Earthquake!

[Coligny]

not me. i have an inner ear imbalance... things like this set me off for hours. lost my lunch and it'll be a few hours before i can walk straight.

i'll take blizzards, typhoons, hurricanes even before earthquakes.

You must like... totally suck at flying choppers...

there goes my phantazms...

[waruta]

Another medium-sized one, felt the pre-tremors 30 seconds before the big one....

[Stucky]

the Big One... It's long overdue, or so they say. I don't think that much about it, do you? Do you worry about it?

[Iraira]

the Big One... It's long overdue, or so they say. I don't think that much about it, do you? Do you worry about it?

December 21, 2012 isn't all that far away....sadly, the world ends on a Friday, which pretty much ruins the weekend.

[Samurai_Jerk]

December 21, 2012 isn't all that far away....sadly, the world ends on a Friday, which pretty much ruins the weekend.

Fuck that shit. If the world's going to end, can't it do so on a Sunday evening just as the dread of having to wake up early the next day for work starts kicking in.

[Samurai_Jerk]

TOKYO – A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast Tuesday, shaking a broad swath of the country and swaying buildings in downtown Tokyo.

No damage or injuries were immediately reported, and Japan's meteorological agency said there was no danger of a tsunami.

The temblor hit at 12:25 p.m. local time (0325 GMT), with the epicenter near the Ogasawara Islands, about 500 miles (800 kilometers) south of the main Japanese island, the agency said. It struck at a depth of 300 miles (480 kilometers) .........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101130/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake

[Greji]

sadly, the world ends on a Friday, which pretty much ruins the weekend.

What a bummer. Say Iraira, let's get together on Saturday for a drink and we can wrap up the end with a play by play analysis....

[Iraira]

What a bummer. Say Iraira, let's get together on Saturday for a drink and we can wrap up the end with a play by play analysis....

I'm planning on taking that Friday off, seeing if I can get all the zombies of girlfriends (one day/afternoon/evening/night stands included) together the night before, and freebasing Cialis. If the girls don't show up, I'll still base the Cialis and measure how long it takes to develop a rusty venture. Should be able to walk again by Saturday afternoon.

[McTojo]

I was on the loo and it felt good.

[American Oyaji]

I'm planning on taking that Friday off, seeing if I can get all the zombies of girlfriends (one day/afternoon/evening/night stands included) together the night before, and freebasing Cialis. If the girls don't show up, I'll still base the Cialis and measure how long it takes to develop a rusty venture. Should be able to walk again by Saturday afternoon.

rusty venture!!!???!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Did you see the season finale?

[Iraira]

rusty venture!!!???!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Did you see the season finale?

Halfway through it...gf came over, and I grew tired trying to explain all the different definitions.

[American Oyaji]

Halfway through it...gf came over, and I grew tired trying to explain all the different definitions.

Why didn't you just SHOW her?;)

[Iraira]

[quote="American Oyaji"]Why didn't you just SHOW her?]

The apology for the Cleveland Steamer was costly enough.

[American Oyaji]

The apology for the Cleveland Steamer was costly enough.

DOH!

[Coligny]

The apology for the Cleveland Steamer was costly enough.

I should not have googled that while eating...

I hate having to choose between my cheezeburger and my boner...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Just felt a jolt.

[BigInJapan]

Just felt a jolt.

The 3rd floor of the dept. store I was in shook a fair bit, and people were getting ready to take cover, then it fizzled out.
Seems it was 5.2 on the J scale, centered outside southern Chiba.


Japan Meteorological Agency - English

[Yokohammer]

I know it's NJR, but this is a heads-up for any of our NZ members who haven't heard about this yet.

Looks pretty nasty:

New Zealand police say there are reports of multiple fatalities in Christchurch after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake - classed as an aftershock to last September's devastating 7.1 magnitude quake - struck today, bringing buildings down on to two buses and trapping people in buildings.

More here:
Major Quake in New Zealand

[IkemenTommy]

I know it's NJR, but this is a heads-up for any of our NZ members who haven't heard about this yet.

Looks pretty nasty:

More here:
Major Quake in New Zealand

A few sheep fell over.

Condolences to Greji.. Baaah.

[Mike Oxlong]

There've been three in the last week or so down south here in the land of goats...

[Yokohammer]

Re: the Christchurch quake.

As of around 5:30 PM our time (JST) it looks like around 65 people have been confirmed dead. Many more are missing, so the total death toll will probably be pretty high.

[Taka-Okami]

Re: the Christchurch quake.

As of around 5:30 PM our time (JST) it looks like around 65 people have been confirmed dead. Many more are missing, so the total death toll will probably be pretty high.

Julia Gillard is responding by sending some comfort sheep for the local men.

[Mock Cockpit]

A few sheep fell over.

Condolences to Greji.. Baaah.

Classy.

[Mock Cockpit]

Julia Gillard is responding by sending some comfort sheep for the local men.

And you're a fuckwit too.

[Greji]

Anybody hear from Ichigo, let us know. I don't know if she was back home yet, but could have been in for the shake....

[Mulboyne]

Anybody hear from Ichigo, let us know. I don't know if she was back home yet, but could have been in for the shake....

She's fine and so are her friends and family. She was in touch with gomichild and might post again if we can reset her password on FG.

[Bucky]

Photo of the CTV Building from Google Streetview



It does not look promising.

Police have abandoned all hope of finding survivors at the collapsed Canterbury TV building in central Christchurch.

Inspector Dave Lawry said he was "100 per cent" certain those trapped in the building, including a non-sworn police staff member and a group of overseas students, were dead.

All emergency personnel have been moved away from the building because of danger the unstable Grand Chancellor Hotel would collapse onto it, he said.

He felt particularly sorry for the family of what is believed to be a group of Japanese students who died inside.

"At a certain point I'm not going to risk my staff for people where I believe there is no chance of survivability."

[Coligny]

Photo of the CTV Building from Google Streetview



It does not look promising.

Easy to say after the fact... But it really look under-engineered...

[Mulboyne]

9.51am The Canterbury District Health Board says several members of the media were arrested last night for trying to break in and interview patients. A large number of those trying to get in were Japanese media.

From here

There's very little information about those missing Japanese but you'd hope the media would be a bit more classy.

[Coligny]

There's very little information about those missing Japanese but you'd hope the media would be a bit more classy.

something tells me you haven't watched j-tv for longer than even me...