knowing if he was ok. With no way of contacting him it was just a matter of waiting and not freaking out too much. I wasn't quite sure exactly what part of Sendai he lived in so I was staring at a map trying to figure out how far into the city the tsunami had penetrated.
Anyhow, he finally was able to borrow his neighbors cell phone and get through to my mom about 7am Pacific Time. Safe and sound, high and dry. Water didn't reach as far inland as his neighborhood, and the earthquake wrecked everything inside his place, but so far seems like superficial structural damage.
He indicated the San Francisco 7.1 in 1989 doesn't hold a candle to this quake, but the thing that is most terrifying to me is the quake in '89 lasted 15 seconds... this one laste 2+ minutes.
Obviously still a bit worried about his situation, not sure how accessible food and water will be the coming week, but the immediate danger is over, so that is good news.
My brother lives in Sendai, Japan... the closest city to the epicenter of the earthquake. His place is about 6-7 miles from that airport surrounded and flooded by water they kept showing on CNN.
Was rough watching it all unfold the first several hours without knowing if he was ok. With no way of contacting him it was just a matter of waiting and not freaking out too much. I wasn't quite sure exactly what part of Sendai he lived in so I was staring at a map trying to figure out how far into the city the tsunami had penetrated.
Anyhow, he finally was able to borrow his neighbors cell phone and get through to my mom about 7am Pacific Time. Safe and sound, high and dry. Water didn't reach as far inland as his neighborhood, and the earthquake wrecked everything inside his place, but so far seems like superficial structural damage.
He indicated the San Francisco 7.1 in 1989 doesn't hold a candle to this quake, but the thing that is most terrifying to me is the quake in '89 lasted 15 seconds... this one laste 2+ minutes.
Obviously still a bit worried about his situation, not sure how accessible food and water will be the coming week, but the immediate danger is over, so that is good news.
That's how the high rise buildings are ment to do.
Japanese tv just aired explosion at the nuclear powerplant : http://www.twitvid.com/LICNU
Looks like reactor buildings are those white blocks and the explosion was nearby them.
Japanese radiation level in real time:
http://www.bousai.ne.jp/eng/
Japanese tv just aired explosion at the nuclear powerplant : http://www.twitvid.com/LICNU
Looks like reactor buildings are those white blocks and the explosion was nearby them.
Japanese radiation level in real time:
http://www.bousai.ne.jp/eng/
Thanks, will do. Just got done 'chatting' with him on facebook. He described making a decision between standing in a rice and soup line or a beer and cigarettes line... I think we all know which one a red-blooded American would choose. :toast:
They already have electrity and water back up in Sendai... so as grim as things are, and as many thousands may have died... things will get better, you can only go up from a low like that.
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Before and after pictures
https://picasaweb.google.com/118079222830783600944/Japan#5583300886323486834
https://picasaweb.google.com/118079222830783600944/Japan#5583300886323486834
I have a hard time trying to comprehend the magnitude of what Japan is up against. Everything is somewhat of a race against time wrt the nuclear situation and the possible major aftershock with resulting tsunami. For some reason this picture seems to sum it up for me. Thoughts are definitely with them.
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