8.9 Earthquake, Tsunami Devastate Japan; Tsunami Warnings for Hawaii and U.S. West Coast

[Geee]

CNSnews:

Tokyo (AP) - A powerful tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in Japan's history slammed the eastern coast Friday, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of control. A local news report said at least 15 people were killed.

The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake was followed by at least 19 aftershocks, most of them of more than magnitude 6.0. Dozens of cities and villages along the 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of the country's eastern shore were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter in the sea off the northeastern coast.

A tsunami warning was issued for dozens of Pacific countries, as far away as Chile.

[clearvision]

They had been predicting 6foot surge in Hawaii. Looks like they got 1 to 2 foot. Best tweet of the morning: Hawaii escaped major damage except for the state record archives which was totally destroyed...

 

 

Video from Japan is surreal.

[Pepper]

One upside to this catastrophe: MSM might focus attention on the tragedy instead of the renta-mob scene in Wisconsin over the weekend.

 

 

 

Clearvision On the photos and video, it seems unbelievable.

[Ghost]

posted on porch but probably good here too

 

[Ghost]

Local American coverage on my now NO DISH/CABLE household is terrible

 

I am getting a Japanese station being streamed by an Akron station(all in Japanese)

 

and great video streaming by local Hispanic station, all in Spanish

 

but the visual is amazing, scary & sobering

[Casino67]

NHK is streaming live TV. All Japanese, but visually interesting.

 

NHK

 

Fox just announced that the pressure in the nuclear cooling plant is increasing there. Has there ever been a complete meltdown in any nuclear plant before?

[Geee]

One upside to this catastrophe: MSM might focus attention on the tragedy instead of the renta-mob scene in Wisconsin over the weekend.

 

 

 

Clearvision On the photos and video, it seems unbelievable.

 

 

Mr Geee and my sentiments exactly this morning

[Argyle58]

NHK is streaming live TV. All Japanese, but visually interesting.

 

NHK

 

Fox just announced that the pressure in the nuclear cooling plant is increasing there. Has there ever been a complete meltdown in any nuclear plant before?

 

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine. The pile suffered a total meltdown which caused the plant to explode. Experts say that this can't happen to Western designed reactors, though.

[Casino67]

NHK is streaming live TV. All Japanese, but visually interesting.

 

NHK

 

Fox just announced that the pressure in the nuclear cooling plant is increasing there. Has there ever been a complete meltdown in any nuclear plant before?

 

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine. The pile suffered a total meltdown which caused the plant to explode. Experts say that this can't happen to Western designed reactors, though.

 

OK, thanks. In my memory, as unreliable as it is, I didn't realize that Chernobyl was a meltdown. Thought it was just some stupid accident caused by Russian construction methods.

 

Not to be mean, but Japan has had a bad history of nuclear radiation. They certainly don't need a Chernobyl type incident.

 

UPDATE:

 

I just clicked on NHK is now broadcasting in English.

[Argyle58]

NHK is streaming live TV. All Japanese, but visually interesting.

 

NHK

 

Fox just announced that the pressure in the nuclear cooling plant is increasing there. Has there ever been a complete meltdown in any nuclear plant before?

 

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine. The pile suffered a total meltdown which caused the plant to explode. Experts say that this can't happen to Western designed reactors, though.

 

OK, thanks. In my memory, as unreliable as it is, I didn't realize that Chernobyl was a meltdown. Thought it was just some stupid accident caused by Russian construction methods.

 

Not to be mean, but Japan has had a bad history of nuclear radiation. They certainly don't need a Chernobyl type incident.

 

UPDATE:

 

I just clicked on NHK is now broadcasting in English.

 

The Chernobyl disaster was made worse by the shoddy construction methods employed by the USSR. Western reactors all incorporate a containment dome that would have minimized the release of contamination. Soviet reactors did not use this safety feature, which resulted in most of the radioactive material in the pile to become airborne, making a amount of the area down wind from the reactor uninhabitable for decades to come.

[Casino67]

Fox reporting that the pressure is one and a half times normal. Japan is going to release radioactive vapor to reduce pressure. Thousands have been evacuated.

 

Up to 80k people dead or missing. And two trains are missing?

 

I was in a tremendous earthquake back in the 60's while stationed there. It was an experience I am happy to never have experienced again. So many things were happening all at once we didn't have time to be afraid until it was over, that was when we started shaking.

[Casino67]

@USGS: USGS will have an open questions, live stream w/scientists related to #Japanquake 3:15pm EST: http://bit.ly/hJik8U

 

If interested.

[righteousmomma]

Truly apocalyptic proportions. So surreal it is beyond words of description.

(Now 4 trains loaded with people are missing and the earthquakes/aftershocks whatever keep rocking Japan)

[Casino67]

I would like to hear a comment from Hank Johnson. Is Japan 'tipping' or what, Hank?

[Casino67]

Here is the USGS site in case you didn't have it. Japan is still getting some pretty good after shakes.

[Casino67]

Japan wants everyone within a six plus mile radius of the nuclear site to evacuate. The pressure continues to build.

 

 

NHK is back to English at the moment.

[NCTexan]

I've been in touch with some for the folks (both American and Japanese) whom I work with and they are bunked down in a corporate conference room in downtown Tokyo. The Japanese can't make it home and the Americans can't get back to their hotel.

 

The nuke situation can get very bad, very quickly I imagine. Stay tuned.

[Casino67]

I see/read that Clinton's claim of coolant being delivered to Japan has been debunked. Left hand let me introduce you to the right hand.

[NCTexan]

I see/read that Clinton's claim of coolant being delivered to Japan has been debunked. Left hand let me introduce you to the right hand.

Casino67!

 

You Right Wing Extremists always get tangled up with facts and stuff... It's the thought that counts. Hillary would have liked to have cooled down a hot situation with some free coolant.

 

This just shows your narrow minded perspective of the world.

[Casino67]

I see/read that Clinton's claim of coolant being delivered to Japan has been debunked. Left hand let me introduce you to the right hand.

Casino67!

 

You Right Wing Extremists always get tangled up with facts and stuff... It's the thought that counts. Hillary would have liked to have cooled down a hot situation with some free coolant.

 

This just shows your narrow minded perspective of the world.

 

Yeah, you are right. I have been looking at this administration with a jaundiced eye. Repenting for my ways, I pledge to give the DB every break I can and vow to vote for him in 2014.

[Casino67]

Good news! RT @SkyNewsBreak: Japanese boat swept away by tsunami found, all 81 aboard airlifted to safety - reports

[Valin]

Good news! RT @SkyNewsBreak: Japanese boat swept away by tsunami found, all 81 aboard airlifted to safety - reports

 

 

Great news.

[Geee]

Yeah!

[Pepper]

You sure would be thinking it was the end of the world.

 

Fire, water, earth shaking. Boats, cars, trucks, and houses floating like bath tub toys.

 

Truly apocalyptic proportions. So surreal it is beyond words of description.

(Now 4 trains loaded with people are missing and the earthquakes/aftershocks whatever keep rocking Japan)

[clearvision]

Not that this compares to what is going on in Japan, but here are the effects in Kailua-Kona HI. 2nd person filming was crazy. This is about 2000' from my beach front house there at 5' above sea level. The house is just around the side of the bay from where this occurred. The water came up over a small beach wall in front of the house, but did not get to the pool, garage, etc. Obviously being at the front of a bay versus in the bay makes a big difference.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Wh0_yNJhc&feature=player_embedded

 

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