Earthquake!

[Coligny]

Bit of a shaker down here.

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/aler ... source=web

6.6 at sea... nice morning call...

[Mike Oxlong]

Bit of a shaker down here.

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/aler ... source=web

6.6 at sea... nice morning call...

Yeah, at first I thought the gal pal was trying to rouse me for a morning workout to start the week right, but I was mistaken...

[Mike Oxlong]

Sheeeeeeet, i can has aftershock...

[Coligny]

Just enjoy the lack of tsunamis....

[matsuki]

Can I start with the Chinese earthquake machine conspiracy theories?

[yanpa]

Can I start with the Chinese earthquake machine conspiracy theories?

Well it's good timing for them, what with the Nuclear-Armed White People Countries distracted by the Ukrainian situation
Although - has anyone ruled out increased HAARP activity by the US military?

[matsuki]

Can I start with the Chinese earthquake machine conspiracy theories?

Well it's good timing for them, what with the Nuclear-Armed White People Countries distracted by the Ukrainian situation
Although - has anyone ruled out increased HAARP activity by the US military?

AARP? Japan-syndrome, American style...

[J.A.F.O]

Yea not a fun morning for me. Clan of kids stormed my bedroom freaking the hell out.

[Coligny]

Yea not a fun morning for me. Clan of kids stormed my bedroom freaking the hell out.

Tried to sell them to a sweatshop ?

[J.A.F.O]

Yea not a fun morning for me. Clan of kids stormed my bedroom freaking the hell out.

Tried to sell them to a sweatshop ?

Nah, but I'm starting to think of opening my own now that you bring it up.

[Mike Oxlong]

You getting those x-treme winds in your part of the island?!



I mean 1000 kph is a little much.

[Coligny]

You getting those x-treme winds in your part of the island?!


I mean 1000 kph is a little much.

Actually, judging by the flying cows this afternoon and the low flying train that just past by my windows I think it's the lower estimations...

pretty sure I also saw a bunch of stray cats flying in V formation toward the local teriaky restaurant for their after hours scraps (sort of tradition here all restaurants have cats plates outside for the strays... that are reaching impressive sizes...)

[matsuki]

Speaking of pussy in the wind, you better be in Nagoya with your binoculars and camera, looking for short skirts.

[Coligny]

The schoolgirls on bicycle during the morning commute to the hospital are good enough...

[Russell]

Finally we got a substantial earthquake here: a 5 in Shikoku.

Felt like a 4 here in the west of Hyogo, but was actually a 3.

Nah, you Kanto boys may be bored, methinks...

[dimwit]

Biggest quake we have had in 10 years. Nothing broken, but a few thing fell off the table. Pretty much all the light in the neighborhood went on.

[BigInJapan]

Finally we got a substantial earthquake here: a 5 in Shikoku.
Felt like a 4 here in the west of Hyogo, but was actually a 3.

Same here in north-eastern Fukuoka on the coast (S3). Western news is calling it a 6.1 at the epicentre.
It was about the biggest/longest quake I've felt in Japan after the 3/11/2012 (lived in Yokoma then).

[Mock Cockpit]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

[Yokohammer]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

Oh shit ... I seriously hope not.

There was a 4 and then a 5 up here in Tohoku just a few days before The Big One, so it's worth being aware that any such shake-ups could be a precursor. But please, no.

This goes for any time, but please make sure you have supplies and a plan. Little things like always topping up the gas tank when it gets down to about half empty (if you drive, obviously) can make a big difference if the poop hits the rotary air pusher. Food, water, battery powered LED lamps and radio, plus batteries of course. Lots to think about.

[Mock Cockpit]

No aftershocks either Hammer so might be the Tom and Jerry cartoon before the main feature.

[Coligny]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

Bit far no ?

Plus, I'm the one supposed to die in that one, we barely felt sumthing...

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[yanpa]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

Oh shit ... I seriously hope not.

There was a 4 and then a 5 up here in Tohoku just a few days before The Big One, so it's worth being aware that any such shake-ups could be a precursor.

FWIW, there was a M7.2 / 5弱 on 2011-03-09 (at roughly the same location as the big one), which we felt in Tokyo too...

... followed by a whole series of M4 ~ M6 in the same vicinity, which suddenly stopped at around 7am on 2011-03-11.

[yanpa]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

Bit far no ?

