Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

[Catoneinutica]

These aftershocks are very unsettling.

Will they ever end? Damage so far: couple of dishes, a pricey vase, a painting frame, lots of dents in the flooring from bookends - one of the few things I hadn't secured with earthquake pads. But where I had stuff stuck to the pads, there was no problem. The home centers will be out of stock for a few weeks, I'm sure, but I highly recommend them.

[Mike Oxlong]

26 reported dead...

[rooboy]

I hope to fucking God you're all okay, I'm nowhere near it.

Worried about Yokohammer, isnt that James poster up there too? Shit, I'd be worried if fucking McTojo was up there, I know he goes up in the northern kens on the weekends, just as well as it was a week day.

Keep us posted on the fucked gaijins who live around there, hope you and your families aren't involved. I know it's bad for everybody but when you know people even if it's thru the net it comes home to ya.

[Osakadave]

Tsunami warnings for entire US west coast.
http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/9254249/

[IkemenTommy]

Fuck yeah. Made it on Drudge Headline.

[Mike Oxlong]

World to see biggest full moon in two decades

On 19 March, the full moon will appear unusually large in the night sky as it reaches a point in its cycle known as 'lunar perigee'.

Stargazers will be treated to a spectacular view when the moon approaches Earth at a distance of 221,567 miles in its elliptical orbit - the closest it will have passed to our planet since 1992.

The full moon could appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter in the sky, especially when it rises on the eastern horizon at sunset or is provided with the right atmospheric conditions.

This phenomenon has reportedly heightened concerns about 'supermoons' being linked to extreme weather events - such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. The last time the moon passed close to the Earth was on 10 January 2005, around the time of the Indonesian earthquake that measured 9.0 on the Richter scale.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was also associated with an unusually large full moon.

Previous supermoons occurred in 1955, 1974 and 1992 - each of these years experienced extreme weather events, killing thousands of people.

However, an expert speaking to Yahoo! News today believes that a larger moon causing weather chaos is a popular misconception.

Dr Tim O'Brien, a researcher at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, said: "The dangers are really overplayed. You do get a bit higher than average tides than usual along coastlines as a result of the moon's gravitational pull, but nothing so significant that will cause a serious climatic disaster or anything for people to worry about."

But according to Dr Victor Gostin, a Planetary and Environmental Geoscientist at Adelaide University, there may be a link between large-scale earthquakes in places around the equator and new and full moon situations.

He said: "This is because the Earth-tides (analogous to ocean tides) may be the final trigger that sets off the earthquake."

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/38/20110309/tsc-world-to-see-biggest-full-moon-in-tw-98fda55.html

[Tsuru]

I thought James was in Shimane?

[IkemenTommy]

Why isn't the earthquake warning system on our keitais not working when it's supposed to?

FINALLY!
Grabs beer but nowhere to run.

[Doctor Stop]

Why isn't the earthquake warning system on our keitais not working when it's supposed to?

Because they're bullshit and it doesn't work?

[Pearse]

Somebody living near me posted on his Facebook page that the local supermarket is out of a lot of its food and batteries. I bet people ran to it and stocked up. I've been thinking it for a long time but I'm really going to stock up on canned food and bottled water from now on.

[IkemenTommy]

Somebody living near me posted on his Facebook page that the local supermarket is out of a lot of its food and batteries. I bet people ran to it and stocked up. I've been thinking it for a long time but I'm really going to stock up on canned food and bottled water from now on.

Yeah I stopped by the conbini to pick up a pack of cigs and all these people were stocking up on water and what not.

Like I said, Domino's is open for business.

[Mike Oxlong]

Confirmed deaths rise to 29...

[Mock Cockpit]

BBC reporting a nuclear plant in Fukushima is having cooling problems.

[Osakadave]

CNN's coverage of JMA news update saying Fukushima #1 nuclear plant cooling pumps not working "as expected".

[Taro Toporific]

Yeah I stopped by the conbini to pick up a pack of cigs and all these people were stocking up on water and what not.

Fill your bathtub.

[AssKissinger]

The images on CNN look like the death toll is going to be quite high.

canman, you alright up there?

[Osakadave]

Somebody living near me posted on his Facebook page that the local supermarket is out of a lot of its food and batteries. I bet people ran to it and stocked up. I've been thinking it for a long time but I'm really going to stock up on canned food and bottled water from now on.

Sounds like the aftermath of the Hanshin quake in '95 - everybody made sure their bug out bags were in order and they had food and water, but that lasted about 6 months before people forgot about it.

[Mock Cockpit]

The images on CNN look like the death toll is going to be quite high.

canman, you alright up there?

If it's less than Kobe I'll be amazed. I feel sick.

[IkemenTommy]

that lasted about 6 months before people forgot about it.

People will forget about it by Monday.

[Mike Oxlong]

Climbing fast...32 confirmed deaths now.

[Osakadave]

Govt. issues "emergency declaration" at Fuskushima #1 power plant.

Sendai looks like New Orleans.

[Osakadave]

People will forget about it by Monday.

CNN keeps blathering about how "well prepared" Japan is and that everyone practices for quakes diligently, etc., etc., is getting annoying.

[ChargerCarl]

If it's less than Kobe I'll be amazed. I feel sick.

...really?

I didn't see anything on par to that.

[IkemenTommy]

I am already predicting all these con schemes asking for earthquake money in the next few weeks.

BTW, how the fuck am I gonna get home tonight!!!

[Tsuru]

CNN keeps blathering about how "well prepared" Japan is and that everyone practices for quakes diligently, etc., etc., is getting annoying.

Well, compared to say... Haiti.

[Mock Cockpit]

...really?

I didn't see anything on par to that.

I hope you're right. A 10 metre tsunami in some places. Everything is gone.

[Iraira]

Just checked, and my place (Nakano-ku) has electrical power (called home and answering machine went off)....I'm so friggin' briliant.

[ChargerCarl]

I hope you're right. A 10 metre tsunami in some places. Everything is gone.

How populated were the areas they hit though?

[IkemenTommy]

Everything is gone.

Mostly concrete. No big loss.

[Osakadave]

Tommy, try: http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/index.html