Japan 8.9 Earthquake & Tsunami

[bomber]

Please pray for all of those in Japan effected by the earthquake and especially for those poor people in the rural areas that were just swept away by the tsunami. That was probably the most dramatic live tv I have ever seen, and I have seen many, many videos of natural disasters. This looked seriously like it was straight out of a movie. Cars were turning into the farm fields and just driving straight through trying to get away from the water, but were unsuccessful. This is very, very sad and with extremely strong after shocks continuing, they are not out of the woods yet.

If you have any loved ones in the surrounding countries, be sure to warn them about the possibility of tsunami coming. Hawaii is estimated to get hit around 2:59am or so, luckily it seems it will be minimal, but everyone should be alert and prepared.

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[bomber]

Here's a clip of the tsunami getting close to taking out a bridge with traffic still driving on it. This is not the crazy footage I mentioned earlier, but this is what is on YouTube so far.

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

Thank God that my cousin is back in the states.

[bomber]

Here's some of the footage of the tsunami sweeping through the rural town.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42023385...fic/?gt1=43001

[bomber]

Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant

[michael_loomis]

These pics are pretty gnarly...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42052263..._science-space

[randy s]

so much for that big ass sea wall they put up to protect them i guess. ole' mother nature hates japan. but not as much as she hates chile. there's just something about chile that just pisses her off.

[200MPHTape]

She dumped a big can of woop on Japan, Chile was just a sneeze in comparison, the death toll we surpass any other Ma has thrown at us thus far.

[Mike @ pit b]

Before and after satellite photos lapped on each other. Click the blue thing and drag it.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...r-tsunami.html


Edit: pretty much the same pics as Loomis's post.

Link to some videos.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...n-hits-the-web

[wheeli]

I heard the earthquake was enough to move the earths axis 10 deg. and now the equator is in a diferent place. Could make for a interesting conversation.My heart goes out to all involved.