NHK 2 Meter tidal wave warnings! Evacuation order.

by **Bongo** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:10 am

This is the first time I have ever heard NHK issue a tidal wave evacuation order in English about coast of Mie pref, Wakayama and Aichi.
Hope nobody is midnight surfing right now.

by **gomichild** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:12 am

First for me too.

by **Mulboyne** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:19 am

How many earthquakes were there? One or two earlier? There seem to have been two announcements tonight - one at 11:55pm and one at 11:57. I see 7.3 on the Japanese scale up on the TV.

by **gomichild** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:21 am

I noticed one earlier and then this one. Bloody went for a long time here in kanagawa.

by **yakinoumiso** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:30 am

Mulboyne wrote:How many earthquakes were there? One or two earlier? There seem to have been two announcements tonight - one at 11:55pm and one at 11:57. I see 7.3 on the Japanese scale up on the TV.

I only felt one at about 7 pm and then one long one at about midnight. I kinda' hope 7.3 is the Richter scale reading at the epicenter. Wouldn't a 7+ quake on the J-scale indicate significant structural damage?

Anyway, there doesn't seem to be much info online yet, I've seen some stories, but I'm guessing they are for the first quake, since they don't mention that there were two of them today.

by **Blah Pete** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:32 am

The one at 11:55 felt stronger than the one at 7:00. Both were the strongest I have felt in a while. Must be some damage somewhere. Surprised and earthquake in Wakayama would rattle Kanagawa.

by **gomichild** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:33 am

A 7 on the j-scale would mean that most of us wouldn't be posting right now hon. Kobe was a 6. It's referring to the richter scale I think.

by **Bongo** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:41 am

NHK's English langauge ability atrocious in such times of disaster.
The obviously native English speaking guy was saying probable wave height of 2 Meters, then this obviously non native Japanese woman comes on saying " 1 Meters" haaaaaaaaaa. The rest of her Engrish, also sucked.

Tell them you won't pay their monthly fee because they give misleadin and dangerous information in such dire circumstances.
:lol:

by **amdg** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:44 am

Blah Pete wrote:The one at 11:55 felt stronger than the one at 7:00. Both were the strongest I have felt in a while.

Yes, I have to agree. The one I felt at 7pm Sun in kobe was tame compared to the one at midnight. Midnight was the strongest I've felt so far in Japan. Epicenter appeared to be in Wakayama or Ise (in the first 5 minutes they were adjusting with each report)

Gomichild - depends where the epicenter was. 7.3 might not be so bad if it was off land.

by **Bongo** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:44 am

gomichild wrote:I noticed one earlier and then this one. Bloody went for a long time here in kanagawa.

Yeah, it was a long stroke kind of earthquake E-W.

by **gomichild** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:44 am

Give up on the and listen to the Japanese honey. You can still see the numbers on screen. :wink:

by **yakinoumiso** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:59 am

gomichild wrote:Give up on the and listen to the Japanese honey. You can still see the numbers on screen.

Yeah, that's not a bad idea, but I don't have a TV...It's another thing I'll have to put on my to-buy-list of emergency-preparedness provisions. :wink:

by **kansaiboy** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:08 am

yeah the one at 7 felt a little less than the one at midnight...I live in Wakayama Marina City, and no im not surfing tonight.... a 1 meter tidal wave... ah typhoons bring bigger swells....

by **Oradea** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:16 am

i feltboth, but the 1157 one was about 1 and a half minutes long in nagoya.
and the tsunami warning ranged from 50cm to 1m.
and was issued in english, for the first time

by **Oradea** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:18 am

Bongo wrote:NHK's English langauge ability atrocious in such times of disaster.
The obviously native English speaking guy was saying probable wave height of 2 Meters, then this obviously non native Japanese woman comes on saying " 1 Meters" haaaaaaaaaa. The rest of her Engrish, also sucked.

Tell them you won't pay their monthly fee because they give misleadin and dangerous information in such dire circumstances.

yeah well, how often do they report news in japanese in your country?

by **Oradea** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:18 am

Bongo wrote:NHK's English langauge ability atrocious in such times of disaster.
The obviously native English speaking guy was saying probable wave height of 2 Meters, then this obviously non native Japanese woman comes on saying " 1 Meters" haaaaaaaaaa. The rest of her Engrish, also sucked.

Tell them you won't pay their monthly fee because they give misleadin and dangerous information in such dire circumstances.

yeah well, how often do they report news in japanese in your country?

by **tonikoro** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:34 am

I felt two, or both, and the second actually had me grabbing hold of my G5 as not to rock itself off the desk. Bloody hell :evil:

by **mr. sparkle** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:09 am

Oradea wrote:yeah well, how often do they report news in japanese in your country?

There is a nightly NHK broadcast here in San Francisco. Sunday night is J-TV night and every day you can find news and entertainment in J on the tube somewhere on the dial. FWIW.

by **Oradea** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:38 pm

I stand newly informed

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:08 pm

mr. sparkle wrote:There is a nightly NHK broadcast here in San Francisco.

The funny this is that the NHK news broadcast overseas has different "standards" than the NHK News in English here. Specifically, they hold gun to the gaijin talkingheads so that they read the grammar errors and mistranslation boners on air here in Japan. The "bad" simultaneous interpretation you think you are hearing on the 7pm NHK News in English are just a gang (or sneak) of sick weasels reading a SCRIPT. :wall:

To quote the NHK International Director ---and I ain't making this up--- the 7pm NHK News in English must, "accurately reflect the Japanese program."

On the other the hand, NHK's "World News Today" which is shown overseas and here in Japan is written in EngRish to begin with so it sounds and looks less demented. Likewise, NHK Radio in English is written in English and it's not translated so it does not suffer as badlly from the Sick Weasels Syndrome.

by **canman** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:40 pm

Good god. I try to stay informed and watch the 10 o'clock news, but its painful to listen to any type of interview being translated. They do ok when they are following what the newscasters are saying, but anything else, god luck, its terrible. Now I know if you can't say something good about some one yada yada, but its really bad. And yes I do pay my NHK fees, no let me rephrase that, my wife demands we pay the NHK fees.

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:58 pm

canman1 wrote:Good god. I try to stay informed and watch the 10 o'clock news, but its painful to listen to any type of interview being translated. ... And yes I do pay my NHK fees, no let me rephrase that, my wife demands we pay the NHK fees.

I used to "pitch" story ideas for NHK Radio News in English that the shinjin/noobs would then flesh out. I was drinking hot coffee when they told me that 90% of what seems to be simultaneous interpretation is scripted minutes before broadcast. To this day the inside of my sinuses are scarred.

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