Yup, the TV talking heads said it's nothing to do with the Trough of Doom. Doesn't mean it's not a precursor to something else. Or maybe just a gentle reminder not to live too close to the sea, or on/besides/below geologically unstable features, or in the middle of a sea of tinderwood disguised as housing.

[Russell]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

Oh shit ... I seriously hope not.

There was a 4 and then a 5 up here in Tohoku just a few days before The Big One, so it's worth being aware that any such shake-ups could be a precursor. But please, no.

This goes for any time, but please make sure you have supplies and a plan. Little things like always topping up the gas tank when it gets down to about half empty (if you drive, obviously) can make a big difference if the poop hits the rotary air pusher. Food, water, battery powered LED lamps and radio, plus batteries of course. Lots to think about.

Good advice.

This evening I filled the tanks of both my cars, and drove to the local Don Quichotte to buy supplies. Not in Colignian proportions, but I am kind of prepared for the big one (if one can be prepared for that).

Now I need a plan...

[yanpa]

Fairly intense for this area, weak 5 at my joint. Everybody reckons the Nankai Trench is about to pop. It's been swell bitches!

Oh shit ... I seriously hope not.

There was a 4 and then a 5 up here in Tohoku just a few days before The Big One, so it's worth being aware that any such shake-ups could be a precursor. But please, no.

This goes for any time, but please make sure you have supplies and a plan. Little things like always topping up the gas tank when it gets down to about half empty (if you drive, obviously) can make a big difference if the poop hits the rotary air pusher. Food, water, battery powered LED lamps and radio, plus batteries of course. Lots to think about.

Good advice.

This evening I filled the tanks of both my cars, and drove to the local Don Quichotte to buy supplies. Not in Colignian proportions, but I am kind of prepared for the big one (if one can be prepared for that).

Now I need a plan...

Well presumably after your trip to Donki you are well equipped with schoolgirl outfits, "henna gaijin" party face masks, cheap alcohol and exotic gel-like liquids of all kinds, so I'd say the plan involves some serious partying.

[Russell]

Nah, but fortunately I have a non-electric piano, so I can survive anyways...

[wagyl]

I hope it is a grand, and not an upright.

You can seek shelter under the grand, the upright might topple on you.

[Coligny]

Good advice.

This evening I filled the tanks of both my cars, and drove to the local Don Quichotte to buy supplies. Not in Colignian proportions, but I am kind of prepared for the big one (if one can be prepared for that).

Now I need a plan...

My stocks are vertical AND horizontal. Quantity AND kind...
Like... 20 spray cans of WD40 plus a 1 gallon tank, few kilos of drywall screws. 1 shopping bag full of double side tape for automotive aero body kits. (The 2mm gray foam superstrong). 5 spray paint cans gunmetal. 14 kilos of cat litter. 10 2mm 4 flutes HSS endmills, 5 replacememt tips for 40w soldering iron. 18 rolls of coreless toilet paper roll (1 roll is good for 3 weeks), 4 vacuum cleaners, 2 spare 800w computer PSUs...
And you should see my stock of spare jigsaw blades...
Plus the normal stuff...

(I think I have a serious hoarding problem...)

[Russell]

I hope it is a grand, and not an upright.

You can seek shelter under the grand, the upright might topple on you.

It is a grand, but not so sure I want to take shelter under that. Imagine its legs giving away, and then see the headlines in the Japan Times:

Family of four crushed under Grand Piano: Guinea Pig survives ordeal

[Russell]

Good advice.

This evening I filled the tanks of both my cars, and drove to the local Don Quichotte to buy supplies. Not in Colignian proportions, but I am kind of prepared for the big one (if one can be prepared for that).

Now I need a plan...

My stocks are vertical AND horizontal. Quantity AND kind...
Like... 20 spray cans of WD40 plus a 1 gallon tank, few kilos of drywall screws. 1 shopping bag full of double side tape for automotive aero body kits. (The 2mm gray foam superstrong). 5 spray paint cans gunmetal. 14 kilos of cat litter. 10 2mm 4 flutes HSS endmills, 5 replacememt tips for 40w soldering iron. 18 rolls of coreless toilet paper roll (1 roll is good for 3 weeks), 4 vacuum cleaners, 2 spare 800w computer PSUs...
And you should see my stock of spare jigsaw blades...
Plus the normal stuff...

(I think I have a serious hoarding problem...)

Sheesh Coligny, did you hire the A-team to carry out your plan?!?