Earthquake in Japan : Othor Games

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:04 am

Terrrible, my condolences to all the vicitms and their families.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:27 am

http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_6954.shtml

7.3 Magnitude Earthquake;

So far no serious damage reported. :thumbsup:

Heard it was upped to a magnitude 8.9 quake and there's like 91 people reported dead possibly more to come. If you hit up youtube they have a supposed "Live Feed" from the Aljazerra channel. Saw a huge wave hit a bunch of stuff including hitting a port and washing over some land engulfing what looked like storage areas.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:37 am

Heard it was upped to a magnitude 8.9 quake and there's like 91 people reported dead possibly more to come. If you hit up youtube they have a supposed "Live Feed" from the Aljazerra channel. Saw a huge wave hit a bunch of stuff including hitting a port and washing over some land engulfing what looked like storage areas.

It wasn't updated, it was a new one...

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:34 pm

Hopefully there won't be any radiation leaks. It would be horrible news for me to hear that Japan would have turned into a new Chernobyl.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:55 am

Unless a nuclear power plant explodes there won't be anything of the magnitude of Chernobyl. Still a news report just said that there are nuclear plant(or plants ?) on fire. They are not supposed be on fire.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:00 am

These photos are horrifying. Apparently there are hundreds of bodies along the coast.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:48 pm

Hawaii's surge is less than 3 ft in the most affected places. The continental west coast is all worried for absolutely no reason, like usual. The worst part about tsunami warnings is having to witness all the sensationalism. We should be much more concerned about Japan than going to wal-mart to stock up on 100 gallons of water to survive the inevitable... nothing.

Yup, we'll do good to get some nice waves. Seriously, people don't understand that a Tsunami warning is something that the USGS is required to do in all costal areas X distance from an earthquake of Y strength that generates waves of Z height. It's only truly dangerous if you get Tsunami Watch.

Wait wait wait.... Japan has been hit by two earthquakes in the past ~2 days right?

First the 7.3 and then this 8.9 right?

And please just stop with the 2012 crap right now. Disasters happen ALL THE TIME. This has been true since our little planet formed millions of years ago. Seriously people.

Actually, they've had 5 6+ magnitude earthquakes in the past two days.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:56 pm

An entire passenger train full of people has disappeared. Terrible event.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:45 pm

As terrible as it is for the people affected, it could probably have been hundreds of times worse. Japan's infrastructure was made to account for these types of disasters.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:52 pm

I have friends that live in japan. I hope they are ok.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:37 pm

As terrible as it is for the people affected, it could probably have been hundreds of times worse. Japan's infrastructure was made to account for these types of disasters.

Just wait until a big earthquake affects my city, there will be hundreds, if not thousands of injuries and casualties. SF responded to the big earthquake of 1906 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Earthquake#Aftermath_and_reconstruction I can't wait to lose a leg or die because some greedy [censored]s back in the early 20th century wanted to rebuild the city as quickly as possible. :glare:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:38 pm

Tsunami warnings for the west coast eh? Well, I live somewhat far away enough from the beach and I'm almost at 800 feet elevation. I think I'll be okay.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:14 pm

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

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:43 am

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

Wow. that's insane.
I have a lot of friends in Japan, I've been 3 times, I really hope they're ok. I have heard from most of them, but some of them I haven't heard from yet.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:05 am

Prime Minister of Japan has declared a nuclear emergency

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GJ8zXchM58&feature=player_embedded

Aljazeera has also reported threat of meltdown.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:18 am

Hoping all our members in Japan and the people in Bethesda's Tokyo offices are safe. This was devastating and only increases my fear of earthquakes.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:21 pm

What are the casualties? I have a friend in Japan living in that area and I'm worried that he didn't make it out..

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:12 pm

Prime Minister of Japan has declared a nuclear emergency

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GJ8zXchM58&feature=player_embedded

Aljazeera has also reported threat of meltdown.

Apparently all the reactors are under control now, and coolant is being pumped as intended into the one reactor that wasn't responding.

This is a terrible day for Japan, absolutely terrible. But it could have been much, much worse. I only fear that it will get uglier before it's all over. The fires raging in http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X2KATO7XDEU look horrendous.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:12 am

Apparently all the reactors are under control now, and coolant is being pumped as intended into the one reactor that wasn't responding.

Whew, that's good. The world really doesn't need another reactor meltdown.

And that is A LOT of fire....

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:37 pm

I just saw images on tv of Japan... MY GOD!!! :shocking:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:07 pm

Good damn lord. Tsunamai's aren't the threat. People texting me at 2 in the morning while im havin fantasies are!

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:41 pm

The fires raging in http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X2KATO7XDEU look horrendous.

Holy mother of...

I remember the last round of terrible forest fires in California (I think it was in '09 or '08?), and those images pale to this.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:17 am

Surfs up brah!

:rofl: pretty much

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:54 pm

Hoping all our members in Japan and the people in Bethesda's Tokyo offices are safe. This was devastating and only increases my fear of earthquakes.

Bethesda has offices in Japan ?

At first I hear about the quake I didnt really think much, but damn now I actually looed into it, and the tsunami, and fires and nuclear problems. Damn you cant desribe it, but damn.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:32 am

Hoping all our members in Japan and the people in Bethesda's Tokyo offices are safe. This was devastating and only increases my fear of earthquakes.

My prayers go out to all the people in Japan.